diff --git a/common/CI/package_checks.py b/common/CI/package_checks.py
index cf2ef542a352..0ff600883575 100755
--- a/common/CI/package_checks.py
+++ b/common/CI/package_checks.py
@@ -295,6 +295,22 @@ def _check_path(self, path: str) -> bool:
         return path.split('/') == exp
 
 
+class PackageVersion(PullRequestCheck):
+    _error = 'Package version is not a string'
+    _level = Level.ERROR
+
+    def run(self) -> List[Result]:
+        return [Result(message=self._error, level=self._level,
+                       file=path, line=self.file_line(path, r'^version\s*:'),)
+                for path in self.package_files
+                if not self._check_version(path)]
+
+    def _check_version(self, path: str) -> bool:
+        version = self.load_package_yml(path)['version']
+
+        return isinstance(version, str)
+
+
 class Patch(PullRequestCheck):
     _regex = r'patch -p1 <'
     _error = 'Uses `patch <`, use `patch -i` instead'