diff --git a/.github/workflows/coverage.yml b/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
index 8da72af0..a03b7585 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ name: Java CI with Code Coverage
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches:
-      - feat/CS-36689-compare-merge-branch
 
 jobs:
   build-and-test:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/jacoco.yml b/.github/workflows/jacoco.yml
index 58857615..f6dc5929 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/jacoco.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/jacoco.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ name: Java CI with JaCoCo
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches:
-      - feat/CS-36689-compare-merge-branch
 
 jobs:
   build-and-test:
@@ -31,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
           total_missed=${total_missed:-0}
           total_percentage=$(awk "BEGIN { pc=100*${total_lines}/(${total_lines}+${total_missed}) } { printf \"%f\", pc }")
           echo "Total Coverage Percentage: $total_percentage"
-          if (( $(bc <<< "$total_percentage < 60.0") )); then
+          if (( $(bc <<< "$total_percentage < 70.0") )); then
             echo "Code Coverage is below 80% - failing the CI build."
             exit 1
           else
diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/maven-publish.yml
index 014d82d9..afd3708e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/maven-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/maven-publish.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 name: Publish package to the Maven Central Repository
+
 on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - feat/CS-36689-compare-merge-branch
+  release:
+    types:
+      - created
 jobs:
   publish-maven:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest