diff --git a/.github/workflows/downstream-basic.yml b/.github/workflows/downstream-basic.yml
index a97cb6c53..104ea95fe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/downstream-basic.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/downstream-basic.yml
@@ -81,3 +81,27 @@ jobs:
                --data '{"event_type":"liboqs-upstream-trigger"}' \
                https://api.github.com/repos/open-quantum-safe/liboqs-python/dispatches | tee curl_out \
           && grep -q "204" curl_out
+      - name: Trigger liboqs-java CI
+        if: ${{ !cancelled() }} # run all steps independent of failures
+        run: |
+          curl --silent \
+               --write-out "\n%{response_code}\n" \
+               --request POST \
+               --header "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
+               --header "Authorization: Bearer ${{ secrets.OQSBOT_GITHUB_ACTIONS }}" \
+               --header "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
+               --data '{"event_type":"liboqs-upstream-trigger"}' \
+               https://api.github.com/repos/open-quantum-safe/liboqs-java/dispatches | tee curl_out \
+          && grep -q "204" curl_out
+      - name: Trigger liboqs-rust CI
+        if: ${{ !cancelled() }} # run all steps independent of failures
+        run: |
+          curl --silent \
+               --write-out "\n%{response_code}\n" \
+               --request POST \
+               --header "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
+               --header "Authorization: Bearer ${{ secrets.OQSBOT_GITHUB_ACTIONS }}" \
+               --header "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
+               --data '{"event_type":"liboqs-upstream-trigger"}' \
+               https://api.github.com/repos/open-quantum-safe/liboqs-rust/dispatches | tee curl_out \
+          && grep -q "204" curl_out