diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index eee66ab3be..fd836de6c7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 name: Release
 
 on:
+  # A nightly dry run on main: every release build except macOS, nothing signed or released
+  # (craft-common-actions release.yml `dry-run`). Finds release-only breakage before release day.
+  schedule:
+    - cron: "52 2 * * *"
   push:
     branches: [release]
   workflow_dispatch:
@@ -77,6 +81,7 @@ jobs:
     # Intentionally tracked at @main (not SHA-pinned) so org-wide CI improvements, security fixes, and build optimizations propagate without PR churn across all craftapp repos.
     uses: storytold/craft-common-actions/.github/workflows/release.yml@main
     with:
+      dry-run: ${{ github.event_name == 'schedule' }}
       app-name: vectorcraft
       app-title: VectorCraft
       craft-fonts-ref: b076417b5880bd4154bd22f00695b1d28c6bea83