diff --git a/.github/workflows/downgrade.yml b/.github/workflows/downgrade.yml
index a90d823..e4484c5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/downgrade.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/downgrade.yml
@@ -58,10 +58,15 @@ on:
         default: ""
         required: false
         type: string
+      continue-on-error:
+        description: "Prevent the workflow run from failing if/when the job fails"
+        required: false
+        type: boolean
 
 jobs:
   downgrade:
     name: "Downgrade Tests${{ inputs.group != '' && format(' - {0}', inputs.group) || '' }}"
+    continue-on-error: ${{ inputs.continue-on-error || inputs.julia-version == 'nightly' }}
     # apt-packages / container legs need passwordless sudo / docker, absent on
     # the SciML self-hosted demeter*/arctic* pool (which squats only the
     # `ubuntu-latest` label, not `ubuntu-24.04`). Pin `ubuntu-24.04` to force