diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-dev.yml b/.github/workflows/build-dev.yml
index c9f126230..59a8bbc2c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-dev.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-dev.yml
@@ -61,3 +61,16 @@ jobs:
 
         [ -f openwrt/tmp/image-file ] && aws s3 cp --acl public-read --content-type "application/octet-stream" "openwrt/$(cat openwrt/tmp/image-file)" "s3://$AWS_S3_BUCKET_NAME/$IMG_NAME"
         [ -f openwrt/tmp/image-file ] && aws s3 cp --acl public-read --content-type "application/json" "latest-upgrade.json" "s3://$AWS_S3_BUCKET_NAME/$JSON_NAME"
+
+  trigger-testing:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: build
+    if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
+    steps:
+    - name: Trigger testing of release
+      uses: peter-evans/repository-dispatch@v1
+      with:
+        token: ${{ secrets.WLAN_TESTING_PAT }}
+        repository: Telecominfraproject/wlan-testing
+        event-type: new-ap-release
+        client-payload: '{"ref": "${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}", "sha": "${{ github.sha }}"}'