diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-nightly.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-nightly.yml
index d30262496..175fd28e7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-nightly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-nightly.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ on:
     - cron:  '00 19 * * *'
 jobs:
   GraphAr-ubuntu-arrow-from-source:
-    if: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' }}
+    if: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' && github.repository == 'alibaba/GraphAr' }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pyspark.yml b/.github/workflows/pyspark.yml
index 34c211e66..f81600ddb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pyspark.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pyspark.yml
@@ -20,9 +20,17 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - main
+    paths:
+      - 'spark/**'
+      - 'pyspark/**'
+      - '.github/workflows/pyspark.yaml'
   pull_request:
     branches:
       - main
+    paths:
+      - 'spark/**'
+      - 'pyspark/**'
+      - '.github/workflows/pyspark.yaml'
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.repository }}-${{ github.event.number || github.head_ref || github.sha }}-${{ github.workflow }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 8cc432d2b..9479cb47c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,11 @@ on:
   push:
     tags:
       - "v*"
+  workflow_dispatch:
 
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.repository }}-${{ github.event.number || github.head_ref || github.sha }}-${{ github.workflow }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
 
 # Automatically create a GitHub Release, with release details specified (the relevant commits)
 jobs:
@@ -30,9 +34,17 @@ jobs:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
 
     steps:
-      - name: Release
+      - name: Extract tag name
+        id: tag
+        if: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v') && github.repository == 'alibaba/GraphAr' }}
+        run: echo "TAG=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Cut a versioned release
         uses: "marvinpinto/action-automatic-releases@latest"
+        if: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v') && github.repository == 'alibaba/GraphAr' }}
         with:
           repo_token: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
+          automatic_release_tag: ${{ steps.tag.outputs.TAG }}
           draft: true
           prerelease: false
+          title: "GraphAr ${{ steps.tag.outputs.TAG }}"