diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1b7f1d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+on:
+  push:
+
+jobs:
+  dependency-validation:
+    name: Dependency Validation
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 5
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Cache Composer dependencies
+        uses: actions/cache@v3
+        with:
+          path: /tmp/composer-cache
+          key: "${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('**/composer.lock') }}"
+
+      - name: Install Composer
+        uses: php-actions/composer@v6
+
+      - name: Ensure that composer.json is valid
+        run: composer validate --no-ansi --strict composer.json
+
+      - name: Ensure that dependencies can be installed
+        run: composer install --no-ansi --dry-run
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 802071c..b5f31bd 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 .DS_Store
 .phpunit.result.cache
 composer.lock
+composer.phar
 vendor
 coverage.xml
 clover.xml