diff --git a/.github/workflows/package_xml.yml b/.github/workflows/package_xml.yml
index 5b5c6d8..4bd4a9a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/package_xml.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/package_xml.yml
@@ -6,15 +6,6 @@ on:
 jobs:
   package-xml:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    name: package.xml and CMake versions match
+    name: Validate package.xml
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Check versions
-        run: |
-          echo "Extract version numbers and compare"
-          package_xml_version=$(sed -nE 's/\s*<version>([0-9.]*)<\/version>\s*/\1/p' package.xml)
-          echo "Version in package.xml: ${package_xml_version}"
-          cmake_version=$(sed -nE 's/^project.*VERSION\s*([0-9.]*).*/\1/p' CMakeLists.txt)
-          echo "Version in CMake: ${cmake_version}"
-          [ $package_xml_version = $cmake_version ]
+      - uses: gazebo-tooling/action-gz-ci/validate_package_xml@jammy
diff --git a/package.xml b/package.xml
index d90d6b5..bb45074 100644
--- a/package.xml
+++ b/package.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <?xml-model href="http://download.ros.org/schema/package_format2.xsd" schematypens="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"?>
 <package format="2">
   <name>gz-launch7</name>
-  <version>7.0.0</version>
+  <version>7.1.0</version>
   <description>Gazebo Launch : Run and manage programs and plugins</description>
   <maintainer email="natekoenig@gmail.com">Nate Koenig</maintainer>
   <license>Apache License 2.0</license>