diff --git a/.changeset/skip-changeset-check-on-version-pr.md b/.changeset/skip-changeset-check-on-version-pr.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..69475f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/skip-changeset-check-on-version-pr.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+---
+
+Internal CI change (no version bump): skip the `changeset-check` job on the
+changesets bot's "version packages" PR (`changeset-release/main`). That PR
+consumes (deletes) changesets rather than adding them, so the check counted 0
+added/modified changeset files and always failed.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 7c7f145..52a9b03 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -39,7 +39,10 @@ jobs:
         run: npm test
 
   changeset-check:
-    if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
+    # Skip the changesets bot's "version packages" PR: it consumes (deletes)
+    # changesets rather than adding them, so it would always fail this check.
+    # The bot branches as changeset-release/<baseBranch>, so match the prefix.
+    if: github.event_name == 'pull_request' && !startsWith(github.head_ref, 'changeset-release/')
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps: