diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 5658b97..7d14884 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,15 @@ on:
     branches: [main]
   pull_request:
 
+# A newer push to the same PR supersedes the run in flight, so cancel it rather than
+# let both occupy the org's concurrent-job slots. Pushes to main are never cancelled:
+# every main commit keeps its own result. That needs a per-commit group for pushes —
+# a shared group still holds only one pending run and cancels the older pending one
+# when a third arrives, even with cancel-in-progress off.
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.ref || github.sha }}
+  cancel-in-progress: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
+
 # Least privilege: this workflow only ever reads the checkout. Without an explicit
 # block the token inherits the org default, which is often read-write.
 permissions:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yml b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
index 51e437e..a817c0e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
@@ -34,6 +34,15 @@ on:
       - ".github/workflows/docs.yml"
       - ".github/scripts/docs-staleness.mjs"
 
+# A newer push to the same PR supersedes the run in flight, so cancel it rather than
+# let both occupy the org's concurrent-job slots. Pushes to main are never cancelled:
+# every main commit keeps its own result. That needs a per-commit group for pushes —
+# a shared group still holds only one pending run and cancels the older pending one
+# when a third arrives, even with cancel-in-progress off.
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.ref || github.sha }}
+  cancel-in-progress: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
+
 permissions:
   contents: read