diff --git a/.github/actions/validate-pr/action.yml b/.github/actions/validate-pr/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f9e1157
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/validate-pr/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+name: 'Validate PR'
+description: 'Validate PR title and branch'
+inputs:
+  pr_title:
+    description: 'The title of the pull request'
+    required: true
+    type: string
+  pr_branch:
+    description: 'The branch name of the pull request'
+    required: true
+    type: string
+  latest_release:
+    description: 'The latest release version'
+    required: true
+    type: string
+  package_version:
+    description: 'The version of the package'
+    required: true
+    type: string
+  target_branch:
+    description: 'The target branch for the pull request'
+    required: true
+    type: string
+runs:
+  using: 'composite'
+  steps:
+    - id: composite
+      run: |
+        echo "$JSON"
+        bash ${{ github.action_path }}/validate_pr.sh
+      shell: bash
+      env:
+        JSON: ${{ toJson(inputs) }}
+        PR_TITLE: ${{ inputs.pr_title }}
+        PR_BRANCH: ${{ inputs.pr_branch }}
+        LATEST_RELEASE: ${{ inputs.latest_release }}
+        PACKAGE_VERSION: ${{ inputs.package_version }}
+        TARGET_BRANCH: ${{ inputs.target_branch }}
diff --git a/.github/actions/validate-pr/validate_pr.sh b/.github/actions/validate-pr/validate_pr.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..ad58693
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/validate-pr/validate_pr.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [ "$PR_TITLE" == "" ]; then
+  echo "env variable PR_TITLE is required"
+  exit 1
+fi
+if [ "$PR_BRANCH" == "" ]; then
+  echo "env variable PR_BRANCH is required"
+  exit 1
+fi
+if [ "$LATEST_RELEASE" == "" ]; then
+  echo "env variable LATEST_RELEASE is required"
+  exit 1
+fi
+if [ "$PACKAGE_VERSION" == "" ]; then
+  echo "env variable PACKAGE_VERSION is required"
+  exit 1
+fi
+if [ "$TARGET_BRANCH" == "" ]; then
+  echo "env variable TARGET_BRANCH is required"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+SEMANTIC_PREFIXES="^(feat|fix|chore|docs|style|refactor|perf|test):"
+JIRA_TICKET="([A-Z]+-[0-9]+)"
+VERSION_REGEX="^v([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)$"
+
+if [[ "$TARGET_BRANCH" == "develop" ]] || [[ "$TARGET_BRANCH" =~ ^release/v ]] || [[ "$TARGET_BRANCH" =~ ^hotfix/v ]]; then
+  if [[ "$PR_BRANCH" =~ ^release/v ]] || [[ "$PR_BRANCH" =~ ^hotfix/v ]]; then
+    echo "PR title and branch name validation passed."
+    exit 0
+  fi
+  if [[ ! "$PR_TITLE" =~ $SEMANTIC_PREFIXES ]]; then
+    echo "PR title must start with a valid semantic prefix (e.g., feat:, fix:)."
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+  if [[ ! "$PR_TITLE" =~ $JIRA_TICKET ]]; then
+    echo "PR title must contain a valid Jira ticket ID (e.g., ABC-123)."
+    exit 1
+  fi
+fi
+
+if [[ "$TARGET_BRANCH" == "main" ]]; then
+  if [[ "$PR_BRANCH" =~ ^release/v ]] || [[ "$PR_BRANCH" =~ ^hotfix/v ]]; then
+    if [[ ! "$PR_BRANCH" =~ ^release/v$PACKAGE_VERSION ]] && [[ ! "$PR_BRANCH" =~ ^hotfix/v$PACKAGE_VERSION ]]; then
+      echo "PR branch and package version must match"
+      exit 1
+    elif [[ "$(printf '%s\n' "$PACKAGE_VERSION" "$LATEST_RELEASE" | sort | tail -n1)" == "$LATEST_RELEASE" ]]; then
+      echo "Next predicted version must be higher than the latest release."
