diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
index 65064323e97..034b5ef4dbd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@
 name: "CodeQL"
 
 on:
-  push:
-    branches: [ "main" ]
   pull_request:
     branches: [ "main" ]
+    paths:
+      - "msgraph_beta/**"
   schedule:
     - cron: '1 * * * 1'
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3f88c41f20e..03ef36b13ef 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ build-backend = "flit_core.buildapi"
 
 [project]
 name = "msgraph-beta-sdk"
+
+# Pin metadata to 2.3 until ESRP Release supports License-Expression over the 
+# deprecated License field. Update License to License-Expression when unpinning 
+# metadata version.
+metadata-version = 2.3
+
 # The SDK version
 # x-release-please-start-version
 version = "1.59.0"