diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yaml b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
index 67c451fbd6e..6942ef0009d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
@@ -108,3 +108,21 @@ jobs:
       sha: ${{ inputs.sha }}
       date: ${{ inputs.date }}
       package-name: dask_cudf
+  trigger-pandas-tests:
+    if: inputs.build_type == 'nightly'
+    needs: wheel-build-cudf
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ inputs.sha }}
+          persist-credentials: false
+      - name: Trigger pandas-tests
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+        run: |
+          gh workflow run pandas-tests.yaml \
+            -f branch=${{ inputs.branch }} \
+            -f sha=${{ inputs.sha }} \
+            -f date=${{ inputs.date }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pandas-tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/pandas-tests.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..60544294809
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/pandas-tests.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+name: Pandas Test Job
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      branch:
+        required: true
+        type: string
+      date:
+        required: true
+        type: string
+      sha:
+        required: true
+        type: string
+
+jobs:
+  pandas-tests:
+      # run the Pandas unit tests
+      secrets: inherit
+      uses: rapidsai/shared-workflows/.github/workflows/wheels-test.yaml@branch-24.06
+      with:
+        matrix_filter: map(select(.ARCH == "amd64" and .PY_VER == "3.9" and .CUDA_VER == "12.2.2" ))
+        build_type: nightly
+        branch: ${{ inputs.branch }}
+        date: ${{ inputs.date }}
+        sha: ${{ inputs.sha }}
+        script: ci/cudf_pandas_scripts/pandas-tests/run.sh main
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr.yaml b/.github/workflows/pr.yaml
index 345ccbea45b..f84b1f42928 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr.yaml
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ jobs:
     secrets: inherit
     uses: rapidsai/shared-workflows/.github/workflows/wheels-test.yaml@branch-24.06
     with:
-      matrix_filter: map(select(.ARCH == "amd64")) | group_by(.CUDA_VER|split(".")|map(tonumber)|.[0]) | map(max_by([(.PY_VER|split(".")|map(tonumber)), (.CUDA_VER|split(".")|map(tonumber))]))
+      matrix_filter: map(select(.ARCH == "amd64" and .PY_VER == "3.9" and .CUDA_VER == "12.2.2" ))
       build_type: pull-request
       script: ci/cudf_pandas_scripts/pandas-tests/run.sh pr
       # Hide test failures because they exceed the GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY output limit.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yaml b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
index 65aef37697e..c5ae2f3b5a8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
@@ -125,14 +125,3 @@ jobs:
       date: ${{ inputs.date }}
       sha: ${{ inputs.sha }}
       script: ci/cudf_pandas_scripts/run_tests.sh
-  pandas-tests:
-    # run the Pandas unit tests
-    secrets: inherit
-    uses: rapidsai/shared-workflows/.github/workflows/wheels-test.yaml@branch-24.06
-    with:
-      matrix_filter: map(select(.ARCH == "amd64")) | group_by(.CUDA_VER|split(".")|map(tonumber)|.[0]) | map(min_by([(.PY_VER|split(".")|map(tonumber)), (.CUDA_VER|split(".")|map(tonumber))]))
-      build_type: nightly
-      branch: ${{ inputs.branch }}
-      date: ${{ inputs.date }}
-      sha: ${{ inputs.sha }}
-      script: ci/cudf_pandas_scripts/pandas-tests/run.sh main
diff --git a/ci/cudf_pandas_scripts/pandas-tests/diff.sh b/ci/cudf_pandas_scripts/pandas-tests/diff.sh
index cf80f383db4..f87a3a36fcc 100755
--- a/ci/cudf_pandas_scripts/pandas-tests/diff.sh
+++ b/ci/cudf_pandas_scripts/pandas-tests/diff.sh
@@ -8,14 +8,16 @@
 
 # Hard-coded needs to match the version deduced by rapids-upload-artifacts-dir
 GH_JOB_NAME="pandas-tests-diff / build"
+RAPIDS_FULL_VERSION=$(<./VERSION)
 rapids-logger "Github job name: ${GH_JOB_NAME}"
+rapids-logger "Rapids version: ${RAPIDS_FULL_VERSION}"
 
