diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 732cea669a..79e8b2377c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ on:
     tags:
       - '[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+*'
   workflow_dispatch:
+  # Test this workflow in PRs in case it changed
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - .github/workflows/publish.yml
 
 jobs:
   newRelease:
@@ -26,8 +30,16 @@ jobs:
           java-version: '11'
       - name: Set up Gradle
         uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@v2
-      - name: Use tag as version
-        run: echo "${GITHUB_REF#refs/*/}" > version.txt
+      - name: Configure the project version
+        env:
+          IS_PR: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
+        run: |-
+          if [[ "$IS_PR" = 'true' ]]; then
+            echo "0.0.1-SNAPSHOT" > version.txt
+          else
+            echo "${GITHUB_REF#refs/*/}" > version.txt
+          fi
+          cat version.txt
         # Perform the build in a separate call to avoid trying to publish
         # something where the build already failed partially. This could happen
         # due to the use of the --continue flag in the publish step.
@@ -46,20 +58,26 @@ jobs:
         # Usually, the artifact that cannot be uploaded is strangely already
         # in the repo. As the result, by ignoring the exception, we should end
         # up with a working release in most cases.
-        run: >-
-          ./gradlew --build-cache publish
-          --continue
-          --info
-          -PciBuild=true
-          -Partifacts.itemis.cloud.user=${{ secrets.ARTIFACTS_ITEMIS_CLOUD_USER }}
-          -Partifacts.itemis.cloud.pw=${{ secrets.ARTIFACTS_ITEMIS_CLOUD_PW }}
-          -Pgpr.user=${{ github.actor }}
-          -Pgpr.key=${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          -Pgpr.universalkey=${{ secrets.GHP_UNIVERSAL_PUBLISH_TOKEN }}
-          -Porg.gradle.internal.http.connectionTimeout=180000
-          -Porg.gradle.internal.http.socketTimeout=180000
+        run: |-
+          if [[ "$IS_PR" = 'true' ]]; then
+            TARGET=publishToMavenLocal
+          else
+            TARGET=publish
+          fi
+          ./gradlew --build-cache $TARGET \
+            --continue \
+            --info \
+            -PciBuild=true \
+            -Partifacts.itemis.cloud.user=${{ secrets.ARTIFACTS_ITEMIS_CLOUD_USER }} \
+            -Partifacts.itemis.cloud.pw=${{ secrets.ARTIFACTS_ITEMIS_CLOUD_PW }} \
+            -Pgpr.user=${{ github.actor }} \
+            -Pgpr.key=${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} \
+            -Pgpr.universalkey=${{ secrets.GHP_UNIVERSAL_PUBLISH_TOKEN }} \
+            -Porg.gradle.internal.http.connectionTimeout=180000 \
+            -Porg.gradle.internal.http.socketTimeout=180000
         env:
           NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.ARTIFACTS_ITEMIS_CLOUD_NPM_TOKEN }}
+          IS_PR: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
       - name: Set up QEMU
         uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v2
       - name: Set up Docker Buildx
@@ -67,6 +85,9 @@ jobs:
         with:
           platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64
       - name: Build and Publish Docker
+        # As publishing is currently baked into the scripts, we can't test this
+        # in PRs
+        if: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' }}
         env:
           DOCKER_HUB_USER: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_HUB_USER }}
           DOCKER_HUB_KEY: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_HUB_KEY }}