diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 06baf946..0e298e54 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ on:
     tags: 'v[0-9]+![0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+*'
   pull_request:
     branches: "*"
+  schedule:
+    # run every Saturday at 11 EST / 12 EDT
+    # because new Pydantic versions keep breaking things :(
+    - cron: 0 16 * * 6
 
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