diff --git a/.github/workflows/java-eks-canary.yml b/.github/workflows/java-eks-canary.yml
index a794fa362..4d1925cd0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/java-eks-canary.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/java-eks-canary.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ on:
   schedule:
     - cron: '*/15 * * * *' # run the workflow every 15 minutes
   workflow_dispatch: # be able to run the workflow on demand
+  push:
 
 permissions:
   id-token: write
@@ -20,10 +21,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        aws-region: ['af-south-1','ap-east-1','ap-northeast-1','ap-northeast-2','ap-northeast-3','ap-south-1','ap-south-2','ap-southeast-1',
-                     'ap-southeast-2','ap-southeast-3','ap-southeast-4','ca-central-1','eu-central-1','eu-central-2','eu-north-1',
-                     'eu-south-1','eu-south-2','eu-west-1','eu-west-2','eu-west-3','il-central-1','me-central-1','me-south-1', 'sa-east-1',
-                     'us-east-1','us-east-2','us-west-1','us-west-2']
+        aws-region: ['us-east-1']
     uses: ./.github/workflows/java-eks-retry.yml
     secrets: inherit
     with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/java-sample-app-ecr-deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/java-sample-app-ecr-deploy.yml
index ec31fb6de..2147b1667 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/java-sample-app-ecr-deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/java-sample-app-ecr-deploy.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 name: Sample App Deployment - Java ECR
 on:
   workflow_dispatch: # be able to run the workflow on demand
-  push:
 
 permissions:
   id-token: write
diff --git a/.github/workflows/java-sample-app-s3-deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/java-sample-app-s3-deploy.yml
index e5eea520a..23e46bff7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/java-sample-app-s3-deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/java-sample-app-s3-deploy.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 name: Sample App Deployment - Java S3
 on:
   workflow_dispatch: # be able to run the workflow on demand
-  push:
 
 permissions:
   id-token: write