diff --git a/actions/setup/js/create_pr_review_comment.cjs b/actions/setup/js/create_pr_review_comment.cjs
index 3f98016d19e..902286028f5 100644
--- a/actions/setup/js/create_pr_review_comment.cjs
+++ b/actions/setup/js/create_pr_review_comment.cjs
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ async function main(config = {}) {
     // Check if we're in a pull request context, or an issue comment context on a PR
     const isPRContext =
       context.eventName === "pull_request" ||
+      context.eventName === "pull_request_target" ||
       context.eventName === "pull_request_review" ||
       context.eventName === "pull_request_review_comment" ||
       (context.eventName === "issue_comment" && context.payload.issue && context.payload.issue.pull_request);
diff --git a/actions/setup/js/create_pr_review_comment.test.cjs b/actions/setup/js/create_pr_review_comment.test.cjs
index 0e35baffe9c..02ea89436ec 100644
--- a/actions/setup/js/create_pr_review_comment.test.cjs
+++ b/actions/setup/js/create_pr_review_comment.test.cjs
@@ -412,6 +412,33 @@ describe("create_pr_review_comment.cjs", () => {
     expect(buffer.getBufferedCount()).toBe(0);
   });
 
+  it("should succeed when target is triggering and event is pull_request_target", async () => {
+    global.context = {
+      eventName: "pull_request_target",
+      runId: 12345,
+      repo: { owner: "testowner", repo: "testrepo" },
+      payload: {
+        pull_request: { number: 99, head: { sha: "prt123abc456" } },
+        repository: {
+          html_url: "https://github.com/testowner/testrepo",
+        },
+      },
+    };
+    const handler = await createHandler({ target: "triggering" });
+    const message = {
+      type: "create_pull_request_review_comment",
+      path: "src/main.js",
+      line: 5,
+      body: "Review comment from pull_request_target trigger",
+    };
+    const result = await handler(message, {});
+
+    expect(result.success).toBe(true);
+    expect(result.buffered).toBe(true);
+    expect(result.pull_request_number).toBe(99);
+    expect(buffer.getBufferedCount()).toBe(1);
+  });
+
   it("should reject comments targeting a different PR than the first comment", async () => {
     // First comment sets context to PR #123
     const handler = await createHandler();