diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml b/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml
index 9d59d8c907..f28435716b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml
@@ -449,6 +449,32 @@ jobs:
           apa-proxy: ${{ matrix.e2e-test.apa-proxy }}
           deps: ${{ matrix.e2e-test.deps }}
 
+  PR-forbidden-labels:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - id: checkoutRepo
+        name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 1
+      - name: PR contains forbidden labels
+        id: pr-forbidden
+        uses: actions/github-script@v6
+        with:
+          script: |
+            const issueHasLabels = require('./scripts/github/update/check-issue-has-label.js');
+            const checkLabels = ['next version ➡️', 'do not merge🙅🏻‍♂️'];
+
+            const hasLabel = await issueHasLabels({github, context, checkLabels})
+
+            if(hasLabel) {
+              core.setFailed('The PR contains a forbidden label! You are not allowed to merge until the label is there.');
+            }
+      - name: Check value after
+        run: |
+          echo "result ${{ toJson(steps.pr-forbidden.*.result) }}" && echo "result ${{ steps.pr-forbidden.*.result }}"
+          echo "result ${{ contains(toJson(steps.pr-forbidden.*.result), 'failure') }}"
+
   finalize:
     if: ${{ always() }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/scripts/github/update/check-issue-has-label.js b/scripts/github/update/check-issue-has-label.js
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..5a1184492d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/github/update/check-issue-has-label.js
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+module.exports = async ({ github, context, checkLabels }) => {
+  const { data: issue } = await github.rest.issues.get({
+    owner: context.repo.owner,
+    repo: context.repo.repo,
+    issue_number: context.issue.number,
+  });
+  const labels = issue.labels?.map(item => item.name);
+
+  if (checkLabels.some(i => labels.includes(i))) {
+    return true;
+  }
+  return false;
+}
+    
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