diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-test-empty.yml b/.github/workflows/build-and-test-empty.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..722c7b27c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-test-empty.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+name: CI
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - 'release-*'
+
+jobs:
+  build-and-test:
+    name: Build and test
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Skip with success
+        run: echo "skipped"
+
+  test-client-test-data:
+    name: Test client-test-data
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Skip with success
+        run: echo "skipped"
+
+  test-repository-upgrade:
+    name: Test repository upgrade
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Skip with success
+        run: echo "skipped"
+
+  test-docs-build:
+    name: Test docs
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Skip with success
+        run: echo "skipped"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml b/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
index 0825b528fb..a1a9cf9f5d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           project-token: ${{ secrets.CODACY_PROJECT_TOKEN }}
           coverage-reports: ./target/scala-2.13/coverage-report/cobertura.xml
-      - name: Upload coverage data to codecov 
+      - name: Upload coverage data to codecov
         uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
         with:
           files: ./target/scala-2.13/coverage-report/cobertura.xml