diff --git a/.github/workflows/semantic-pull-request.yml b/.github/workflows/semantic-pull-request.yml
index 6ce44e57f6..0324e0bd42 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/semantic-pull-request.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/semantic-pull-request.yml
@@ -27,3 +27,14 @@ jobs:
             refactor
             ci
           requireScope: false
+
+      - name: Check PR title length
+        env:
+          TITLE: ${{ github.event.pull_request.title }}
+        run: |
+          title_length=${#TITLE}
+          if [ $title_length -gt 72 ]
+          then
+            echo "PR title is too long (greater than 72 characters)"
+            exit 1
+          fi