diff --git a/core-services/prow/02_config/openshift-online/ocm-cli/_prowconfig.yaml b/core-services/prow/02_config/openshift-online/ocm-cli/_prowconfig.yaml
index 5254848399a8b..8f1fe03567e78 100644
--- a/core-services/prow/02_config/openshift-online/ocm-cli/_prowconfig.yaml
+++ b/core-services/prow/02_config/openshift-online/ocm-cli/_prowconfig.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,20 @@
+branch-protection:
+  orgs:
+    openshift-online:
+      repos:
+        ocm-cli:
+          branches:
+            main:
+              protect: true
+              required_status_checks:
+                contexts:
+                - Red Hat Konflux / ocm-cli-enterprise-contract / ocm-cli
+                - Red Hat Konflux / ocm-cli-on-pull-request
+                - ci/prow/images-images
+                - Lint
+                - Test (ubuntu-latest)
+                - Test (macos-latest)
+                - Test (windows-latest)
 tide:
   queries:
   - labels: