diff --git a/src/conventional_commits.rs b/src/conventional_commits.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 09ef439..0000000
--- a/src/conventional_commits.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-pub fn is_conventional_commit(commit_message: &str) -> eyre::Result<bool> {
-    let re = regex::Regex::new(
-        r"(build|chore|ci|docs|feat|fix|perf|refactor|revert|style|test)(\([a-z ]+\))?: .{1,72}",
-    )?;
-
-    Ok(re.is_match(commit_message))
-}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index e010f2e..a133f2a 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,19 +1,20 @@
-mod bump;
-mod conventional_commits;
 mod gitea;
+mod semantic;
+mod validate_pr;
 
 use clap::Command;
-use tracing_subscriber::EnvFilter;
+use tracing_subscriber::{filter::LevelFilter, EnvFilter};
 
 const VERSION: &'static str = "<dev>";
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> eyre::Result<()> {
+    dotenv::dotenv().unwrap();
     color_eyre::install().unwrap();
 
     tracing_subscriber::fmt()
         .pretty()
-        .with_env_filter(EnvFilter::from_default_env())
+        .with_env_filter(EnvFilter::default().add_directive(LevelFilter::INFO.into()))
         .init();
 
     let matches = clap::Command::new("releaser")
@@ -24,12 +25,44 @@ async fn main() -> eyre::Result<()> {
         .subcommand(
             Command::new("validate").about("Validate the semantic versioning of the software"),
         )
+        .subcommand(
+            Command::new("validate:pr")
+                .about("Validate the semantic versioning of the software")
+                .arg(clap::Arg::new("owner").long("owner").required(true))
+                .arg(clap::Arg::new("repo").long("repo").required(true))
+                .arg(
+                    clap::Arg::new("pull_request_id")
+                        .long("pull-request-id")
+                        .required(true)
+                        .value_parser(clap::value_parser!(u32).range(0..)),
+                )
+                .arg(
+                    clap::Arg::new("current_version")
+                        .long("current-version")
+                        .required(true),
+                ),
+        )
         .subcommand(Command::new("bump").about("Bump the semantic versioning in git tags"))
         .get_matches();
 
     match matches.subcommand() {
         Some(("release", sub_matches)) => {}
         Some(("validate", sub_matches)) => {}
+        Some(("validate:pr", sub_matches)) => {
+            let owner = sub_matches.get_one::<String>("owner").unwrap();
+            let repo = sub_matches.get_one::<String>("repo").unwrap();
+            let pull_request_id = sub_matches.get_one::<u32>("pull_request_id").unwrap();
+            let current_version = sub_matches.get_one::<String>("current_version").unwrap();
+
+            match validate_pr::validate_pr(&owner, &repo, *pull_request_id, &current_version)
+                .await?
+            {
+                Some(version) => {
+                    tracing::info!(version = version, "bumping version")
+                }
+                None => tracing::info!(version = current_version, "no version bump required!"),
+            }
+        }
         Some(("bump", sub_matches)) => {}
         _ => unreachable!(),
     }
diff --git a/src/bump.rs b/src/semantic.rs
similarity index 94%
rename from src/bump.rs
rename to src/semantic.rs
index 5a032e8..095b13f 100644
--- a/src/bump.rs
+++ b/src/semantic.rs
@@ -80,7 +80,16 @@ fn increment_major(v: &mut Version) {
 }
 
 pub fn bump_semver(semver: &str, bump_type: BumpType) -> Result<String, semver::Error> {
-    let mut version = Version::parse(semver)?;
+    let mut contains_start_v = false;
+
+    let semver = if semver.starts_with("v") {
+        contains_start_v = true;
+        semver.replace("v", "")
+    } else {
+        semver.to_string()
+    };
+
+    let mut version = Version::parse(&semver)?;
 
     match bump_type {
         BumpType::Major => increment_major(&mut version),
@@ -88,7 +97,11 @@ pub fn bump_semver(semver: &str, bump_type: BumpType) -> Result<String, semver::
         BumpType::Patch => increment_patch(&mut version),
     }
 
-    Ok(version.to_string())
+    if contains_start_v {
+        Ok(format!("v{version}"))
+    } else {
+        Ok(version.to_string())
+    }
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
diff --git a/src/validate_pr.rs b/src/validate_pr.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..227be6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/validate_pr.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+pub async fn validate_pr(
+    owner: &str,
+    repo: &str,
+    pull_request_id: u32,
+    current_version: &str,
+) -> eyre::Result<Option<String>> {
+    let base_url = &std::env::var("GITEA_BASE_URL").unwrap();
+    let token = &std::env::var("GITEA_ACCESS_TOKEN").unwrap();
+
+    let commit_titles =
+        crate::gitea::get_pull_request_commits(base_url, owner, repo, pull_request_id, token)
+            .await?;
+
+    match crate::semantic::get_most_significant_bump(&commit_titles) {
+        Some(bump) => Ok(Some(crate::semantic::bump_semver(current_version, bump)?)),
+        None => Ok(None),
+    }
+}