diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate-citation-cff.yml b/.github/workflows/validate-citation-cff.yml
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+name: Validate CITATION.cff
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - CITATION.cff
+      - .github/workflows/validate-citation-cff.yml
+  push:
+    paths:
+      - CITATION.cff
+      - .github/workflows/validate-citation-cff.yml
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  validate:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
+      - uses: citation-file-format/cffconvert-github-action@4cf11baa70a673bfdf9dad0acc7ee33b3f4b6084 # 2.0.0
+        with:
+          args: "--validate"
diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
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+cff-version: 1.2.0
+message: "If you use this software, please cite it using the metadata from this file."
+type: software
+title: "PyRenew: A Package for Bayesian Renewal Modeling with JAX and NumPyro"
+version: "0.1.7"
+authors:
+  - family-names: "Bayer"
+    given-names: "Damon"
+  - family-names: "Morris"
+    given-names: "Dylan H."
+  - family-names: "Vega Yon"
+    given-names: "George G."
+    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3171-0844"
+  - family-names: "Martin"
+    given-names: "Trevor"
+  - family-names: "Bidari"
+    given-names: "Subekshya"
+abstract: "A Python package for multi-signal Bayesian renewal modeling with JAX and NumPyro."
+license: "Apache-2.0"
+repository-code: "https://github.com/CDCgov/PyRenew"
+url: "https://cdcgov.github.io/PyRenew/"
+keywords:
+  - "epidemiology"
+  - "Bayesian modeling"
+  - "Python"