diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yaml b/.github/workflows/docs.yaml
index 735e5fa55130..fd25a6e6e2bc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yaml
@@ -103,11 +103,11 @@ jobs:
       working-directory: ./docs
       env:
         # "deploy" branches build the full set of versions so every page
-        # has a complete version dropdown: main, develop, release/3.0.0-beta2,
-        # and stable tags >= v2.0.0. Other release branches and prerelease tags
-        # are excluded.
-        SMV_BRANCH_WHITELIST: '^(main|develop|release/3\.0\.0-beta2)$'
-        SMV_TAG_WHITELIST: '^v[2-9]\d*\.\d+\.\d+$'
+        # has a complete version dropdown: main, develop, release/3.0.0,
+        # stable tags >= v2.0.0, and v3.0.0-beta2. Other release branches and
+        # prerelease tags are excluded.
+        SMV_BRANCH_WHITELIST: '^(main|develop|release/3\.0\.0)$'
+        SMV_TAG_WHITELIST: '^v([2-9]\d*\.\d+\.\d+|3\.0\.0-beta2)$'
       run: |
         git fetch --prune --unshallow --tags
         git checkout --detach HEAD
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Set default docs version
       working-directory: ./docs
       env:
-        DOCS_DEFAULT_REF: ${{ github.event.repository.default_branch }}
+        DOCS_DEFAULT_REF: v3.0.0-beta2
       run: |
         test -n "$DOCS_DEFAULT_REF"
         test -f "_build/$DOCS_DEFAULT_REF/index.html" || {
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-images.yaml b/.github/workflows/publish-images.yaml
index 2dee4303e8db..367fda0214e6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-images.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-images.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 name: Publish Docker Images
 
 on:
-  # Nightly build + publish from develop. No push triggers — workflow_dispatch
+  # Nightly build + publish from develop and release/3.0.0. No push triggers — workflow_dispatch
   # also accepts any publishable branch. main is intentionally excluded: main images are built
   # by postmerge-ci.yml on push instead.
   schedule:
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ permissions:
 # purpose (it builds on the public isaac-sim base via postmerge-ci.yml).
 env:
   NGC_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.NGC_API_KEY }}
-  CRON_BRANCHES: develop
+  CRON_BRANCHES: develop,release/3.0.0
 
 jobs:
   resolve-branches: