diff --git a/.github/workflows/notify/notify-slack.py b/.github/workflows/notify/notify-slack.py
index 5c99eee75..97f76b606 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/notify/notify-slack.py
+++ b/.github/workflows/notify/notify-slack.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ Manual Environment Variables (explicit):
 - SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL: incoming webhook URL to send payload/message to
 - JOB_STATUS: status from GitHub's ``job.status``
 - JOB_TITLE: the title of the job
+- JOB_KIND: kind of job to notify about, by default "deployment"
 
 Global GitHub Environment Variables (implicit):
 - GITHUB_RUN_ID
@@ -57,6 +58,9 @@ class JobNotifier:
         # Job Status (success|failure|cancelled)
         self.job_status: str = os.environ["JOB_STATUS"]
 
+        # The kind of job (deployment, release tests, ...)
+        self.job_kind: str = os.getenv("JOB_KIND", "deployment")
+
     @property
     def run_permalink(self) -> str:
         """Permalink to the current run logs"""
@@ -71,7 +75,7 @@ class JobNotifier:
         status = self.job_status.capitalize()
         # Dev deployment triggered by JohnDoe: Success
         text = (
-            f"{self.author} deployment finished for '{self.deployment_kind.capitalize()}', result: "
+            f"{self.author} {self.job_kind} finished for '{self.deployment_kind.capitalize()}', result: "
             f"{status}"
         )
         message_data = {
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests-nightly.yml b/.github/workflows/tests-nightly.yml
index 9e8889054..921519181 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests-nightly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests-nightly.yml
@@ -286,3 +286,14 @@ jobs:
             --pull_request_number $pull_request_number \
             --dashboard_url $dashboard_url \
             $auto_release
+
+      - name: Notify Slack
+        if: ${{ failure() && github.event_name == 'repository_dispatch'}}
+        env:
+          JOB_DEPLOYMENT_KIND: staging
+          JOB_STATUS: ${{ job.status }}
+          SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.SLACK_RELEASES_WEBHOOK_URL }}
+          JOB_TITLE: "Test release workflow - ${{github.event.client_payload.project}} ${{github.event.client_payload.version}}"
+          JOB_KIND: "release tests"
+        run: |
+          python3 ./.github/workflows/notify/notify-slack.py
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