diff --git a/.github/workflows/nodejs.yml b/.github/workflows/nodejs.yml
index 51ffc32..3bac1ac 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nodejs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nodejs.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,18 @@ on:
     branches:
       - main
 
+# A new commit supersedes the previous one's jobs, so stop paying for them
+# across the whole matrix below. Only pull request runs share a group; every
+# other run gets a group of its own (`github.run_id`), because a group holds
+# at most one pending run and a later push would otherwise evict the one
+# waiting — `cancel-in-progress` protects the running run, not the queued one.
+# Runs for the branches this also builds on push publish the coverage later
+# comparisons are measured against, and losing one would also hide a breakage
+# that is already on the branch.
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.ref || github.run_id }}
+  cancel-in-progress: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
+
 jobs:
   lint:
     name: Lint - ${{ matrix.os }} - Node v${{ matrix.node-version }}
@@ -18,9 +30,6 @@ jobs:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
         node-version: [lts/*]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    concurrency:
-      group: lint-${{ matrix.os }}-v${{ matrix.node-version }}-${{ github.ref }}
-      cancel-in-progress: true
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
@@ -47,9 +56,6 @@ jobs:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macos-latest]
         node-version: [10.x, 12.x, 14.x, 16.x, 18.x, 20.x, 22.x, 24.x, 26.x]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    concurrency:
-      group: test-${{ matrix.os }}-v${{ matrix.node-version }}-${{ github.ref }}
-      cancel-in-progress: true
     steps:
       - name: Setup Git
         if: matrix.os == 'windows-latest'