diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 4f3bd79..eb0f911 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@ name: CI
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches: [main]
+    branches: [ "**" ]
   pull_request:
-    branches: [main]
+    branches: [ "**" ]
 
+# cancel superseded runs on the same ref to save minutes
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ permissions:
 jobs:
   build-test:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 15
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
@@ -27,15 +29,6 @@ jobs:
           node-version: 20
           cache: 'npm'
 
-      - name: Cache node_modules
-        id: cache-node-modules
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
-        with:
-          path: node_modules
-          key: node-modules-${{ hashFiles('package-lock.json') }}
-          restore-keys: |
-            node-modules-
-
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: npm ci