diff --git a/.github/workflows/version.yml b/.github/workflows/version.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dcfef4926
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/version.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+name: version
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - 'VERSION.txt'
+
+jobs:
+  compare-versions:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out base branch
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          ref:  ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.ref }}
+      - name: Get old version
+        run: |
+          echo 'old_version="$(head -1 VERSION.txt)"' >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "Old version: $old_version" 
+
+      - name: Check out head branch
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Get new version 
+        run: |
+          echo 'new_version="$(head -1 VERSION.txt)"' >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "New version: $new_version"
+      - name: Compare versions
+        run: dpkg --compare-versions "${{ env.old_version }}" lt "${{ env.new_version }}"
diff --git a/VERSION.txt b/VERSION.txt
index b8aacd3fb..6ba3ede19 100644
--- a/VERSION.txt
+++ b/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.6.0.dev
+0.6.1.dev