diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-test-types.yml b/.github/workflows/build-and-test-types.yml
index 8fa7c967a..5e8f877de 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-test-types.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-test-types.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 name: CI
 
-on:
-  push:
-    branches: [master]
-  pull_request:
-    branches: [master]
+on: [push, pull_request, workflow_dispatch]
 
 jobs:
   build:
@@ -69,13 +65,15 @@ jobs:
           node-version: ${{ matrix.node }}
           cache: 'yarn'
 
+      - name: Download build artifact
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: package
+          path: .
+
       - name: Install deps
         run: yarn install
 
-      # Build with the actual TS version in the repo
-      - name: Pack
-        run: yarn build && yarn pack
-
       - name: Install build artifact
         run: yarn add ./package.tgz
 
@@ -85,11 +83,12 @@ jobs:
 
         # Remove config line that points "reselect" to the `src` folder,
         # so that the typetest will use the installed version instead
-      - run: sed -i -e /@remap-prod-remove-line/d tsconfig.base.json vitest.config.mts
+      - name: Erase path aliases
+        run: sed -i -e /@remap-prod-remove-line/d tsconfig.base.json vitest.config.mts
 
       - name: Test types
         run: |
-          ./node_modules/.bin/tsc --version
+          yarn tsc --version
           yarn type-tests
 
   are-the-types-wrong:
@@ -105,7 +104,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+      - name: Download build artifact
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: package
           path: .
@@ -150,16 +150,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Check folder contents
         run: ls -l .
 
-        # Some weird install diffs with cloning this repo and installing.
-        # Just kill the lockfiles for this repo and RTK and reinstall
-
-      - name: Remove top lockfile
-        run: rm yarn.lock && rm package.json
-
-      - name: Remove RTK lockfile
-        working-directory: ./redux-toolkit
-        run: rm yarn.lock && rm package.json
-
       - name: Install deps
         working-directory: ./redux-toolkit/examples/publish-ci/${{ matrix.example }}
         env:
@@ -208,3 +198,43 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run test step
         working-directory: ./redux-toolkit/examples/publish-ci/${{ matrix.example }}
         run: yarn test
+
+  test-dist:
+    name: Run local tests against build artifact
+    needs: [build]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        node: ['20.x']
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Use node ${{ matrix.node }}
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: ${{ matrix.node }}
+          cache: 'yarn'
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: yarn install
+
+      - name: Download build artifact
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: package
+          path: .
+
+      - name: Check folder contents
+        run: ls -lah
+
+      - name: Install build artifact
+        run: yarn add ./package.tgz
+
+      - name: Erase path aliases
+        run: sed -i -e /@remap-prod-remove-line/d ./tsconfig.base.json ./vitest.config.mts
+
+      - name: Run local tests against the build artifact
+        run: yarn test