diff --git a/.github/workflows/CI-runpod_dep.yml b/.github/workflows/CI-runpod_dep.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0782af8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/CI-runpod_dep.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+name: CI | Update runpod package version
+
+on:
+  repository_dispatch:
+    types: [python-package-release]
+
+  push:
+    branches: ["main"]
+
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  check_dep:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    name: Check python requirements file and update
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: Check for new package version and update
+        run: |
+          echo "Fetching the current runpod version from requirements.txt..."
+
+          # Get current version (supports '~=' versioning)
+          current_version=$(grep -oP 'runpod~=\K[^ ]+' ./builder/requirements.txt)
+          echo "Current version: $current_version"
+
+          # Get new version from PyPI
+          new_version=$(curl -s https://pypi.org/pypi/runpod/json | jq -r .info.version)
+          echo "NEW_VERSION_ENV=$new_version" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "New version: $new_version"
+
+          if [ -z "$new_version" ]; then
+              echo "ERROR: Failed to fetch the new version from PyPI."
+              exit 1
+          fi
+
+          # Extract major and minor from current version (e.g., 1.7)
+          current_major_minor=$(echo $current_version | cut -d. -f1,2)
+          new_major_minor=$(echo $new_version | cut -d. -f1,2)
+
+          echo "Current major.minor: $current_major_minor"
+          echo "New major.minor: $new_major_minor"
+
+          # Check if the new version is within the current major.minor range (e.g., 1.7.x)
+          if [ "$new_major_minor" = "$current_major_minor" ]; then
+              echo "No update needed. The new version ($new_version) is within the allowed range (~= $current_major_minor)."
+              exit 0
+          fi
+
+          echo "New major/minor detected ($new_major_minor). Updating runpod version..."
+
+          # Update requirements.txt with the new version while keeping '~='
+          sed -i "s/runpod~=.*/runpod~=$new_version/" ./builder/requirements.txt
+          echo "requirements.txt has been updated."
+
+      - name: Create Pull Request
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v3
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          commit-message: Update package version
+          title: Update runpod package version
+          body: The package version has been updated to ${{ env.NEW_VERSION_ENV }}
+          branch: runpod-package-update
diff --git a/builder/requirements.txt b/builder/requirements.txt
index 78d37f4..f39a069 100644
--- a/builder/requirements.txt
+++ b/builder/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Required Python packages get listed here, one per line.
 # Reccomended to lock the version number to avoid unexpected changes.
 
-runpod==0.9.10
+runpod~=1.7.0
 tqdm==4.64.1
 torch==1.13.0
 torchaudio==0.13.0