diff --git a/.github/workflows/downstream-basic.yml b/.github/workflows/downstream-basic.yml
index 9b087772e..aec628435 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/downstream-basic.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/downstream-basic.yml
@@ -8,11 +8,10 @@ on: [workflow_call, workflow_dispatch]
 jobs:
 
   trigger-downstream-ci:
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Trigger OQS-BoringSSL CI
+        if: !cancelled() # run all steps independent of failures
         run: |
           curl --silent \
                --write-out "\n%{response_code}\n" \
@@ -24,6 +23,7 @@ jobs:
                https://api.github.com/repos/open-quantum-safe/boringssl/dispatches | tee curl_out \
           && grep -q "204" curl_out
       - name: Trigger OQS-OpenSSH CI
+        if: !cancelled() # run all steps independent of failures
         run: |
           curl --silent \
                --write-out "\n%{response_code}\n" \
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ jobs:
                https://api.github.com/repos/open-quantum-safe/openssh/actions/workflows/ubuntu.yaml/dispatches | tee curl_out \
           && grep -q "204" curl_out
       - name: Trigger oqs-provider CI
+        if: !cancelled() # run all steps independent of failures
         run: |
           curl --silent \
                --write-out "\n%{response_code}\n" \
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ jobs:
                https://circleci.com/api/v2/project/gh/open-quantum-safe/oqs-provider/pipeline | tee curl_out \
           && grep -q "201" curl_out
       - name: Trigger liboqs-cpp CI
+        if: !cancelled() # run all steps independent of failures
         run: |
           curl --silent \
                --write-out "\n%{response_code}\n" \
@@ -56,6 +58,7 @@ jobs:
                https://api.github.com/repos/open-quantum-safe/liboqs-cpp/dispatches | tee curl_out \
           && grep -q "204" curl_out
       - name: Trigger liboqs-go CI
+        if: !cancelled() # run all steps independent of failures
         run: |
           curl --silent \
                --write-out "\n%{response_code}\n" \
@@ -67,6 +70,7 @@ jobs:
                https://api.github.com/repos/open-quantum-safe/liboqs-go/dispatches | tee curl_out \
           && grep -q "204" curl_out
       - name: Trigger liboqs-python CI
+        if: !cancelled() # run all steps independent of failures
         run: |
           curl --silent \
                --write-out "\n%{response_code}\n" \