diff --git a/.github/labeler.yml b/.github/labeler.yml
index be2f10f17c8..ee8e16372e6 100644
--- a/.github/labeler.yml
+++ b/.github/labeler.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # Add 'documentation' to any change in apps/docs
 # https://github.com/marketplace/actions/labeler
 documentation:
-- changed-files:
-  - any-glob-to-any-file: 'apps/docs/**/*'
+  - changed-files:
+      - any-glob-to-any-file: 'apps/docs/**/*'
+
+# Add 'api-deploy-required' to any change in packages/api-types/types
+api-deploy-required:
+  - changed-files:
+      - any-glob-to-any-file: 'packages/api-types/types/**'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/label_prs.yml b/.github/workflows/label_prs.yml
index 741ddea4ac7..7bd90fd102e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/label_prs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/label_prs.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 name: 'Pull Request Labeler'
 
-# only docs uses the labeler at the moment
 on:
   pull_request_target:
-    paths:
-      - 'apps/docs/**/*'
 
 jobs:
   labeler:
@@ -13,4 +10,17 @@ jobs:
       pull-requests: write
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/labeler@634933edcd8ababfe52f92936142cc22ac488b1b # v6.0.1
+      - id: label
+        uses: actions/labeler@634933edcd8ababfe52f92936142cc22ac488b1b # v6.0.1
+
+      - name: Comment when api-deploy-required is auto-applied
+        if: contains(steps.label.outputs.new-labels, 'api-deploy-required')
+        uses: actions/github-script@3a2844b7e9c422d3c10d287c895573f7108da1b3 # v9.0.0
+        with:
+          script: |
+            await github.rest.issues.createComment({
+              owner: context.repo.owner,
+              repo: context.repo.repo,
+              issue_number: context.issue.number,
+              body: 'The `api-deploy-required` label was auto-applied to this PR because it updates the API types. Ensure that the new or updated API, if any, is deployed on production before **removing the label** and merging this PR.',
+            })
diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate-pr.yml b/.github/workflows/validate-pr.yml
index 1b10f526421..2ee49d84c8e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate-pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate-pr.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ jobs:
           echo "PR blocked: [tag: do not merge]"
           exit 1
 
+      - name: Tagged with 'api-deploy-required'
+        if: contains( github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'api-deploy-required')
+        run: |
+          echo "PR blocked: [tag: api-deploy-required] — confirm the API is deployed in production, then remove the label."
+          exit 1
+
       - name: All good
         if: ${{ success() }}
         run: |