diff --git a/.github/workflows/create-lint-wf.yml b/.github/workflows/create-lint-wf.yml
index d8f65906e4..277baf1425 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/create-lint-wf.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/create-lint-wf.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 name: Create a pipeline and run nf-core linting
 on: [push, pull_request]
 
+# Cancel if a newer run is started
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
 env:
   NXF_ANSI_LOG: false
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/create-test-wf.yml b/.github/workflows/create-test-wf.yml
index 1f24b299e0..6b2116d2f4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/create-test-wf.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/create-test-wf.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 name: Create a pipeline and test it
 on: [push, pull_request]
 
+# Cancel if a newer run is started
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
 env:
   NXF_ANSI_LOG: false
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-pypi.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy-pypi.yml
index 6f52c0f50f..391a8ef94f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-pypi.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-pypi.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ on:
   release:
     types: [published]
 
+# Cancel if a newer run is started
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
 jobs:
   build-n-publish:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint-code.yml b/.github/workflows/lint-code.yml
index 52e042b5bc..af2d41aecf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint-code.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint-code.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 name: Lint tools code formatting
 on: [push, pull_request]
 
+# Cancel if a newer run is started
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
 jobs:
   EditorConfig:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/.github/workflows/push_dockerhub_dev.yml b/.github/workflows/push_dockerhub_dev.yml
index 5ba3e7fd8f..88efe88b9d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/push_dockerhub_dev.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/push_dockerhub_dev.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ on:
   push:
     branches: [dev]
 
+# Cancel if a newer run is started
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
 jobs:
   push_dockerhub:
     name: Push new Docker image to Docker Hub (dev)
diff --git a/.github/workflows/push_dockerhub_release.yml b/.github/workflows/push_dockerhub_release.yml
index c2dcf4b146..71245244d8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/push_dockerhub_release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/push_dockerhub_release.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ on:
   release:
     types: [published]
 
+# Cancel if a newer run is started
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
 jobs:
   push_dockerhub:
     name: Push new Docker image to Docker Hub (release)
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pytest.yml b/.github/workflows/pytest.yml
index 08b99c4c70..0828d93315 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pytest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pytest.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ on:
   push:
   pull_request:
 
+# Cancel if a newer run is started
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
 jobs:
   pytest:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sync.yml b/.github/workflows/sync.yml
index dd2ed7f374..2d79807a0b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sync.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sync.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ on:
         description: Only run on nf-core/testpipeline?
         required: true
 
+# Cancel if a newer run is started
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
 jobs:
   get-pipelines:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tools-api-docs-dev.yml b/.github/workflows/tools-api-docs-dev.yml
index b9c40787f8..f2ccabb02d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tools-api-docs-dev.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tools-api-docs-dev.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@ name: nf-core/tools dev API docs
 # Run on push and PR to test that docs build
 on: [pull_request, push]
 
+# Cancel if a newer run is started
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
 jobs:
   api-docs:
     name: Build & push Sphinx API docs
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tools-api-docs-release.yml b/.github/workflows/tools-api-docs-release.yml
index a10f7b9b87..17e504067e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tools-api-docs-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tools-api-docs-release.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ on:
   release:
     types: [published]
 
+# Cancel if a newer run is started
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
 jobs:
   api-docs:
     name: Build & push Sphinx API docs
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 091eb15b87..4611163c53 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 - Move `strip_ansi_code` function in lint to `utils.py`
 - Simplify control flow and don't use equality comparison for `None` and booleans
 - Replace use of the deprecated `distutils` Version object with that from `packaging` ([#1735](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/pull/1735))
+- Add code to cancel CI run if a new run starts ([#1760](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/pull/1760))
 
 ### Modules