diff --git a/.github/workflows/semver_checks.yml b/.github/workflows/semver_checks.yml
index ee1022268e..022dbbdcdc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/semver_checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/semver_checks.yml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ jobs:
       id: semver-pr-check
       run: |
         set +e
-        cargo semver-checks -p scylla -p scylla-cql --baseline-rev "$PR_BASE"
+        make semver-rev rev="$PR_BASE"
         exitcode=$?
         echo "exitcode=$exitcode" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
         exit "$exitcode"
@@ -84,4 +84,4 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install semver-checks
       run: cargo install cargo-semver-checks --no-default-features
     - name: Verify that's it's safe to publish the version.
-      run: cargo semver-checks -p scylla -p scylla-cql
+      run: make semver-version
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index ec4c7c6bed..20fd9d10a1 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -86,6 +86,16 @@ There are a few scenarios:
          using command like `cargo update -p toml_datetime --precise 0.6.3` and go back to step 3.
       5. Rename `Cargo.lock` to `Cargo.lock.msrv`.
 
+### Semver checking 
+
+Our CI runs cargo semver-checks and labels PRs that introduce breaking changes.
+If you don't intend to change public API, you can perform the checks locally,
+using command `make semver-rev`. Make sure you have semver-checks installed first,
+you can install it using `cargo install cargo-semver-checks`.
+
+`make semver-rev` will check for API breaking changes using `main` branch as baseline.
+To use different branch / commit call `make semver-rev rev=BRANCH`.
+
 ## Contributing to the book
 
 The documentation book is written using [mdbook](https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook)\
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e09ee6bc60..91d4485bf9 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -48,6 +48,14 @@ build:
 docs:
 	mdbook build docs
 
+.PHONY: semver-rev
+semver-rev:
+	./scripts/semver-checks.sh $(if $(rev),--baseline-rev $(rev),--baseline-rev main)
+
+.PHONY: semver-version
+semver-version:
+	./scripts/semver-checks.sh $(if $(version),--baseline-version $(version),)
+
 .PHONY: up
 up:
 	$(COMPOSE) up -d --wait
diff --git a/scripts/semver-checks.sh b/scripts/semver-checks.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..43badbfc25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/semver-checks.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -x
+
+cargo semver-checks -p scylla -p scylla-cql $@
\ No newline at end of file