+      exit 1
+    fi
+  else
+    echo "PR branch must be release/v$PACKAGE_VERSION or hotfix/v$PACKAGE_VERSION"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  if [[ ! "$PR_BRANCH" =~ ^release/v$PACKAGE_VERSION ]] && [[ ! "$PR_BRANCH" =~ ^hotfix/v$PACKAGE_VERSION ]]; then
+    echo "PR branch must be release/v$PACKAGE_VERSION or hotfix/v$PACKAGE_VERSION"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+fi
+
+echo "PR title and branch name validation passed."
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/actions/validate-pr/validate_pr_test.sh b/.github/actions/validate-pr/validate_pr_test.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..f870655
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/validate-pr/validate_pr_test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,206 @@
+
+#!/bin/bash
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )"
+
+function expect() {
+  if [ "$1" != "$2" ]; then
+    echo "Expected: $2"
+    echo "Actual:   $1"
+    exit 1
+  else
+    echo "OK"
+  fi
+}
+
+beforeAll() {
+  export TESTING=true
+}
+
+beforeEach() {
+  export PR_TITLE="feat: This is a PR title (ISSUE-1234)"
+  export PR_BRANCH="feature/ISSUE-1234"
+  export LATEST_RELEASE="1.0.0"
+  export PACKAGE_VERSION="1.1.0"
+  export TARGET_BRANCH="develop"
+}
+
+beforeAll
+
+echo Scenario: PR title missing semantic prefix for feature branch
+beforeEach
+
+# GIVEN
+export PR_TITLE="This is a PR title (ISSUE-1234)"
+
+# WHEN
+ACTUAL="$($SCRIPT_DIR/validate_pr.sh)"
+
+# THEN
+expect "$?" "1"
+expect "$ACTUAL" "PR title must start with a valid semantic prefix (e.g., feat:, fix:)."
+
+echo Scenario: PR title missing Jira ticket for feature branch
+beforeEach
+
+# GIVEN
+export PR_TITLE="feat: This is a PR title"
+
+# WHEN
+ACTUAL="$($SCRIPT_DIR/validate_pr.sh)"
+
+# THEN
+expect "$?" "1"
+expect "$ACTUAL" "PR title must contain a valid Jira ticket ID (e.g., ABC-123)."
+
+echo Scenario: PR title missing Jira ticket for feature branch targeting hotfix branch
+beforeEach
+
+# GIVEN
+export PR_TITLE="feat: This is a PR title"
+
+# WHEN
+ACTUAL="$($SCRIPT_DIR/validate_pr.sh)"
+
+# THEN
+expect "$?" "1"
+expect "$ACTUAL" "PR title must contain a valid Jira ticket ID (e.g., ABC-123)."
+
+echo Scenario: Valid PR title for feature branch
+beforeEach
+
+# GIVEN
+export PR_TITLE="feat: This is a PR title (ISSUE-1234)"
+
+# WHEN
+ACTUAL="$($SCRIPT_DIR/validate_pr.sh)"
+
+# THEN
+expect "$?" "0"
+expect "PR title and branch name validation passed." "$ACTUAL"
+
+echo Scenario: Non release or hotfix branch targeting the main branch
+beforeEach
+
+# GIVEN
+export PR_BRANCH="TICKET-123"
+export TARGET_BRANCH="main"
+
+# WHEN
+ACTUAL="$($SCRIPT_DIR/validate_pr.sh)"
+
+# THEN
+expect "$?" "1"
+expect "$ACTUAL" "PR branch must be release/v1.1.0 or hotfix/v1.1.0"
+
+echo Scenario: Package version and branch name mismatch
+beforeEach
+
+# GIVEN
+export PR_BRANCH="release/v1.1.0"
+export TARGET_BRANCH="main"
+export PACKAGE_VERSION="1.0.0"
+
+# WHEN
+ACTUAL="$($SCRIPT_DIR/validate_pr.sh)"
+
+# THEN
+expect "$?" "1"
+expect "$ACTUAL" "PR branch and package version must match"
+
+echo Scenario: Next Release version is not higher than the latest version
+beforeEach
+
+# GIVEN
+export PR_BRANCH="release/v1.0.0"
+export TARGET_BRANCH="main"
+export PACKAGE_VERSION="1.0.0"
+
+# WHEN
+ACTUAL="$($SCRIPT_DIR/validate_pr.sh)"
+
+# THEN
+expect "$?" "1"
+expect "$ACTUAL" "Next predicted version must be higher than the latest release."
+
+echo Scenario: Valid feature branch to develop branch
+beforeEach
+
+# GIVEN
+export PR_BRANCH="feature/ISSUE-1234"
+export TARGET_BRANCH="develop"
+
+# WHEN
+ACTUAL="$($SCRIPT_DIR/validate_pr.sh)"
+
+# THEN
+expect "$?" "0"
+
+echo Scenario: Valid feature branch to release branch
+beforeEach
+
+# GIVEN
+export PR_BRANCH="feature/ISSUE-1234"
+export TARGET_BRANCH="release/v1.1.0"
+
+# WHEN
+ACTUAL="$($SCRIPT_DIR/validate_pr.sh)"
+
+# THEN
+expect "$?" "0"
+
+echo Scenario: Valid feature branch to hotfix branch
+beforeEach
+
+# GIVEN
+export PR_BRANCH="feature/ISSUE-1234"
+export TARGET_BRANCH="hotfix/v1.1.0"
+
+# WHEN
+ACTUAL="$($SCRIPT_DIR/validate_pr.sh)"
+
+# THEN
+expect "$?" "0"
+
+echo Scenario: Valid release branch to main branch
+beforeEach
+
+# GIVEN
+export PR_BRANCH="release/v1.1.0"
+export TARGET_BRANCH="main"
+export PR_TITLE="release v1.1.0 to main"
+
+# WHEN
+ACTUAL="$($SCRIPT_DIR/validate_pr.sh)"
+
+# THEN
+expect "$?" "0"
+
+echo Scenario: Valid hotfix branch to main branch
+beforeEach
+
+# GIVEN
+export PR_BRANCH="hotfix/v1.1.0"
+export TARGET_BRANCH="main"
+export PR_TITLE="hotfix v1.1.0 to main"
+
+# WHEN
+ACTUAL="$($SCRIPT_DIR/validate_pr.sh)"
+
+# THEN
+expect "$?" "0"
+
+echo Scenario: Valid release branch merging to develop
+beforeEach
+
+# GIVEN
+export PR_BRANCH="release/v1.1.0"
+export TARGET_BRANCH="develop"
+export PR_TITLE="release v1.1.0 to develop"
+
+# WHEN
+ACTUAL="$($SCRIPT_DIR/validate_pr.sh)"
+
+# THEN
+expect "$?" "0"
+
diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate-pr.yml b/.github/workflows/validate-pr.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2949952
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate-pr.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+name: Validate PR
+
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      pr_title:
+        description: "The title of the pull request."
+        type: string
+        required: true
+      pr_branch:
+        description: "The branch name of the pull request."
+        type: string
+        required: true
+      target_branch:
+        description: "The target branch for the pull request."
+        type: string
+        required: true
+
+jobs:
+  validate:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Get Latest Release
+        uses: VirdocsSoftware/github-actions/.github/actions/predict-next-version@main
+      - name: Get Package
+        run: |
+          PACKAGE_VERSION=$(cat package.json | jq -r '.version')
+          echo "PACKAGE_VERSION=$PACKAGE_VERSION" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "LATEST_RELEASE=$(cat latest_version.txt)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      - name: Print github json
+        run: echo "$JSON"
+        env:
+          JSON: ${{ toJson(inputs) }}
+      - name: Validate PR title and branch
+        uses: VirdocsSoftware/github-actions/.github/actions/validate-pr@main
+        with:
+          pr_title: ${{ inputs.pr_title }}
+          pr_branch: ${{ inputs.pr_branch }}
+          latest_release: ${{ env.LATEST_RELEASE }}
+          package_version: ${{ env.PACKAGE_VERSION }}
+          target_branch: ${{ inputs.target_branch }}
+
diff --git a/tooling/scripts/run_tests.sh b/tooling/scripts/run_tests.sh
index 0e72f52..7a087d9 100755
--- a/tooling/scripts/run_tests.sh
+++ b/tooling/scripts/run_tests.sh
@@ -17,4 +17,10 @@ function run_tests() {
 done
 }
 
+function validate_tests() {
+  set -e
+  ./.github/actions/validate-pr/validate_pr_test.sh
+}
+
+validate_tests
 run_tests "$FILES"