diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr.yaml b/.github/workflows/pr.yaml
index f5c7674c5..681a14efa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr.yaml
@@ -6,6 +6,29 @@ concurrency:
 on:
   pull_request:
 jobs:
+  validate:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: Get changed files
+        id: changed-files
+        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v42
+        with:
+          files: packages/**
+      - name: Set up Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v4
+        with:
+          go-version: 1.21.1
+      - name: Validate changed packages bump version
+        if: steps.changed-files.outputs.any_changed == 'true'
+        env:
+          PKG_ALL_CHANGED_FILES: ${{ steps.changed-files.outputs.all_changed_files }}
+        run: |
+          cd tools/bump-validator
+          go run main.go $PKG_ALL_CHANGED_FILES
+
   build-arm64:
     runs-on: fast
     env:
@@ -44,6 +67,7 @@ jobs:
         values: values/arm64.yaml
         buildx: true
         platform: linux/arm64
+
   build:
     runs-on: fast
     env:
diff --git a/tools/bump-validator/bump-validator b/tools/bump-validator/bump-validator
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..1f9ffbd26
Binary files /dev/null and b/tools/bump-validator/bump-validator differ
diff --git a/tools/bump-validator/go.mod b/tools/bump-validator/go.mod
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c503503e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/bump-validator/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+module github.com/kairos-io/packages/tools/bump-validator
+
+go 1.21.1
diff --git a/tools/bump-validator/main.go b/tools/bump-validator/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d4868d919
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/bump-validator/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+// isDefinitionFile checks if the basename of the file is definition.yaml or collection.yaml
+func isDefinitionFile(file string) bool {
+	basename := filepath.Base(file)
+	return basename == "definition.yaml" || basename == "collection.yaml"
+}
+
+// reduceRelated keeps only the definition files that are siblings or in a parten directory of the given file
+func reduceRelated(file string, files []string) []string {
+	var relatedFiles []string
+	dir := filepath.Dir(file)
+	for _, f := range files {
+		otherDir := filepath.Dir(f)
+		if isDefinitionFile(f) && strings.HasPrefix(dir, otherDir) {
+			relatedFiles = append(relatedFiles, f)
+		}
+	}
+	return relatedFiles
+}
+
+func main() {
+	var missingVersionBump bool
+
+	files := os.Args[1:]
+	for _, file := range files {
+		// fmt.Println("Processing file ", file)
+		if isDefinitionFile(file) {
+			// fmt.Println("Skipping definition file ", file)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		relatedFiles := reduceRelated(file, files)
+		if len(relatedFiles) == 0 {
+			missingVersionBump = true
+			fmt.Println("Error: Version bump missing for file ", file)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if missingVersionBump {
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+}