diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-components-changelog.yml b/.github/workflows/check-components-changelog.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..08f290b5a78fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-components-changelog.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+name: Verify @wordpress/components CHANGELOG update
+
+on:
+    pull_request:
+        types: [opened, synchronize]
+        paths:
+            - 'packages/components/**'
+            - '!packages/components/src/**/stories/**'
+            - '!packages/components/src**/test/**'
+jobs:
+    check:
+        name: Check CHANGELOG diff
+        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+        steps:
+            - name: 'Get PR commit count'
+              run: echo "PR_COMMIT_COUNT=$(( ${{ github.event.pull_request.commits }} + 1 ))" >> "${GITHUB_ENV}"
+            - name: Checkout code
+              uses: actions/checkout@8f4b7f84864484a7bf31766abe9204da3cbe65b3 # v3.5.0
+              with:
+                  ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}
+                  fetch-depth: ${{ env.PR_COMMIT_COUNT }}
+            - name: 'Fetch relevant history from origin'
+              run: git fetch origin ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.ref }}
+            - name: Run git diff
+              run: |
+                  changelog_path="packages/components/CHANGELOG.md"
+                  if git diff --quiet ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha }} HEAD -- "$changelog_path"; then
+                    echo "Please add a CHANGELOG entry to $changelog_path"
+                    exit 1
+                  fi
diff --git a/packages/components/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/components/CHANGELOG.md
index db4f80eb5f7fe..24e59841fd8ab 100644
--- a/packages/components/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/components/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <!-- Learn how to maintain this file at https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/tree/HEAD/packages#maintaining-changelogs. -->
 
 ## Unreleased
-
+<!-- test -->
 -   `DropZone`: Smooth animation ([#49517](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/49517)).
 
 ## 23.7.0 (2023-03-29)
diff --git a/packages/components/src/gradient-picker/types.ts b/packages/components/src/gradient-picker/types.ts
index ad38f152abbfd..fa6b636dcb41e 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/gradient-picker/types.ts
+++ b/packages/components/src/gradient-picker/types.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * Internal dependencies
  */
 import type { HeadingSize } from '../heading/types';
-
+// test
 export type GradientObject = {
 	gradient: string;
 	name: string;