diff --git a/.github/workflows/indexer-build-docker-image-check.yml b/.github/workflows/indexer-build-docker-image-check.yml
index 75fd0c4d36..8f11cdf416 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/indexer-build-docker-image-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/indexer-build-docker-image-check.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ on:  # yamllint disable-line rule:truthy
       - main
       - 'release/indexer/v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.x'  # e.g. release/indexer/v0.1.x
       - 'release/indexer/v[0-9]+.x'  # e.g. release/indexer/v1.x
+      - 'v'incentc/kafka-upgrade'
     paths:
       - 'indexer/**'