diff --git a/.github/workflows/go.yml b/.github/workflows/go.yml
index 1a1d51fa28c..ad55ba24698 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/go.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/go.yml
@@ -85,4 +85,4 @@ jobs:
     needs: go_tidy_matrix
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - run: echo "I'm a no-op"
+      - run: echo "Dependencies successful"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
similarity index 68%
rename from .github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml
rename to .github/workflows/lint.yml
index d06bad71d7b..6dbaf7a08e6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-name: golangci-lint
+name: lint
+
+# If adding a new linter: (a) create a new job; and (b) add it to the `needs`
+# list of the `lint` job as this is what gates PRs.
 
 on:
   push:
@@ -18,8 +21,13 @@ concurrency:
   cancel-in-progress: ${{ github.ref != 'refs/heads/main' }}
 
 jobs:
-  golangci:
-    name: lint
+  lint:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [golangci-lint, yamllint, shellcheck]
+    steps:
+      - run: echo "Dependencies successful"
+
+  golangci-lint:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -40,3 +48,18 @@ jobs:
         uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v6
         with:
           version: v1.60
+
+  yamllint:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - run: yamllint -c .yamllint.yml .
+
+  shellcheck:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Run ShellCheck
+        uses: ludeeus/action-shellcheck@2.0.0
+        with:
+          scandir: './libevm'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/shellcheck.yml b/.github/workflows/shellcheck.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 8e91378eb06..00000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/shellcheck.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-name: shellcheck
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches: [main, "release/**"]
-  pull_request:
-    branches: [main, "release/**"]
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-concurrency:
-  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
-  cancel-in-progress: ${{ github.ref != 'refs/heads/main' }}
-
-jobs:
-  shellcheck:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Run ShellCheck
-        uses: ludeeus/action-shellcheck@2.0.0
-        with:
-          scandir: './libevm'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/yml.yml b/.github/workflows/yml.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index ece1d125734..00000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/yml.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-name: YAML check
-
-on:
-  pull_request:
-    branches: [main]
-    paths:
-      - "**/*.yml"
-      - "**/*.yaml"
-      - ".github/workflows/yml.yml"
-      - ".github/yamllint.yml"
-
-concurrency:
-  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
-  cancel-in-progress: ${{ github.ref != 'refs/heads/main' }}
-
-jobs:
-  yaml-check:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Validate YAML files
-        run: yamllint -c .yamllint.yml .