diff --git a/.github/workflows/package_xml.yml b/.github/workflows/package_xml.yml
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+name: Validate package.xml
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+
+jobs:
+  package-xml:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    name: Validate package.xml
+    steps:
+      - uses: gazebo-tooling/action-gz-ci/validate_package_xml@jammy
diff --git a/package.xml b/package.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<package format="2">
+  <name>gz-physics7</name>
+  <version>7.2.0</version>
+  <description>Gazebo Physics : Physics classes and functions for robot applications</description>
+  <maintainer email="scpeters@openrobotics.org">Steve Peters</maintainer>
+  <license>Apache License 2.0</license>
+  <url type="website">https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-physics</url>
+
+  <buildtool_depend>cmake</buildtool_depend>
+
+  <build_depend>gz-cmake3</build_depend>
+
+  <depend>benchmark</depend>
+  <depend>bullet</depend>
+  <depend>DART</depend>
+  <depend>eigen</depend>
+  <depend>gz-common5</depend>
+  <depend>gz-math7</depend>
+  <depend>gz-plugin2</depend>
+  <depend>gz-utils2</depend>
+  <depend>sdformat14</depend>
+
+  <export>
+    <build_type>cmake</build_type>
+  </export>
+</package>