diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr_title.yml b/.github/workflows/pr_title.yml
index f5693ac..d4ee990 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr_title.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr_title.yml
@@ -19,8 +19,10 @@ concurrency:
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
 jobs:
-  lint:
-    name: Validate conventional PR title
+  # Named `pr-title` because the Main-Protection ruleset requires that check by
+  # name; renaming the job silently un-gates the branch.
+  pr-title:
+    name: pr-title
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: amannn/action-semantic-pull-request@v6