diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/testing.yml b/.forgejo/workflows/testing.yml
index 86e74591f1..7a93bb66a8 100644
--- a/.forgejo/workflows/testing.yml
+++ b/.forgejo/workflows/testing.yml
@@ -115,6 +115,11 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           su forgejo -c 'make deps-frontend frontend'
       - uses: ./.forgejo/workflows-composite/build-backend
+      - name: Decide to run all tests
+        id: run-all
+        if: contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'run-all-playwright-tests') || contains(github.event.pull_request.title, 'playwright')
+        run: |
+          echo "all=1" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
       - name: Get changed files
         id: changed-files
         uses: https://data.forgejo.org/tj-actions/changed-files@v46
@@ -127,6 +132,7 @@ jobs:
           USE_REPO_TEST_DIR: 1
           PLAYWRIGHT_SKIP_BROWSER_DOWNLOAD: 1
           CHANGED_FILES: ${{steps.changed-files.outputs.all_changed_files}}
+          RUN_ALL: ${{steps.run-all.all}}
       - name: Upload test artifacts on failure
         if: failure()
         uses: https://data.forgejo.org/forgejo/upload-artifact@v4
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 179c0e496c..1637629a83 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
       "devDependencies": {
         "@axe-core/playwright": "4.10.2",
         "@eslint-community/eslint-plugin-eslint-comments": "4.5.0",
-        "@playwright/test": "1.53.0",
+        "@playwright/test": "1.52.0",
         "@stoplight/spectral-cli": "6.15.0",
         "@stylistic/eslint-plugin": "4.4.1",
         "@stylistic/stylelint-plugin": "3.1.2",
@@ -2143,13 +2143,13 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/@playwright/test": {
-      "version": "1.53.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@playwright/test/-/test-1.53.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-15hjKreZDcp7t6TL/7jkAo6Df5STZN09jGiv5dbP9A6vMVncXRqE7/B2SncsyOwrkZRBH2i6/TPOL8BVmm3c7w==",
+      "version": "1.52.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@playwright/test/-/test-1.52.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-uh6W7sb55hl7D6vsAeA+V2p5JnlAqzhqFyF0VcJkKZXkgnFcVG9PziERRHQfPLfNGx1C292a4JqbWzhR8L4R1g==",
       "dev": true,
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
-        "playwright": "1.53.0"
+        "playwright": "1.52.0"
       },
       "bin": {
         "playwright": "cli.js"
@@ -11859,13 +11859,13 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/playwright": {
-      "version": "1.53.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/playwright/-/playwright-1.53.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-ghGNnIEYZC4E+YtclRn4/p6oYbdPiASELBIYkBXfaTVKreQUYbMUYQDwS12a8F0/HtIjr/CkGjtwABeFPGcS4Q==",
+      "version": "1.52.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/playwright/-/playwright-1.52.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-JAwMNMBlxJ2oD1kce4KPtMkDeKGHQstdpFPcPH3maElAXon/QZeTvtsfXmTMRyO9TslfoYOXkSsvao2nE1ilTw==",
       "dev": true,
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
-        "playwright-core": "1.53.0"
+        "playwright-core": "1.52.0"
       },
       "bin": {
         "playwright": "cli.js"
@@ -11878,9 +11878,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/playwright-core": {
-      "version": "1.53.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/playwright-core/-/playwright-core-1.53.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-mGLg8m0pm4+mmtB7M89Xw/GSqoNC+twivl8ITteqvAndachozYe2ZA7srU6uleV1vEdAHYqjq+SV8SNxRRFYBw==",
+      "version": "1.52.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/playwright-core/-/playwright-core-1.52.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-l2osTgLXSMeuLZOML9qYODUQoPPnUsKsb5/P6LJ2e6uPKXUdPK5WYhN4z03G+YNbWmGDY4YENauNu4ZKczreHg==",
       "dev": true,
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "bin": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 409edecd95..d7c3a5f79f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "@axe-core/playwright": "4.10.2",
     "@eslint-community/eslint-plugin-eslint-comments": "4.5.0",
-    "@playwright/test": "1.53.0",
+    "@playwright/test": "1.52.0",
     "@stoplight/spectral-cli": "6.15.0",
     "@stylistic/eslint-plugin": "4.4.1",
     "@stylistic/stylelint-plugin": "3.1.2",
diff --git a/tests/e2e/changes.go b/tests/e2e/changes.go
index d1d318fd06..5e9238dfa7 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/changes.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/changes.go
@@ -16,10 +16,15 @@ import (
 var (
 	changesetFiles     []string
 	changesetAvailable bool
-	globalFullRun      bool
+	globalFullRun      = false
 )
 
 func initChangedFiles() {
+	_, globalFullRun = os.LookupEnv("RUN_ALL")
+	if globalFullRun {
+		log.Info("Full run of all tests requested via RUN_ALL environment.")
+		return
+	}
 	var changes string
 	changes, changesetAvailable = os.LookupEnv("CHANGED_FILES")
 	// the output of the Action seems to actually contain \n and not a newline literal
@@ -44,7 +49,7 @@ func initChangedFiles() {
 	for _, expr := range globalPatterns {
 		fullRunPatterns = append(fullRunPatterns, glob.MustCompile(expr, '.', '/'))
 	}
-	globalFullRun = false
+
 	for _, changedFile := range changesetFiles {
 		for _, pattern := range fullRunPatterns {
 			if pattern.Match(changedFile) {