diff --git a/.github/ops-bot.yaml b/.github/ops-bot.yaml
index b7eed0cf7..23aee56b7 100644
--- a/.github/ops-bot.yaml
+++ b/.github/ops-bot.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # - https://github.com/rapidsai/ops-bot
 
 auto_merger: true
-branch_checker: false
+branch_checker: true
 label_checker: true
 release_drafter: false
 recently_updated: false