diff --git a/.github/workflows/semver-checks.yml b/.github/workflows/semver-checks.yml
index d6f15de615..ccb28e77bd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/semver-checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/semver-checks.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,29 @@ on:
   pull_request:
    types: [opened, synchronize]
 
+env:
+  #
+  # Dependency versioning
+  # from wgpu repo: https://github.com/gfx-rs/wgpu/blob/trunk/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+  #
+
+  # Sourced from https://vulkan.lunarg.com/sdk/home#linux
+  VULKAN_SDK_VERSION: "1.3.268"
+  # Sourced from https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.Direct3D.WARP
+  WARP_VERSION: "1.0.8"
+
+  # Sourced from https://github.com/microsoft/DirectXShaderCompiler/releases
+  #
+  # Must also be changed in shaders.yaml
+  DXC_RELEASE: "v1.7.2308"
+  DXC_FILENAME: "dxc_2023_08_14.zip"
+
+  # Sourced from https://archive.mesa3d.org/. Bumping this requires
+  # updating the mesa build in https://github.com/gfx-rs/ci-build and creating a new release.
+  MESA_VERSION: "23.3.1"
+  # Corresponds to https://github.com/gfx-rs/ci-build/releases
+  CI_BINARY_BUILD: "build18"
+
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
@@ -23,6 +46,48 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt-get update
           sudo apt install -y libegl1-mesa libgl1-mesa-dri libxcb-xfixes0-dev mesa-vulkan-drivers
 
+      - name: Install vulkan sdk
+        # from wgpu repo: https://github.com/gfx-rs/wgpu/blob/trunk/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          set -e
+
+          sudo apt-get update -y -qq
+
+          # vulkan sdk
+          wget -qO - https://packages.lunarg.com/lunarg-signing-key-pub.asc | sudo apt-key add -
+          sudo wget -qO /etc/apt/sources.list.d/lunarg-vulkan-$VULKAN_SDK_VERSION-jammy.list https://packages.lunarg.com/vulkan/$VULKAN_SDK_VERSION/lunarg-vulkan-$VULKAN_SDK_VERSION-jammy.list
+
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt install -y vulkan-sdk
+
+      - name: Install mesa
+        # from wgpu repo: https://github.com/gfx-rs/wgpu/blob/trunk/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          set -e
+
+          curl -L --retry 5 https://github.com/gfx-rs/ci-build/releases/download/$CI_BINARY_BUILD/mesa-$MESA_VERSION-linux-x86_64.tar.xz -o mesa.tar.xz
+          mkdir mesa
+          tar xpf mesa.tar.xz -C mesa
+
+          # The ICD provided by the mesa build is hardcoded to the build environment.
+          #
+          # We write out our own ICD file to point to the mesa vulkan
+          cat <<- EOF > icd.json
+          {
+            "ICD": {
+                "api_version": "1.1.255",
+                "library_path": "$PWD/mesa/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libvulkan_lvp.so"
+            },
+            "file_format_version": "1.0.0"
+          }
+          EOF
+
+          echo "VK_DRIVER_FILES=$PWD/icd.json" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+          echo "LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$PWD/mesa/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+          echo "LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH=$PWD/mesa/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+
       - name: Check semantic versioning violations
         uses: obi1kenobi/cargo-semver-checks-action@v2