diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 83970619..4ba53de0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -194,3 +194,28 @@ jobs:
         with:
           modules-ignore: bigquery-scala_2.13 bigquery-scala_3 docs_2.13 docs_3 bigquery-scala_2.13 bigquery-scala_3 bigquery-scala_2.13 bigquery-scala_3 codegentests_2.13 codegentests_3
           configs-ignore: test scala-tool scala-doc-tool test-internal
+
+  validate-steward:
+    name: Validate Steward Config
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os: [ubuntu-latest]
+        java: [temurin@11]
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout current branch (fast)
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Setup Java (temurin@11)
+        id: setup-java-temurin-11
+        if: matrix.java == 'temurin@11'
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+        with:
+          distribution: temurin
+          java-version: 11
+
+      - uses: coursier/setup-action@v1
+        with:
+          apps: scala-steward
+
+      - run: scala-steward validate-repo-config .scala-steward.conf
diff --git a/.scala-steward.conf b/.scala-steward.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..918bffda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.scala-steward.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+updates.pin = [
+  { groupId = "org.slf4j", artifactId = "slf4j-api", version = "1." },
+  { groupId = "ch.qos.logback", artifactId = "logback-classic", version = "1.2." }
+]