diff --git a/core-services/prow/02_config/_config.yaml b/core-services/prow/02_config/_config.yaml
index 668fdab11b5cf..af8aa88804a31 100644
--- a/core-services/prow/02_config/_config.yaml
+++ b/core-services/prow/02_config/_config.yaml
@@ -861,6 +861,14 @@ tide:
                 - ci/prow/validate
           release:
             skip-unknown-contexts: true
+          rosa:
+            branches:
+              master:
+                required-if-present-contexts:
+                - ci/prow/build
+                - ci/prow/commits
+                - ci/prow/lint
+                - ci/prow/test
           route-monitor-operator:
             branches:
               master:
diff --git a/core-services/prow/02_config/openshift/backplane-cli/_prowconfig.yaml b/core-services/prow/02_config/openshift/backplane-cli/_prowconfig.yaml
index 935dcb3f60de5..8b82d0b69281f 100644
--- a/core-services/prow/02_config/openshift/backplane-cli/_prowconfig.yaml
+++ b/core-services/prow/02_config/openshift/backplane-cli/_prowconfig.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+branch-protection:
+  orgs:
+    openshift:
+      repos:
+        backplane-cli:
+          branches:
+            main:
+              protect: true
+              required_status_checks:
+                contexts:
+                - ci/prow/build
+                - ci/prow/coverage
+                - ci/prow/images
+                - ci/prow/lint
+                - ci/prow/test
 tide:
   queries:
   - labels:
diff --git a/core-services/prow/02_config/openshift/backplane-tools/_prowconfig.yaml b/core-services/prow/02_config/openshift/backplane-tools/_prowconfig.yaml
index 28c7293a79c40..905c64416a8f5 100644
--- a/core-services/prow/02_config/openshift/backplane-tools/_prowconfig.yaml
+++ b/core-services/prow/02_config/openshift/backplane-tools/_prowconfig.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+branch-protection:
+  orgs:
+    openshift:
+      repos:
+        backplane-tools:
+          branches:
+            main:
+              protect: true
+              required_status_checks:
+                contexts:
+                - ci/prow/coverage
+                - ci/prow/lint
+                - ci/prow/unit
 tide:
   queries:
   - labels:
diff --git a/core-services/prow/02_config/openshift/osdctl/_prowconfig.yaml b/core-services/prow/02_config/openshift/osdctl/_prowconfig.yaml
index 57bb7a030a544..4990510e9e443 100644
--- a/core-services/prow/02_config/openshift/osdctl/_prowconfig.yaml
+++ b/core-services/prow/02_config/openshift/osdctl/_prowconfig.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+branch-protection:
+  orgs:
+    openshift:
+      repos:
+        osdctl:
+          branches:
+            master:
+              protect: true
+              required_status_checks:
+                contexts:
+                - ci/prow/build
+                - ci/prow/format
+                - ci/prow/lint
+                - ci/prow/test
+                - ci/prow/verify-docs
 tide:
   queries:
   - labels:
diff --git a/core-services/prow/02_config/openshift/rosa/_prowconfig.yaml b/core-services/prow/02_config/openshift/rosa/_prowconfig.yaml
index 7c2ec53155261..81e0f3588311b 100644
--- a/core-services/prow/02_config/openshift/rosa/_prowconfig.yaml
+++ b/core-services/prow/02_config/openshift/rosa/_prowconfig.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+branch-protection:
+  orgs:
+    openshift:
+      repos:
+        rosa:
+          branches:
+            master:
+              protect: true
+              required_status_checks:
+                contexts:
+                - Red Hat Konflux / rosa-on-pull-request
+                - Red Hat Konflux / rh-rosa-cli-enterprise-contract / rosa
+                - ci/prow/e2e-presubmits-images
+                - ci/prow/images-images
+                - ci/prow/images-release-images
 tide:
   merge_method:
     openshift/rosa: squash