diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index b4e3fce8a..92cbf3785 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
           pre-commit install
 
       - name: Run pre-commit checks
-        run: pre-commit run --all-files --show-diff-on-failure
+        run: SKIP=no-commit-to-branch pre-commit run --all-files --show-diff-on-failure
 
       - name: Run sgl-kernel clang-format checks
         uses: DoozyX/clang-format-lint-action@v0.18.1
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 31df0140b..1e09712ab 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ repos:
       - id: check-shebang-scripts-are-executable
       - id: detect-private-key
       - id: debug-statements
+      - id: no-commit-to-branch
   - repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/isort
     rev: 5.13.2
     hooks: