diff --git a/.github/workflows/semver.yml b/.github/workflows/semver.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8472cbd2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/semver.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+name: SemVer checks
+on: [push, pull_request]
+
+jobs:
+  semver-checks:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout source code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Install Rust stable toolchain
+        run: |
+          curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh -s -- -y --profile=minimal --default-toolchain stable
+          rustup override set stable
+      - name: Check SemVer
+        uses: obi1kenobi/cargo-semver-checks-action@v2
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c0aad2902..55ffdc5bf 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "ldk-node"
-version = "0.4.3"
+version = "0.5.0+git"
 authors = ["Elias Rohrer <dev@tnull.de>"]
 homepage = "https://lightningdevkit.org/"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"