diff --git a/.github/workflows/cffconvert.yml b/.github/workflows/cffconvert.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..707a71c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/cffconvert.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+name: cffconvert
+
+on:
+  push:
+    paths:
+      - CITATION.cff
+
+jobs:
+  validate:
+    name: "validate"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out a copy of the repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: Check whether the citation metadata from CITATION.cff is valid
+        uses: citation-file-format/cffconvert-github-action@2.0.0
+        with:
+          args: "--validate"
diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index 5dfa03f..1a83c95 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ authors:
     given-names: Cunliang
     orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1409-8358"
 
-cff-version: "1.0.3"
+cff-version: 1.2.0
 date-released: 2020-09-15
 doi: 10.5281/zenodo.1083951
 license: Apache-2.0