diff --git a/.github/workflows/pre-commit.yaml b/.github/workflows/pre-commit.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..067de949f0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/pre-commit.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+name: pre-commit
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches: ['main']
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  pre-commit:
+    name: pre-commit (please install locally!)
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/setup-python@v3
+    - uses: pre-commit/action@v3.0.1
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..35d437f1a51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+repos:
+-   repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
+    rev: v2.3.0
+    hooks:
+    -   id: check-yaml
diff --git a/asciidoc.yaml b/asciidoc.yaml
index 1f80236c979..15b6d79bf04 100644
--- a/asciidoc.yaml
+++ b/asciidoc.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package:
   name: asciidoc
   version: 10.2.1
-  epoch: 1
+  epoch: 2
   description: "Text based documentation"
   copyright:
     - license: GPL-2.0-or-later
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ pipeline:
 
   - uses: patch
     with:
-      patches: allow-specify-python.yaml
+      patches: allow-specify-python.patch
 
   - runs: |
       autoreconf -fi
diff --git a/asciidoc/allow-specify-python.yaml b/asciidoc/allow-specify-python.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from asciidoc/allow-specify-python.yaml
rename to asciidoc/allow-specify-python.patch