diff --git a/.github/workflows/prerelease.yml b/.github/workflows/prerelease.yml
index bae04148b3..98145cc42b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/prerelease.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/prerelease.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ on:
     - cron: "0 5 * * 1"
   workflow_dispatch:
 
+env:
+  SKIP: no-commit-to-branch
+
 jobs:
 
   make-check:
@@ -50,6 +53,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install avocado
         run: |
           pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
+          python3 -m pip install --user --upgrade "setuptools<80"
           python3 setup.py develop --user
       - name: Avocado pre-release job
         run: python3 setup.py test --select=pre-release
@@ -108,6 +112,10 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v7
+    - name: Set weekly TestPyPI version
+      run: |
+        version="$(cat VERSION).dev${{ github.run_number }}"
+        make -f Makefile.gh propagate-version VERSION="$version"
     - name: Build tarballs and wheels
       run: make -f Makefile.gh build-wheel check-wheel
     - name: Save tarballs and wheels as artifacts
diff --git a/.github/workflows/setup.yml b/.github/workflows/setup.yml
index 2dec689cb3..e0a274b9cc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/setup.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/setup.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ on:
   # Allows you to run this workflow manually from the Actions tab
   workflow_dispatch:
 
+env:
+  SKIP: no-commit-to-branch
+
 jobs:
 
   user-installation:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/weekly.yml b/.github/workflows/weekly.yml
index e01fbe3c8c..b065576589 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/weekly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/weekly.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ on:
   # Allows you to run this workflow manually from the Actions tab
   workflow_dispatch:
 
+env:
+  SKIP: no-commit-to-branch
+
 jobs:
 
   latest-python:
@@ -89,7 +92,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install static check dependencies
         run: make requirements-static-checks
       - name: Installing Avocado in develop mode
-        run: python3 setup.py develop --user --skip-optional-plugins --skip-examples-plugins-tests
+        run: |
+          python3 -m pip install --user --upgrade "setuptools<80"
+          python3 setup.py develop --user --skip-optional-plugins --skip-examples-plugins-tests
       - name: Avocado version
         run: avocado --version
       - name: Tree static check, unittests and fast functional tests without plugins