diff --git a/.github/workflows/weekly-preview.yml b/.github/workflows/weekly-preview.yml
index 3640ceefd0..6cdc6c957f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/weekly-preview.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/weekly-preview.yml
@@ -6,9 +6,13 @@ permissions:
 on:
   schedule:
   - cron: "0 2 * * 0"  # 02:00 of every Sunday
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - dev
 
 jobs:
   static-checks:
+    if: github.event_name == 'schedule'  # only check on cron run, these checks are redundant in a PR
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
@@ -53,9 +57,10 @@ jobs:
       uses: actions/setup-python@v6
       with:
         python-version: '3.10'
+        cache: 'pip'
     - name: Install setuptools
       run: |
-        python -m pip install --user --upgrade setuptools wheel packaging
+        python -m pip install -U pip build
     - name: Build distribution
       run: |
         export HEAD_COMMIT_ID=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
@@ -72,9 +77,14 @@ jobs:
         git tag "1.7.dev${YEAR_WEEK}"
         git log -1
         git tag --list
-        python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
-
+        python -m build --config-setting="--extra-index-url=https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu"
+        ls -lh dist
+    - name: Test Installation
+      run: |
+        pip install dist/*.whl
+        pip list
     - name: Publish to PyPI
+      if: github.event_name == 'schedule'  # only publish on cron run
       uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
       with:
         user: __token__