diff --git a/.buildkite/promote-es-serverless.yml b/.buildkite/promote-es-serverless.yml
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+steps:
+  - trigger: elasticsearch-serverless
+    label: ":elasticsearch: Run serverless tests"
+    build:
+      message: "Elasticsearch submodule promotion build"
+      env:
+        ELASTICSEARCH_SUBMODULE_COMMIT: "${BUILDKITE_COMMIT}"
+