diff --git a/.github/workflows/cheshire.yml b/.github/workflows/cheshire.yml
index 7b916d3e1b..8cc5cf0361 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cheshire.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cheshire.yml
@@ -3,22 +3,61 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 name: cheshire
-on: [push, pull_request]
+on: [push, pull_request_target]
 
 jobs:
-  init:
-    name: init
+  trigger_cheshire_ci:
+    name: Trigger Cheshire CI
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - name: Checkout
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - name: Checkout Cheshire
       uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
         repository: pulp-platform/cheshire
-        path: cheshire
         ref: cva6/pulp-v1.0.0
-  run-cheshire-ci:
-    name: run-cheshire-ci
-    needs: init-cheshire
-    uses: pulp-platform/cheshire/.github/workflows/lint.yml@cva6/pulp-v1.0.0
+        token: ${{ secrets.CHESHIRE_TOKEN }}
+    - name: Install Python
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      with:
+        python-version: 3.9
+    - name: Install Python requirements
+      shell: bash
+      # PIP has very noisy, uncollapsible output, making following script output hard to read
+      run: pip install --disable-pip-version-check --quiet --progress-bar off requests urllib3
+    - name: Patch Bender.lock
+      run: "sed -i \"/  cva6:/{n;s/.*/    revision: $GITHUB_SHA/;}\" Bender.lock"
+    - name: Commit ref
+      run: |
+        git checkout -b cva6-ci/$(git rev-parse --short "$GITHUB_SHA")
+        git add Bender.lock
+        git -c user.name='CVA6 CI Bot' -c user.email='cva6@bot.com' commit -m "CVA6 regression test"
+    - name: Push ref
+      run: git push --set-upstream origin cva6-ci/$(git rev-parse --short "$GITHUB_SHA")
+    - name: Wait for Cheshire CI
+      run: |
+        python3 -c "
+        import requests
+        poll_count = 720
+        poll_period = 10
+        api_version = '2022-11-28'
+        check_runs_url = f'https://api.github.com/repos/pulp-platform/cheshire/commits/cva6-ci/$(git rev-parse --short $GITHUB_SHA)/check-runs'
+        headers = {'Accept': 'application/vnd.github+json',
+                   'Authorization': 'Bearer ${{ secrets.CHESHIRE_TOKEN }}',
+                   'X-GitHub-Api-Version': api_version}
+        for i in range(1, poll_count+1):
+            pending = 0
+            failed = 0
+            response = requests.get(pipelines, headers=headers).json()
+            print(response)
+            for r in response['check_runs']:
+                 if r['status'] == 'in_progress':
+                     pending+=1
+                 if r['conclusion'] == 'failure':
+                     print(f'[{i*poll_period}s] Pipeline failure!')
+                     exit(1)
+            if not pending:
+                print(f'[{i*poll_period}s] Pipeline success!')
+                exit(0)
+        else:
+            print(f'[{poll_count*poll_period}s] Pipeline completion timeout!')
+            exit(2)"
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index dd48d3ad60..f2a106ccbe 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -8,8 +8,14 @@
 stages:
   - cheshire
 
+default:
+  before_script:
+    - cd cheshire
+
 init:
   stage: cheshire
+  before_script:
+    - echo $PWD
   script:
     - git clone https://github.com/pulp-platform/cheshire
     - cd cheshire
@@ -22,7 +28,6 @@ init:
 cheshire-pipeline:
   stage: cheshire
   needs: [ init ]
-  before_script: cd cheshire
   trigger:
     include:
       - artifact: cheshire/.gitlab-ci.yml