diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-build-test-release.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable-build-test-release.yml
index 0368536aa..9ee5d7237 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable-build-test-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-build-test-release.yml
@@ -2671,6 +2671,10 @@ jobs:
 
   pre-publish:
     if: ${{ !cancelled() }}
+    # The following line will rename 'pre-publish' to 'pre-publish-not_main_pr' when PR is created towards main branch
+    # It is necessary to avoid confusion caused by githubactions considering pre-publish for both push to develop branch
+    # and pull_request to main branch events.
+    name: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.base_ref == 'main' &&  'pre-publish' ||  'pre-publish-not_main_pr' }}
     needs:
       - meta
       - compliance-copyrights