diff --git a/.github/workflows/lockfile_check.yml b/.github/workflows/lockfile_check.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a27064cd8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/lockfile_check.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+# *******************************************************************************
+# Copyright (c) 2026 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
+#
+# See the NOTICE file(s) distributed with this work for additional
+# information regarding copyright ownership.
+#
+# This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
+# terms of the Apache License Version 2.0 which is available at
+# https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# *******************************************************************************
+name: Bazel Lockfile Check
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - 'MODULE.bazel'
+      - 'MODULE.bazel.lock'
+      - '**/Cargo.toml'
+      - '**/Cargo.lock'
+jobs:
+  validate-lockfile:
+    name: Verify Lockfile Correctness
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout Source Code
+        uses: actions/checkout:v4
+      - name: Setup Bazel
+        uses: bazel-contrib/setup-bazel@v0.13.0
+        with:
+          bazelisk-version: true
+          repository-cache: true
+      - name: Assert Lockfile matches Cargo State
+        id: run-check
+        run: bazel mod deps --lockfile_mode=error
+      - name: Instructions on Failure
+        if: failure() && steps.run-check.outcome == 'failure'
+        run: |
+          echo "::error title=Lockfile Out of Sync::Your MODULE.bazel.lock does not match your Cargo configuration changes!"
+          echo "=============================================================================="
+          echo " HOW TO FIX THIS BUILD:"
+          echo "=============================================================================="
+          echo " Your recent Cargo dependency changes broke the Bazel lockfile state."
+          echo " Please run the following command locally in your repository root:"
+          echo ""
+          echo "   bazel mod deps --lockfile_mode=update"
+          echo ""
+          echo " Once completed, commit and push the updated 'MODULE.bazel.lock'."
+          echo "=============================================================================="
diff --git a/.github/workflows/rust_coverage.yml b/.github/workflows/rust_coverage.yml
index 6227eed8f4..5c17e005e8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rust_coverage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rust_coverage.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
     uses: eclipse-score/cicd-workflows/.github/workflows/rust-coverage.yml@main
     with:
       bazel-test-targets: "//score/..."
-      bazel-test-config-flags: "--config=bl-x86_64-linux --config=ferrocene-coverage --lockfile_mode=error --test_lang_filters=rust,-miri"
+      bazel-test-config-flags: "--config=bl-x86_64-linux --config=ferrocene-coverage --test_lang_filters=rust,-miri"
       bazel-test-args: "--test_output=errors --nocache_test_results --build_tag_filters=-miri,-loom --test_tag_filters=-miri,-loom"
       coverage-target: "//:rust_coverage"
       min-coverage: 0