diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index fd188b803b35354004729b23712171c9ef2448ab..63e782707dd60ea2fbb9abaa76b79abb854e366b 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -37,15 +37,30 @@ variables:
 # Pre Stage Jobs
 #
 
+changelog:
+  image: registry.dsop.io/platform-one/big-bang/pipeline-templates/pipeline-templates/pre-envs:ubi8.3
+  stage: .pre
+  allow_failure: true
+  variables:
+    CHANGELOG_FILE: CHANGELOG.md
+  script:
+  - ./scripts/lint_changelog.sh
+
+version:
+  image: registry.dsop.io/platform-one/big-bang/pipeline-templates/pipeline-templates/pre-envs:ubi8.3
+  stage: .pre
+  allow_failure: true
+  variables:
+    CHART_FILE: chart/Chart.yaml
+  script:
+  - ./scripts/lint_version.sh
+
 commitlint:
   image: registry.dsop.io/platform-one/big-bang/pipeline-templates/pipeline-templates/pre-envs:ubi8.3
   stage: .pre
   allow_failure: true
   script:
-  - dnf module install -y nodejs
-  - npm install --only=dev
-  - git fetch --all
-  - ./scripts/commitlint.sh
+  - ./scripts/lint_version.sh
 
 pre vars:
   image: registry.dsop.io/platform-one/big-bang/pipeline-templates/pipeline-templates/pre-envs:ubi8.3
diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG.md
similarity index 100%
rename from CHANGELOG
rename to CHANGELOG.md
diff --git a/scripts/lint_changelog.sh b/scripts/lint_changelog.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..62df767edbf2ab00fcaffd44de34b8d853c59cfd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/lint_changelog.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# diff the file silently, while still printing errors
+git diff --exit-code ${CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH}:${CHANGELOG_FILE} ${CHANGELOG_FILE} >/dev/null
+
+# exit code of 0 indicates non changed file
+if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+  echo "No changes were detected in ${CHANGELOG_FILE}, please update this file"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# exit code other than 0 and 1 is an error
+# IE - different file names between branches
+# check for this and fail accordingly
+if [ $? -ne 1 ]; then
+  echo "Error: An unknown error has occurred while linting ${CHANGELOG_FILE}"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# default to success
+exit 0
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diff --git a/scripts/lint_version.sh b/scripts/lint_version.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..af7af825902588b21b61bc6db3234c493e26d6c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/lint_version.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# obtain the default version
+default_version=$(git show ${CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH}:${CHART_FILE} | ggrep -oP 'version: \K(.*)')
+
+# check for command error
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+  echo "Error: An unknown error has occurred when attempting to retrieve the default version"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# obtain the local version
+local_version=$(cat ${CHART_FILE} | ggrep -oP 'version: \K(.*)')
+
+# check for command error
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+  echo "Error: An unknown error has occurred when attempting to retrieve the local version"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# debug print
+echo "Default version: $default_version"
+echo "Local version: $local_version"
+
+# error if the versions are not different
+if [[ "$default_version" == "$local_version" ]]; then
+  echo "The version has not been updated in ${CHART_FILE}, please update this file"
+fi
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