diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 9b928740..6e048a7a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ on:
     - cron: "0 12 * * 0"
   push:
     branches:
-      - main
+      - EVEREST-107-update-ci
     tags:
       - v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+*
   pull_request:
@@ -18,203 +18,6 @@ permissions:
   repository-projects: read
 
 jobs:
-  test:
-    name: Test
-    timeout-minutes: 10
-
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        go-version: [ 1.21.x ]
-        may-fail: [ false ]
-
-    continue-on-error: ${{ matrix.may-fail }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-
-    env:
-      # no `-mod=readonly` to test PRs made by @dependabot;
-      # `git diff --exit-code` step below still checks what we need
-      GOPRIVATE: github.com/percona,github.com/percona/everest-operator
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Configure git for private modules
-        env:
-          ROBOT_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.ROBOT_TOKEN }}
-        run: git config --global url."https://percona-platform-robot:${ROBOT_TOKEN}@github.com".insteadOf "https://github.com"
-
-      - name: Set up Go release
-        uses: percona-platform/setup-go@v4
-        with:
-          go-version: ${{ matrix.go-version }}
-
-      - name: Set GO_VERSION environment variable
-        run: |
-          go version
-          echo "GO_VERSION=$(go version)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-
-      - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          lfs: true
-          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
-
-      - name: Enable Go modules cache
-        uses: percona-platform/cache@v3
-        with:
-          path: ~/go/pkg/mod
-          key: ${{ matrix.os }}-go-${{ matrix.go-version }}-modules-${{ hashFiles('**/go.sum') }}
-          restore-keys: |
-            ${{ matrix.os }}-go-${{ matrix.go-version }}-modules-
-
-      - name: Enable Go build cache
-        uses: percona-platform/cache@v3
-        with:
-          path: ~/.cache/go-build
-          key: ${{ matrix.os }}-go-${{ matrix.go-version }}-build-${{ github.ref }}-${{ hashFiles('**') }}
-          restore-keys: |
-            ${{ matrix.os }}-go-${{ matrix.go-version }}-build-${{ github.ref }}-
-            ${{ matrix.os }}-go-${{ matrix.go-version }}-build-
-
-      - name: Download Go modules
-        run: go mod download
-
-      - name: Install development tools
-        run: make init
-
-      - name: Generate code
-        run: make gen
-
-      - name: Install binaries
-        run: make build
-
-      - name: Run tests
-        run: |
-          go clean -testcache
-          make test-crosscover
-
-      - name: Check that there are no source code changes
-        run: |
-          # Break job if any files were changed during its run (code generation, etc), except go.sum.
-          # `go mod tidy` could remove old checksums from that file, and that's okay on CI,
-          # and actually expected for PRs made by @dependabot.
-          # Checksums of actually used modules are checked by previous `go` subcommands.
-          pushd tools && go mod tidy -v && git checkout go.sum
-          popd        && go mod tidy -v && git checkout go.sum
-          git diff --exit-code
-
-      - name: Run debug commands on failure
-        if: ${{ failure() }}
-        run: |
-          env
-          go version
-          go env
-          pwd
-          git status
-  check:
-    name: Check
-    timeout-minutes: 10
-    if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
-
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        go-version: [1.21.x]
-        may-fail: [false]
-
-    continue-on-error: ${{ matrix.may-fail }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-
-    env:
-      GOPRIVATE: github.com/percona,github.com/percona/everest-operator
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Configure git for private modules
-        env:
-          ROBOT_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.ROBOT_TOKEN }}
-        run: git config --global url."https://percona-platform-robot:${ROBOT_TOKEN}@github.com".insteadOf "https://github.com"
-
-      - name: Set up Go release
-        uses: percona-platform/setup-go@v4
-        with:
-          go-version: ${{ matrix.go-version }}
-
-      - name: Set GO_VERSION environment variable
-        run: |
-          go version
-          echo "GO_VERSION=$(go version)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-
-      - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          lfs: true
-          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
-
-      - name: Enable Go modules cache
-        uses: percona-platform/cache@v3
-        with:
-          path: ~/go/pkg/mod
-          key: ${{ matrix.os }}-go-${{ matrix.go-version }}-modules-${{ hashFiles('**/go.sum') }}
-          restore-keys: |
-            ${{ matrix.os }}-go-${{ matrix.go-version }}-modules-
-
-      - name: Enable Go build cache
-        uses: percona-platform/cache@v3
-        with:
-          path: ~/.cache/go-build
-          key: ${{ matrix.os }}-go-${{ matrix.go-version }}-build-${{ github.ref }}-${{ hashFiles('**') }}
-          restore-keys: |
-            ${{ matrix.os }}-go-${{ matrix.go-version }}-build-${{ github.ref }}-
-            ${{ matrix.os }}-go-${{ matrix.go-version }}-build-
-
-      - name: Download Go modules
-        run: go mod download
-
-      - name: Install tools
-        run: make init
-
-      - name: Check the latest operator version is used
-        run: |
-          go get github.com/percona/everest-operator@main
-          echo "Checking there is no source code changes"
-          go mod tidy
-          git diff --exit-code
-
-      - name: Check the Makefile references dev version
-        run: |
-          if ! grep -q "RELEASE_VERSION ?= v0.0.0" Makefile; then 
-            echo "default RELEASE_VERSION in Makefile should be 0.0.0" 
-            exit 1 
-          fi 
-
-      - name: Check the quickstart script references dev version
-        run: |
-          if ! grep -q "perconalab/everest:0.0.0" deploy/quickstart-k8s.yaml; then 
-            echo "deploy/quickstart-k8s.yaml should reference 0.0.0 version" 
-            exit 1 
-          fi 
-
-      - name: Run checks/linters
-        run: |
-          # use GITHUB_TOKEN because only it has access to GitHub Checks API
-          bin/golangci-lint run --out-format=line-number | env REVIEWDOG_GITHUB_API_TOKEN=${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} bin/reviewdog -f=golangci-lint -reporter=github-pr-review -filter-mode=nofilter -fail-on-error=true
-
-      - name: Check that there are no source code changes
-        run: |
-          make format
-          pushd tools && go mod tidy -v
-          popd        && go mod tidy -v
-          git status
-          git diff --exit-code
-
-      - name: Run debug commands on failure
-        if: ${{ failure() }}
-        run: |
-          env
-          go version
-          go env
-          pwd
-          git status
-
   integration_tests:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
@@ -366,15 +169,6 @@ jobs:
           # API_TOKEN is used later by "make test"
           echo "API_TOKEN=$(./bin/everest token reset --json | jq .token -r)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
-      - name: Port-forwarding
-        shell: bash
-        continue-on-error: true
-        run: |
-          cd percona-everest-cli
-
-          while true; do kubectl port-forward -n everest-system deployment/percona-everest 8080:8080; done &
-
-
       - name: Patch Everest Deployment to use the PR image
         run: |
           kubectl -n everest-system patch deployment percona-everest --type strategic --patch-file dev/patch-deployment-image.yaml