diff --git a/.github/workflows/peer-api.yaml b/.github/workflows/peer-api.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..171f00fd29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/peer-api.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+name: Ensure API Peer Dependency
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+  pull_request:
+
+jobs:
+  peer-api-check:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    container:
+      image: node:14
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      
+      - name: Install lerna
+        run: npm install -g lerna
+
+      - name: Check API dependency semantics
+        run: lerna exec "node \$LERNA_ROOT_PATH/scripts/peer-api-check.js"
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index d1aff43efa..81ac383de9 100644
--- a/detectors/node/opentelemetry-resource-detector-github/package.json
+++ b/detectors/node/opentelemetry-resource-detector-github/package.json
@@ -42,7 +42,11 @@
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index 076690f41a..8f8795f2f2 100644
--- a/examples/dns/package.json
+++ b/examples/dns/package.json
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
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index a8c031c2f6..f0cb7ebf7e 100644
--- a/examples/express/package.json
+++ b/examples/express/package.json
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
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index 6edf56770b..7c39cc2371 100644
--- a/examples/grpc-census-prop/package.json
+++ b/examples/grpc-census-prop/package.json
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
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index e761177b4b..58762df15c 100644
--- a/examples/grpc_dynamic_codegen/package.json
+++ b/examples/grpc_dynamic_codegen/package.json
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
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index 0ef6abd0a5..99498e7f06 100644
--- a/examples/hapi/package.json
+++ b/examples/hapi/package.json
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
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index aa5d4c19b0..4004ceb0dc 100644
--- a/examples/host-metrics/package.json
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@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
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index 78a122341e..5e1680df98 100644
--- a/examples/ioredis/package.json
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@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
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index 146b0a950c..c0c89ec191 100644
--- a/examples/koa/package.json
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index 7231eb0364..c26618603a 100644
--- a/examples/meta-node/package.json
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@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
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index de36431718..8fc5d037ab 100644
--- a/examples/mongodb/package.json
+++ b/examples/mongodb/package.json
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index f0420d5d9f..cc7f8c1568 100644
--- a/examples/mysql/package.json
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index 07015b3618..ec726dee6a 100644
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index bd4414b987..49623e56f0 100644
--- a/examples/postgres/package.json
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@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
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index b6f1d3a3ec..5a8db346ec 100644
--- a/examples/redis/package.json
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@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
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index fe4ef15489..ee20a0821e 100644
--- a/examples/restify/package.json
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@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
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index 80a2b97186..e08243defa 100644
--- a/examples/router/package.json
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@@ -28,14 +28,14 @@
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index 9847616733..2a6226c4d3 100644
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@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
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index 264e563696..78df82e23f 100644
--- a/metapackages/auto-instrumentations-node/package.json
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@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
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index 368510dbbc..22990a39d0 100644
--- a/metapackages/auto-instrumentations-web/package.json
+++ b/metapackages/auto-instrumentations-web/package.json
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
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index 386680ba4e..3972e54dab 100644
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+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-host-metrics/package.json
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
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index c99e6b4d7d..49a9833b4d 100644
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@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
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@@ -24,12 +24,15 @@
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+/*
+ * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+const fs = require('fs');
+const os = require('os');
+const path = require('path');
+
+const appRoot = process.cwd();
+
+const packageJsonUrl = path.resolve(`${appRoot}/package.json`);
+const pjson = require(packageJsonUrl);
+
+if (pjson.dependencies && pjson.dependencies["@opentelemetry/api"]) 
+    throw new Error(`Package ${pjson.name} depends on API but it should be a peer dependency`);
+
+const peerVersion = pjson.peerDependencies && pjson.peerDependencies["@opentelemetry/api"]
+const devVersion = pjson.devDependencies && pjson.devDependencies["@opentelemetry/api"]
+if (peerVersion) {
+    if (peerVersion !== devVersion) {
+        throw new Error(`Package ${pjson.name} depends on peer API version ${peerVersion} but version ${devVersion} in development`);
+    }
+    console.log(`${pjson.name} OK`);
+}