diff --git a/.github/workflows/fork-ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/fork-ci.yaml
index 3a23a211d..9a734f8e4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/fork-ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/fork-ci.yaml
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 name: Fork Docker CI
 
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-    - network-operator-*
-    tags:
-    - network-operator-*
+# on:
+#   push:
+#     branches:
+#     - network-operator-*
+#     tags:
+#     - network-operator-*
 
 jobs:
   determine_docker_registry_and_tag:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/fork-sync.yaml b/.github/workflows/fork-sync.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b0eb28d0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/fork-sync.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+# TODO: uncomment triggers for sr-iov fork-ci workflow after fork-sync works
+name: Fork Sync
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+  - cron: '0 0 * * *'  # nightly
+  workflow_dispatch:   # enable manual trigger
+
+jobs:
+  lookup-most-recent-release-branch:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - name: Lookup most recent release branch
+      id: lookup-most-recent-release-branch
+      run: |
+        git fetch --all
+        echo most_recent_release_branch=$(git branch --remotes --sort refname | grep network-operator- | tail -n 1 | cut -d '/' -f 2-) >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+    outputs:
+      most_recent_release_branch: ${{ steps.lookup-most-recent-release-branch.outputs.most_recent_release_branch }}
+
+  sync-fork:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: lookup-most-recent-release-branch
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        branch:
+        - master
+        - ${{ needs.lookup-most-recent-release-branch.outputs.most_recent_release_branch }}
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      if: ${{ matrix.branch != '' }}
+      with:
+        ref: ${{ matrix.branch }}
+    #     fetch-depth: 100
+    #     token: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN_NVIDIA_CI_CD }}
+    #     persist-credentials: true
+    - name: Sync
+      if: ${{ matrix.branch != '' }}
+      env:
+        GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}  # TODO: test with each token
+        # GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN_NVIDIA_CI_CD }}
+      run: |
+        gh repo sync Mellanox/sriov-network-operator --source k8snetworkplumbingwg/sriov-network-operator --branch ${{ matrix.branch }}  # TODO: figure out a workaround for syncing `upstream/master->$release`