diff --git a/.github/workflows/verify-pr.yml b/.github/workflows/verify-pr.yml
index 23734056..fe441410 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/verify-pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/verify-pr.yml
@@ -49,20 +49,21 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node-version: 'lts/*'
+      - run: npm install
       - name: Validate that changed packages are versioned as snapshots
         if: ${{ needs.check_for_postrelease_keyword.outputs.is-postrelease == 'false' }}
         run: |
           BASE_SHA=${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha }}
           HEAD_SHA=${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
-          git diff --name-only $HEAD_SHA $BASE_SHA > changed_files.txt
-          node ./.github/workflows/verify-pr/validate-changed-package-versions.js changed_files.txt
+          git diff --name-only $HEAD_SHA $BASE_SHA > `pwd`/changed_files.txt
+          node ./.node-scripts/validate-changed-package-versions.js `pwd`/changed_files.txt
       - name: Validate that packages properly depend on each other
         if: ${{ needs.check_for_postrelease_keyword.outputs.is-postrelease == 'false' }}
         run: |
           cd packages
           PACKAGE_NAMES=`ls`
           cd ..
-          node ./.github/workflows/verify-pr/validate-package-interdependencies.js "$PACKAGE_NAMES"
+          node ./.node-scripts/validate-package-interdependencies.js "$PACKAGE_NAMES"
   run_tests:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 802265ff..016e90ff 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ dist/
 coverage/
 *.tsbuildinfo
 *.tgz
-.sfdx
\ No newline at end of file
+.sfdx
+.scratchfile
diff --git a/.husky/pre-commit b/.husky/pre-commit
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0230fac6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.husky/pre-commit
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+git diff --name-only --cached --diff-filter=ACMR > `pwd`/.scratchfile
+node ./.node-scripts/validate-changed-package-versions.js `pwd`/.scratchfile
+cd packages
+PACKAGE_NAMES=`ls`
+cd ..
+node ./.node-scripts/validate-package-interdependencies.js "$PACKAGE_NAMES"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/verify-pr/validate-changed-package-versions.js b/.node-scripts/validate-changed-package-versions.js
similarity index 73%
rename from .github/workflows/verify-pr/validate-changed-package-versions.js
rename to .node-scripts/validate-changed-package-versions.js
index f825b6ee..831e6d8e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/verify-pr/validate-changed-package-versions.js
+++ b/.node-scripts/validate-changed-package-versions.js
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 const path = require('path');
 const fs = require('fs');
+const cp = require('child_process');
+const semver = require('semver');
 
 function main() {
     const changedFiles = readChangedFilesFile(process.argv[2]);
@@ -39,7 +41,7 @@ function displayList(header, list) {
 }
 
 function readChangedFilesFile(changedFilesFileName) {
-    return fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', '..', changedFilesFileName), 'utf-8').split('\n').map(s => s.trim());
+    return fs.readFileSync(changedFilesFileName, 'utf-8').split('\n').map(s => s.trim());
 }
 
 function identifyMeaningfullyChangedPackages(changedFiles) {
@@ -74,18 +76,31 @@ function isFileInTestFolder(changedFile) {
 function identifyIncorrectlyVersionedPackages(changedPackages) {
     const incorrectlyVersionedPackages = [];
     for (const changedPackage of changedPackages) {
-        //A temporary workaround for the rename of the flowtest-engine package to flow-engine
-        if (changedPackage === 'packages/code-analyzer-flowtest-engine') {
-            continue;
-        }
         const packageVersion = getPackageVersion(changedPackage);
         if (!packageVersion.endsWith('-SNAPSHOT')) {
             incorrectlyVersionedPackages.push(`${changedPackage} (currently versioned as ${packageVersion}) lacks a trailing "-SNAPSHOT"`);
+            continue;
+        }
+        const releasedPackageVersion = getLatestReleasedVersion(changedPackage);
+        if (semver.lte(semver.parse(packageVersion.slice(0, packageVersion.length - 9)), semver.parse(releasedPackageVersion))) {
+            incorrectlyVersionedPackages.push(`${changedPackage} (currently versioned as ${packageVersion}) is not semantically ahead of latest published release ${releasedPackageVersion}`);
         }
     }
     return incorrectlyVersionedPackages;
 }
 
+function getLatestReleasedVersion(changedPackage) {
+    const publishedPackageName = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(path.join(changedPackage, 'package.json'), 'utf-8')).name;
+    try {
+
+        return cp.execSync(`npm view ${publishedPackageName} version`, {
+            encoding: 'utf-8'
+        });
+    } catch (e) {
+        console.log(`NOTE: Could not fetch latest release version of ${publishedPackageName} (located in ${changedPackage}). Is that an error?`);
+        return undefined;
+    }
+}
 
 function getPackageVersion(changedPackage) {
     const packageJsonPath = path.join(changedPackage, 'package.json');
diff --git a/.github/workflows/verify-pr/validate-package-interdependencies.js b/.node-scripts/validate-package-interdependencies.js
similarity index 100%
rename from .github/workflows/verify-pr/validate-package-interdependencies.js
rename to .node-scripts/validate-package-interdependencies.js
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 8b1da131..3eb7ed6a 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -10,8 +10,10 @@
       ],
       "devDependencies": {
         "cross-env": "^10.0.0",
+        "husky": "^9.1.7",
         "jest": "^30.0.5",
         "rimraf": "^6.0.1",
+        "semver": "^7.7.2",
         "ts-jest": "^29.4.1"
       }
     },
@@ -4862,6 +4864,22 @@
         "node": ">=10.17.0"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/husky": {
+      "version": "9.1.7",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/husky/-/husky-9.1.7.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-5gs5ytaNjBrh5Ow3zrvdUUY+0VxIuWVL4i9irt6friV+BqdCfmV11CQTWMiBYWHbXhco+J1kHfTOUkePhCDvMA==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "bin": {
+        "husky": "bin.js"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=18"
+      },
+      "funding": {
+        "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/typicode"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/ignore": {
       "version": "7.0.5",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ignore/-/ignore-7.0.5.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c3872a8f..c89cd0e7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -17,12 +17,15 @@
     "scrub": "npm run clean && npm run scrub --workspaces --if-present && rimraf node_modules && rimraf package-lock.json",
     "showcoverage-java": "npm run showcoverage-java --workspaces --if-present",
     "showcoverage-typescript": "open ./coverage/lcov-report/index.html",
-    "showcoverage": "npm run showcoverage-java && npm run showcoverage-typescript"
+    "showcoverage": "npm run showcoverage-java && npm run showcoverage-typescript",
+    "prepare": "husky"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "cross-env": "^10.0.0",
+    "husky": "^9.1.7",
     "jest": "^30.0.5",
     "rimraf": "^6.0.1",
+    "semver": "^7.7.2",
     "ts-jest": "^29.4.1"
   },
   "jest": {