diff --git a/core-services/prow/02_config/_config.yaml b/core-services/prow/02_config/_config.yaml
index d5f2db42d5af8..697b94946001c 100644
--- a/core-services/prow/02_config/_config.yaml
+++ b/core-services/prow/02_config/_config.yaml
@@ -753,6 +753,14 @@ tide:
             - codecov/project
           release:
             skip-unknown-contexts: true
+          rosa:
+            branches:
+              master:
+                required-if-present-contexts:
+                - ci/prow/build
+                - ci/prow/commits
+                - ci/prow/lint
+                - ci/prow/test
       openshift-priv:
         repos:
           assisted-installer:
diff --git a/core-services/prow/02_config/openshift/rosa/_prowconfig.yaml b/core-services/prow/02_config/openshift/rosa/_prowconfig.yaml
index f45b23dd7b819..aa289fa6220d5 100644
--- a/core-services/prow/02_config/openshift/rosa/_prowconfig.yaml
+++ b/core-services/prow/02_config/openshift/rosa/_prowconfig.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+branch-protection:
+  orgs:
+    openshift:
+      repos:
+        rosa:
+          branches:
+            master:
+              protect: true
+              required_status_checks:
+                contexts:
+                - Red Hat Konflux / rosa-on-pull-request
 tide:
   queries:
   - labels: