diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 890616a4..eefd3035 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -317,6 +317,7 @@ check commits:
   script:
     - ci-fairy check-commits --textwidth 0 --no-signed-off-by
     - ci/check-for-symlinks.sh
+    - ci/check-meson-version.sh
 
 clippy:
   extends: '.debian:12-stable'
diff --git a/ci/check-meson-version.sh b/ci/check-meson-version.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..e131b03c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/check-meson-version.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+MESON_VERSION=`head -n5 meson.build | grep ' version\s*:' | sed -e "s/.*version\s*:\s*'//" -e "s/',.*//"`
+CARGO_VERSION=`cat Cargo.toml | grep -A1 workspace.package | grep ^version | sed -e 's/^version = "\(.*\)"/\1/'`
+
+echo "gst-plugins-rs version (meson.build) : $MESON_VERSION"
+echo "gst-plugins-rs version (Cargo.toml)  : $CARGO_VERSION"
+
+if test "x$MESON_VERSION" != "x$CARGO_VERSION"; then
+  echo
+  echo "===> Version mismatch between meson.build and Cargo.toml! <==="
+  echo
+  exit 1;
+fi