diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 440372ca..e92712a6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ on:
       - master
       - develop
       - release
+  # run this job on the default branch daily
+  # the docker compose file contains some images with tags like 'latest' and 'stable'
+  # we nightly run here just to double check no bugs have been merged into those tags and are now on release
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '0 0 * * *'
 
 jobs:
   build_and_run: