diff --git a/core-services/prow/02_config/shiftstack/shiftstack-qa/_prowconfig.yaml b/core-services/prow/02_config/shiftstack/shiftstack-qa/_prowconfig.yaml
index cb624f536f54d..c1d907322c6a5 100644
--- a/core-services/prow/02_config/shiftstack/shiftstack-qa/_prowconfig.yaml
+++ b/core-services/prow/02_config/shiftstack/shiftstack-qa/_prowconfig.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+branch-protection:
+  orgs:
+    shiftstack:
+      repos:
+        shiftstack-qa:
+          branches:
+            main:
+              protect: true
+              required_status_checks:
+                contexts:
+                - ansible-lint
 tide:
   queries:
   - labels: