diff --git a/.github/workflows/_03_release_checks.yml b/.github/workflows/_03_release_checks.yml
index 43bb2a78b5..4225db381b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/_03_release_checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/_03_release_checks.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,13 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        manifest: [state-chain/node/Cargo.toml, engine/Cargo.toml, api/bin/chainflip-cli/Cargo.toml, api/bin/chainflip-broker-api/Cargo.toml, api/bin/chainflip-lp-api/Cargo.toml]
+        manifest:
+          - state-chain/node/Cargo.toml
+          - engine/Cargo.toml
+          - api/bin/chainflip-cli/Cargo.toml
+          - api/bin/chainflip-broker-api/Cargo.toml
+          - api/bin/chainflip-lp-api/Cargo.toml
+          - state-chain/runtime/Cargo.toml
     steps:
       - name: Checkout 🏁
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -62,3 +68,13 @@ jobs:
       - name: Check changelog 📝
         shell: bash
         run: ./ci/scripts/check_changelog.sh ${{ inputs.tag }}
+
+  check-runtime-spec-version:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout 🏁
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Check changelog 📝
+        shell: bash
+        run: ./ci/scripts/check_runtime_spec_version.sh ${{ inputs.tag }}
diff --git a/ci/scripts/check_runtime_spec_version.sh b/ci/scripts/check_runtime_spec_version.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..708cedbfe6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/scripts/check_runtime_spec_version.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+version=$1
+runtime_spec_version_file="state-chain/runtime/src/lib.rs"
+numeric_version=$(echo $version | tr -d '.')
+
+# Extract the spec_version from the Rust file
+spec_version=$(grep 'spec_version:' $runtime_spec_version_file | awk '{print $2}' | tr -d ',')
+
+runtime_version=$(cargo read-manifest --manifest-path state-chain/runtime/Cargo.toml | jq -r .version)
+
+# Compare versions
+if [ "$spec_version" != "$numeric_version" ]; then
+    echo "Error: spec_version ($spec_version) does not match the expected version ($numeric_version)"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ "$runtime_version" != "$version" ]; then
+    echo "Error: runtime version ($runtime_version) does not match the expected version ($version)"
+    exit 1
+fi