 PY_VER="39"
-MAIN_ARTIFACT=$(rapids-s3-path)cuda12_$(arch)_py${PY_VER}.main-results.json
-PR_ARTIFACT=$(rapids-s3-path)cuda12_$(arch)_py${PY_VER}.pr-results.json
+MAIN_ARTIFACT=$(rapids-s3-path)cuda12_$(arch)_py${PY_VER}.main-${RAPIDS_FULL_VERSION}-results.json
+PR_ARTIFACT=$(rapids-s3-path)cuda12_$(arch)_py${PY_VER}.pr-${RAPIDS_FULL_VERSION}-results.json
 
 rapids-logger "Fetching latest available results from nightly"
-aws s3api list-objects-v2 --bucket rapids-downloads --prefix "nightly/" --query "sort_by(Contents[?ends_with(Key, '_py${PY_VER}.main-results.json')], &LastModified)[::-1].[Key]" --output text > s3_output.txt
+aws s3api list-objects-v2 --bucket rapids-downloads --prefix "nightly/" --query "sort_by(Contents[?ends_with(Key, '_py${PY_VER}.main-${RAPIDS_FULL_VERSION}-results.json')], &LastModified)[::-1].[Key]" --output text > s3_output.txt
 
 read -r COMPARE_ENV < s3_output.txt
 export COMPARE_ENV
diff --git a/ci/cudf_pandas_scripts/pandas-tests/run.sh b/ci/cudf_pandas_scripts/pandas-tests/run.sh
index 1f70ca78c41..d13d31ad09f 100755
--- a/ci/cudf_pandas_scripts/pandas-tests/run.sh
+++ b/ci/cudf_pandas_scripts/pandas-tests/run.sh
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 set -euo pipefail
 
 PANDAS_TESTS_BRANCH=${1}
-
-rapids-logger "Running Pandas tests using $PANDAS_TESTS_BRANCH branch"
+RAPIDS_FULL_VERSION=$(<./VERSION)
+rapids-logger "Running Pandas tests using $PANDAS_TESTS_BRANCH branch and rapids-version $RAPIDS_FULL_VERSION"
 rapids-logger "PR number: ${RAPIDS_REF_NAME:-"unknown"}"
 
 RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX="$(rapids-wheel-ctk-name-gen ${RAPIDS_CUDA_VERSION})"
@@ -27,9 +27,10 @@ bash python/cudf/cudf/pandas/scripts/run-pandas-tests.sh \
   --dist worksteal \
   --report-log=${PANDAS_TESTS_BRANCH}.json 2>&1
 
+SUMMARY_FILE_NAME=${PANDAS_TESTS_BRANCH}-24.06-results.json
 # summarize the results and save them to artifacts:
-python python/cudf/cudf/pandas/scripts/summarize-test-results.py --output json pandas-testing/${PANDAS_TESTS_BRANCH}.json > pandas-testing/${PANDAS_TESTS_BRANCH}-results.json
+python python/cudf/cudf/pandas/scripts/summarize-test-results.py --output json pandas-testing/${PANDAS_TESTS_BRANCH}.json > pandas-testing/${SUMMARY_FILE_NAME}
 RAPIDS_ARTIFACTS_DIR=${RAPIDS_ARTIFACTS_DIR:-"${PWD}/artifacts"}
 mkdir -p "${RAPIDS_ARTIFACTS_DIR}"
-mv pandas-testing/${PANDAS_TESTS_BRANCH}-results.json ${RAPIDS_ARTIFACTS_DIR}/
-rapids-upload-to-s3 ${RAPIDS_ARTIFACTS_DIR}/${PANDAS_TESTS_BRANCH}-results.json "${RAPIDS_ARTIFACTS_DIR}"
+mv pandas-testing/${SUMMARY_FILE_NAME} ${RAPIDS_ARTIFACTS_DIR}/
+rapids-upload-to-s3 ${RAPIDS_ARTIFACTS_DIR}/${SUMMARY_FILE_NAME} "${RAPIDS_ARTIFACTS_DIR}"