diff --git a/.asf.yaml b/.asf.yaml
index 6c517f69c8f..d920b93920b 100644
--- a/.asf.yaml
+++ b/.asf.yaml
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ github:
           - frontend-build
           - playwright-tests (chromium)
           - pre-commit (current)
-          - pre-commit (previous)
           - test-mysql
           - test-postgres-required
           - test-postgres-hive
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pre-commit.yml b/.github/workflows/pre-commit.yml
index 05237147c88..ffb90a72b52 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pre-commit.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pre-commit.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,10 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 20
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["current", "previous", "next"]
+        # Run the full version spread on push (master/release) and nightly,
+        # but only the current version on PRs — lint/format/type results
+        # rarely differ across patch versions, so 3x per PR is wasteful.
+        python-version: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' && fromJSON('["current"]') || fromJSON('["current", "previous", "next"]') }}
     steps:
       - name: "Checkout ${{ github.ref }} ( ${{ github.sha }} )"
         uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6
diff --git a/.github/workflows/superset-extensions-cli.yml b/.github/workflows/superset-extensions-cli.yml
index 96765b60283..d8d2de08459 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/superset-extensions-cli.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/superset-extensions-cli.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 30
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["previous", "current", "next"]
+        # Full version spread on push (master/release) + nightly; current only
+        # on PRs to cut runner cost (cross-version breaks are caught at merge).
+        python-version: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' && fromJSON('["current"]') || fromJSON('["previous", "current", "next"]') }}
     defaults:
       run:
         working-directory: superset-extensions-cli
diff --git a/.github/workflows/superset-python-integrationtest.yml b/.github/workflows/superset-python-integrationtest.yml
index 504e3853005..4043b9bcb43 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/superset-python-integrationtest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/superset-python-integrationtest.yml
@@ -128,7 +128,9 @@ jobs:
       id-token: write
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["current", "previous", "next"]
+        # Full version spread on push (master/release) + nightly; current only
+        # on PRs to cut runner cost (cross-version breaks are caught at merge).
+        python-version: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' && fromJSON('["current"]') || fromJSON('["current", "previous", "next"]') }}
     env:
       PYTHONPATH: ${{ github.workspace }}
       SUPERSET_CONFIG: tests.integration_tests.superset_test_config
diff --git a/.github/workflows/superset-python-unittest.yml b/.github/workflows/superset-python-unittest.yml
index 5eb368c18db..269afb400cc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/superset-python-unittest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/superset-python-unittest.yml
@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@ jobs:
       id-token: write
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["previous", "current", "next"]
+        # Full version spread on push (master/release) + nightly; current only
+        # on PRs to cut runner cost (cross-version breaks are caught at merge).
+        python-version: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' && fromJSON('["current"]') || fromJSON('["previous", "current", "next"]') }}
     env:
       PYTHONPATH: ${{ github.workspace }}
     steps: