diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-test-types.yml b/.github/workflows/build-and-test-types.yml
index 8fa7c967..5afb02fb 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: .
@@ -147,29 +147,23 @@ jobs:
       - name: Clone RTK repo
         run: git clone https://github.com/reduxjs/redux-toolkit.git ./redux-toolkit
 
+      - name: Cache example deps
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        with:
+          path: ./redux-toolkit/examples/publish-ci/${{ matrix.example }}/node_modules
+          key: test-published-artifact-${{ matrix.example }}-node_modules
+
       - 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
+      - name: Install example deps
         working-directory: ./redux-toolkit/examples/publish-ci/${{ matrix.example }}
-        env:
-          YARN_ENABLE_IMMUTABLE_INSTALLS: false
-        run: rm yarn.lock && yarn install
+        run: yarn install
 
       - name: Install Playwright browser if necessary
         working-directory: ./redux-toolkit/examples/publish-ci/${{ matrix.example }}
         continue-on-error: true
-        run: yarn playwright install
+        run: yarn playwright install || true
 
       - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
@@ -188,17 +182,6 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: ./redux-toolkit/examples/publish-ci/${{ matrix.example }}
         run: yarn info reselect && yarn why reselect
 
-      - name: Set up JDK 17 for React Native build
-        if: matrix.example == 'react-native'
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
-        with:
-          java-version: '17.x'
-          distribution: 'temurin'
-
-      - name: Check MSW version
-        working-directory: ./redux-toolkit/examples/publish-ci/${{ matrix.example }}
-        run: yarn why msw
-
       - name: Build example
         working-directory: ./redux-toolkit/examples/publish-ci/${{ matrix.example }}
         env:
@@ -208,3 +191,43 @@ 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