diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 2b452f731..53315278f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ jobs:
           HAS_SYSTEM_LABEL: ${{ contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'test:system') }}
           HAS_EXTENDED_LABEL: ${{ contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'test:extended') }}
           HAS_MACOS_LABEL: ${{ contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'test:macos') }}
+          HAS_PUBLISH_LABEL: ${{ contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'test:publish') }}
           HAS_BUILD_SKIP_LABEL: ${{ contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'build:skip') }}
           HAS_BUILD_SKIP_RELEASE_LABEL: ${{ contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'build:skip-release') }}
           HAS_BUILD_RELEASE_LABEL: ${{ contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'build:release') }}
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ jobs:
           [[ "$HAS_SYSTEM_LABEL" == "true" ]] && has_system_label=1
           [[ "$HAS_EXTENDED_LABEL" == "true" ]] && has_extended_label=1
           [[ "$HAS_MACOS_LABEL" == "true" ]] && has_macos_label=1
+          [[ "$HAS_PUBLISH_LABEL" == "true" ]] && has_publish_label=1
           [[ "$HAS_BUILD_SKIP_LABEL" == "true" ]] && has_build_skip_label=1
           [[ "$HAS_BUILD_SKIP_RELEASE_LABEL" == "true" ]] && has_build_skip_release_label=1
           [[ "$HAS_BUILD_RELEASE_LABEL" == "true" ]] && has_build_release_label=1
@@ -72,7 +74,7 @@ jobs:
             [[ "$file" == ".github/workflows/build-release-binaries.yml" ]] && release_workflow_changed=1
             [[ "$file" == ".github/workflows/ci.yml" ]] && ci_workflow_changed=1
             [[ "$file" == "uv.schema.json" ]] && schema_changed=1
-            [[ "$file" =~ ^crates/uv-publish/ || "$file" =~ ^scripts/publish/ ]] && publish_code_changed=1
+            [[ "$file" =~ ^crates/uv-publish/ || "$file" =~ ^scripts/publish/ || "$file" == "crates/uv/src/commands/publish.rs" ]] && publish_code_changed=1
             [[ "$file" == ".github/workflows/test-windows-trampolines.yml" ]] && trampoline_workflow_changed=1
             [[ "$file" =~ ^crates/uv-trampoline/ || "$file" =~ ^crates/uv-trampoline-builder/ ]] && trampoline_code_changed=1
             [[ "$file" =~ ^crates/uv-build/ ]] && uv_build_changed=1
@@ -95,7 +97,7 @@ jobs:
           [[ $schema_changed ]] && check_schema=1
           [[ ! $has_skip_label && ! $has_build_skip_label && ! $has_build_skip_release_label && ($release_build_changed || $has_build_release_label) ]] && build_release_binaries=1
           [[ ! $has_skip_label ]] && run_checks=1
-          [[ $publish_changed || $on_main_branch ]] && test_publish=1
+          [[ $publish_changed || $has_publish_label || $has_extended_label || $on_main_branch ]] && test_publish=1
           [[ ! $has_skip_label && ($trampoline_code_changed || $trampoline_workflow_changed || $rust_deps_changed || $on_main_branch) ]] && test_windows_trampoline=1
           [[ $on_main_branch || $cache_relevant_changed ]] && save_rust_cache=1
           [[ ! $has_skip_label && ($any_rust_changed || $on_main_branch) ]] && run_bench=1