diff --git a/.github/version_check.py b/.github/version_check.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2a3cf17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/version_check.py
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+import sys
+import os
+import re
+from enum import Enum
+
+
+class BumpType(Enum):
+    MAJOR = "major"
+    MINOR = "minor"
+    PATCH = "patch"
+
+
+def is_valid_semver(version: str) -> bool:
+    semver_regex = r"^\d+\.\d+\.\d+$"
+    return bool(re.match(semver_regex, version))
+
+
+def raise_semver_exception():
+    raise ValueError("Invalid version - must follow SEMVER convention (major.minor.patch)!")
+
+
+def validate_semver_bump(previous_version: str, next_version: str) -> BumpType:
+    if not (is_valid_semver(previous_version) and is_valid_semver(next_version)):
+        raise_semver_exception()
+
+    if previous_version == next_version:
+        raise ValueError("Version was not bumped!")
+    
+    print(f"Comparing next version {next_version} with previous version {previous_version}.")
+    
+    previous_version = list(map(int, previous_version.split(".")))
+    next_version = list(map(int, next_version.split(".")))
+
+    semver_parts = [BumpType.MAJOR, BumpType.MINOR, BumpType.PATCH]
+    for idx in range(len(semver_parts)):
+        if next_version[idx] != previous_version[idx]:
+            correct_bump = next_version[idx] - 1 == previous_version[idx]
+            lower_levels_reset = all(next_version[jdx] == 0 for jdx in range(idx + 1, len(semver_parts)))
+
+            if correct_bump and lower_levels_reset:
+                print(f"{semver_parts[idx].value} version bump.")
+                return semver_parts[idx]
+            
+            raise_semver_exception()
+        
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    previous_version = sys.argv[1].removeprefix("v")
+    next_version = sys.argv[2].removeprefix("v")
+
+    bump_type = validate_semver_bump(previous_version, next_version)
+    with open(os.getenv("GITHUB_OUTPUT"), "a") as output:
+        output.write(f"bump_type={bump_type.value}\n")
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/cicd.yml b/.github/workflows/cicd.yml
index 4c762f5..fb19bae 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cicd.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cicd.yml
@@ -22,8 +22,38 @@ jobs:
     - name: Run tests
       run: cargo test
 
+  version-check:
+    needs: test
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    outputs:
+      bump_type: ${{ steps.check_version.outputs.bump_type }}
+      new_version: ${{ steps.new_version.outputs.version }}
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Get new version
+        id: new_version
+        run: echo ::set-output name=version::$(grep -Po '^version = \"\K[^\"]+' Cargo.toml)
+
+      - name: Get previous version
+        id: previous_version
+        run: echo ::set-output name=version::$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0 || echo '0.0.0')
+
+      - name: Check version
+        id: check_version
+        run: |
+          python .github/version_check.py ${{ steps.previous_version.outputs.version }} ${{ steps.new_version.outputs.version }}
+          echo "${{ github.event_name}} ${{ github.ref }}"
+
   build_and_release:
-    if: github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/master'
+    needs: version-check
+    if: github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' && needs.version-check.outputs.bump_type != 'patch' 
+
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - name: Checkout code
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 325bc20..028a4df 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "somo"
-version = "1.0.0"
+version = "1.0.1"
 edition = "2021"
 authors = ["theopfr"]
 description = "A human-friendly alternative to netstat for socket and port monitoring on Linux."