diff --git a/.github/workflows/cffconvert.yml b/.github/workflows/cffconvert.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..398b888004f37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/cffconvert.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+name: cffconvert
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - 'master'
+      - 'release-*'
+    paths:
+      - CITATION.cff
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - 'master'
+      - 'release-*'
+    paths:
+      - CITATION.cff
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  validate:
+    name: "validate"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out a copy of the repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+
+      - name: Check whether the citation metadata from CITATION.cff is valid
+        uses: citation-file-format/cffconvert-github-action@2.0.0
+        with:
+          args: "--validate"
diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index a25d61b69d849..6285aa13d3571 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ authors:
   given-names: "Stefan"
 - family-names: "Shah"
   given-names: "Viral B."
-title: "Julia: A fresh approach to numerical computing"
+titel: "Julia: A fresh approach to numerical computing"
 version: "v1"
 license: "MIT"
 doi: "10.1137/141000671"
@@ -37,4 +37,4 @@ preferred-citation:
   issue: 1
   year: 2017
   publisher:
-    - name: "SIAM"
+    name: "SIAM"