diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr.yaml b/.github/workflows/pr.yaml
index abe2fc8ed8b..9d79733703c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr.yaml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ jobs:
   # Please keep pr-builder as the top job here
   pr-builder:
     needs:
+      - check-nightly-ci
       - changed-files
       - checks
       - conda-cpp-build
@@ -54,6 +55,18 @@ jobs:
       - name: Telemetry setup
         if: ${{ vars.TELEMETRY_ENABLED == 'true' }}
         uses: rapidsai/shared-actions/telemetry-dispatch-stash-base-env-vars@main
+  check-nightly-ci:
+    # Switch to ubuntu-latest once it defaults to a version of Ubuntu that
+    # provides at least Python 3.11 (see
+    # https://docs.python.org/3/library/datetime.html#datetime.date.fromisoformat)
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    env:
+      RAPIDS_GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Check if nightly CI is passing
+        uses: rapidsai/shared-actions/check_nightly_success/dispatch@main
+        with:
+          repo: cudf
   changed-files:
     secrets: inherit
     needs: telemetry-setup