diff --git a/.github/workflows/downstream_testing.yml b/.github/workflows/downstream_testing.yml
index 9b4d4cd7e..b39b798c8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/downstream_testing.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/downstream_testing.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 name: downstream_testing_2
 
 on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      # Only run downstream tests on PRs for releases
+      - "[0-9]+.[0-9]+.x"
   push:
     branches:
       - downstream_testing_2
diff --git a/changelog/7342.trivial.rst b/changelog/7342.trivial.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7cd4fecdc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/7342.trivial.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Added a system to run downstream plugin tests against current pytest, using GitHub Actions. Currently 
+constrained to pytest plugins that utilize GitHub Actions and ``tox`` to accomplish their own tests.
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