diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-formatting.yml b/.github/workflows/check-formatting.yml
index 63ba8fa..0d9c6c9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-formatting.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-formatting.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,14 @@ on:
       - main
   pull_request:
 
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+# This allows a subsequently queued workflow run to interrupt previous runs
+concurrency:
+  group: '${{ github.workflow }} @ ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.label || github.head_ref || github.ref }}'
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
 jobs:
   test:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest