diff --git a/.github/workflows/php.yml b/.github/workflows/php.yml
index d75ad370..2ea6c436 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/php.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/php.yml
@@ -38,4 +38,6 @@ jobs:
       run: composer run-script test
 
     - name: Run linter to check code style
-      run: composer run-script check-style
+      uses: chekalsky/phpcs-action@v1
+      with:
+        enable_warnings: true
diff --git a/.phpcs.xml b/.phpcs.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fd7103ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.phpcs.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<ruleset xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" name="PHP_CodeSniffer" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="phpcs.xsd">
+    <description>Coding standard configuration for the Bigcommerce V3 API Client.</description>
+
+    <file>src</file>
+    <file>tests</file>
+
+    <rule  ref="PSR12"/>
+</ruleset>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/BigCommerce/Api/Catalog/BrandsApi.php b/src/BigCommerce/Api/Catalog/BrandsApi.php
index 605a145b..e3510987 100644
--- a/src/BigCommerce/Api/Catalog/BrandsApi.php
+++ b/src/BigCommerce/Api/Catalog/BrandsApi.php
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ class BrandsApi extends ResourceApi
     private const BRAND_ENDPOINT  = 'catalog/brands/%d';
     private const BRANDS_ENDPOINT = 'catalog/brands';
 
+    public const DO_NOT_MERGE = "this because it's only to test the new phpcs github action with annotations. This line is clearly too long.";
     public const FILTER_INCLUDE_FIELDS = 'include_fields';
     public const FILTER_EXCLUDE_FIELDS = 'exclude_fields';