diff --git a/lib/pyxis/managed_versioning/component_updater.rb b/lib/pyxis/managed_versioning/component_updater.rb
index 6365041..a788b56 100644
--- a/lib/pyxis/managed_versioning/component_updater.rb
+++ b/lib/pyxis/managed_versioning/component_updater.rb
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ def filter_for_passing_checks(commits)
           conclusions = GithubClient.octokit
                                     .check_runs_for_ref(component.github_path, commit)
                                     .check_runs
+                                    .select { |run| check_run_on_default_branch?(component, run) }
                                     .map(&:conclusion)
           !conclusions.empty? && conclusions.all? { |conclusion| conclusion == 'success' }
         end
@@ -135,6 +136,13 @@ def filter_for_passing_checks(commits)
         filtered_commits
       end
 
+      def check_run_on_default_branch?(component, run)
+        GithubClient.octokit.check_suite(
+          component.github_path,
+          run.check_suite.id
+        ).head_branch == component.default_branch
+      end
+
       def version_update_loop?(update_title)
         commits = GithubClient.without_auto_pagination(GithubClient.octokit) do |octokit|
           octokit.list_commits(