diff --git a/.github/workflows/cla.yml b/.github/workflows/cla.yml
index 17af2383c061..2db856e631a6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cla.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cla.yml
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ on:
 jobs:
     CLA:
         runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-        # This job only runs for pull request comments
-        if: ${{ github.event.issue.pull_request }}
+        # This job only runs for pull request comments or pull request target events (not issue comments)
+        if: github.event.issue.pull_request || github.event_name == 'pull_request_target'
         steps:
             - uses: actions-ecosystem/action-regex-match@9c35fe9ac1840239939c59e5db8839422eed8a73
               id: sign