diff --git a/src/pages/api/approval-workflows/index.ts b/src/pages/api/approval-workflows/index.ts
index a2cd2ea4..91c1417d 100644
--- a/src/pages/api/approval-workflows/index.ts
+++ b/src/pages/api/approval-workflows/index.ts
@@ -23,5 +23,10 @@ async function get(req: NextApiRequest, res: NextApiResponse) {
 
     const entityIdsArray = entityIdsString.split(",");
 
-    return res.status(200).json(await getApprovalWorkflows("active-workflows", entityIdsArray));
+    if (!["admin", "developer"].includes(user.type)) {
+        // filtering workflows that have user as assignee in at least one of the steps
+        return res.status(200).json(await getApprovalWorkflows("active-workflows", entityIdsArray, undefined, user.id));
+    } else {
+        return res.status(200).json(await getApprovalWorkflows("active-workflows", entityIdsArray));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/utils/approval.workflows.be.ts b/src/utils/approval.workflows.be.ts
index 9998a06e..833c5b06 100644
--- a/src/utils/approval.workflows.be.ts
+++ b/src/utils/approval.workflows.be.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { ObjectId } from "mongodb";
 
 const db = client.db(process.env.MONGODB_DB);
 
-export const getApprovalWorkflows = async (collection: string, entityIds?: string[], ids?: string[]) => {
+export const getApprovalWorkflows = async (collection: string, entityIds?: string[], ids?: string[], assignee?: string) => {
     const filters: any = {};
 
     if (ids && ids.length > 0) {
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ export const getApprovalWorkflows = async (collection: string, entityIds?: strin
         filters.entityId = { $in: entityIds };
     }
 
+    if (assignee) {
+        filters["steps.assignees"] = assignee;
+    }
+
     return await db.collection<ApprovalWorkflow>(collection).find(filters).toArray();
 };