diff --git a/.github/workflows/changelog.yml b/.github/workflows/changelog.yml
index a016259291..c920c1c8c5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/changelog.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/changelog.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ on:
     types: [opened, synchronize, reopened, labeled, unlabeled]
     branches:
       - main
+  merge_group:
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ jobs:
   changelog:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: |
+      github.event_name != 'merge_group' &&
       !contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'Skip Changelog')
       && github.actor != 'otelbot[bot]'
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-links.yml b/.github/workflows/check-links.yml
index 6a895980ba..e3ace69f2d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-links.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-links.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@ on:
       - '**/*.rst'
       - '.github/workflows/check-links.yml'
       - '.github/workflows/check_links_config.json'
+  merge_group:
+    paths:
+      - '**/*.md'
+      - '**/*.rst'
+      - '.github/workflows/check-links.yml'
+      - '.github/workflows/check_links_config.json'
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
@@ -21,6 +27,9 @@ concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.run_id }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
+env:
+  DIFF_RANGE: ${{ github.event_name == 'merge_group' && format('{0}...{1}', github.event.merge_group.base_sha, github.event.merge_group.head_sha) || format('origin/{0}...HEAD', github.base_ref) }}
+
 jobs:
   check-links:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -53,14 +62,14 @@ jobs:
             ${{ steps.changed-files.outputs.all_changed_files }} \
             || { echo "Check that anchor links are lowercase"; exit 1; }
 
-      - name: Check new links only on pull requests
-        if: steps.changed-files.outputs.any_changed == 'true' && github.event_name == 'pull_request'
+      - name: Check new links
+        if: steps.changed-files.outputs.any_changed == 'true' && (github.event_name == 'pull_request' || github.event_name == 'merge_group')
         run: |
           # Extract URLs only from added lines in the diff to avoid
           # rate limiting when checking all links in large files like
           # CHANGELOG.md. Only new/changed links are checked on PRs;
           # pushes to main still check all links in changed files.
-          git diff "origin/${{ github.base_ref }}...HEAD" -- \
+          git diff "$DIFF_RANGE" -- \
             ${{ steps.changed-files.outputs.all_changed_files }} \
             | grep '^+' | grep -v '^+++' \
             | grep -oP 'https?://[^\s\)\]\"'"'"'`>]+' \
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index a1963283de..5096769099 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ on:
     branches:
     - 'main'
   pull_request:
+  merge_group:
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
diff --git a/.github/workflows/generate_workflows_lib/src/generate_workflows_lib/ci.yml.j2 b/.github/workflows/generate_workflows_lib/src/generate_workflows_lib/ci.yml.j2
index 746adf13b6..4d785f304b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/generate_workflows_lib/src/generate_workflows_lib/ci.yml.j2
+++ b/.github/workflows/generate_workflows_lib/src/generate_workflows_lib/ci.yml.j2
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ on:
     branches:
     - 'main'
   pull_request:
+  merge_group:
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
diff --git a/.github/workflows/generate_workflows_lib/src/generate_workflows_lib/misc.yml.j2 b/.github/workflows/generate_workflows_lib/src/generate_workflows_lib/misc.yml.j2
index 7be174ba56..c6887a5ba8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/generate_workflows_lib/src/generate_workflows_lib/misc.yml.j2
+++ b/.github/workflows/generate_workflows_lib/src/generate_workflows_lib/misc.yml.j2
@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@ jobs:
     {%- endif %}
     {%- if job_data == "docs" %}
     if: |
-      github.event.pull_request.user.login != 'otelbot[bot]' && github.event_name == 'pull_request'
+      github.event_name == 'merge_group' ||
+      (github.event_name == 'pull_request' &&
+      github.event.pull_request.user.login != 'otelbot[bot]')
     {%- endif %}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repo @ SHA - ${% raw %}{{ github.sha }}{% endraw %}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/misc.yml b/.github/workflows/misc.yml
index 8974f41b12..e4bbb9d47d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/misc.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/misc.yml
@@ -70,7 +70,9 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 30
     if: |
-      github.event.pull_request.user.login != 'otelbot[bot]' && github.event_name == 'pull_request'
+      github.event_name == 'merge_group' ||
+      (github.event_name == 'pull_request' &&
+      github.event.pull_request.user.login != 'otelbot[bot]')
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repo @ SHA - ${{ github.sha }}
         uses: actions/checkout@v4