diff --git a/.github/workflows/end_to_end_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/end_to_end_tests.yml
index a1cb5e5d..ea9ba41c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/end_to_end_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/end_to_end_tests.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
 
   start-runner:
+    if: github.event_name == 'push' || (github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork == false)
     name: Start self-hosted EC2 runner
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs:
@@ -109,12 +110,14 @@ jobs:
     if: ${{ always() }} # required to stop the runner even if the error happened in the previous jobs
     steps:
       - name: Configure AWS credentials
+        if: github.event_name == 'push' || (github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork == false)
         uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v1
         with:
           aws-access-key-id: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
           aws-secret-access-key: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
           aws-region: ${{ secrets.AWS_REGION }}
       - name: Stop EC2 runner
+        if: github.event_name == 'push' || (github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork == false)
         uses: machulav/ec2-github-runner@v2
         with:
           mode: stop