diff --git a/pr-checks/sync_back.ts b/pr-checks/sync_back.ts
index e42934f7a..8cb973b84 100755
--- a/pr-checks/sync_back.ts
+++ b/pr-checks/sync_back.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ files are updated directly by Dependabot and don't need sync-back.
 
 import { parseArgs } from "node:util";
 
+import * as fs from "fs";
 import * as path from "path";
 
 const THIS_DIR = __dirname;
@@ -26,6 +27,43 @@ const CHECKS_DIR = path.join(THIS_DIR, "checks");
 const WORKFLOW_DIR = path.join(THIS_DIR, "..", ".github", "workflows");
 const SYNC_TS_PATH = path.join(THIS_DIR, "sync.ts");
 
+/**
+ * Scan generated workflow files to extract the latest action versions.
+ *
+ * @param workflowDir - Path to .github/workflows directory
+ * @returns Map from action names to their latest versions (including comments)
+ */
+function scanGeneratedWorkflows(workflowDir: string): Record<string, string> {
+  const actionVersions: Record<string, string> = {};
+
+  const generatedFiles = fs
+    .readdirSync(workflowDir)
+    .filter((f) => f.startsWith("__") && f.endsWith(".yml"))
+    .map((f) => path.join(workflowDir, f));
+
+  for (const filePath of generatedFiles) {
+    const content = fs.readFileSync(filePath, "utf8");
+
+    // Find all action uses in the file, including potential comments
+    // This pattern captures: action_name@version_with_possible_comment
+    const pattern = /uses:\s+([^/\s]+\/[^@\s]+)@([^@\n]+)/g;
+    let match: RegExpExecArray | null;
+
+    while ((match = pattern.exec(content)) !== null) {
+      const actionName = match[1];
+      const versionWithComment = match[2].trimEnd();
+
+      // Only track non-local actions (those with / but not starting with ./)
+      if (!actionName.startsWith("./")) {
+        // Assume that version numbers are consistent (this should be the case on a Dependabot update PR)
+        actionVersions[actionName] = versionWithComment;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  return actionVersions;
+}
+
 function main(): number {
   const { values } = parseArgs({
     options: {
@@ -40,7 +78,20 @@ function main(): number {
 
   const verbose = values.verbose ?? false;
 
-  console.log(verbose);
+  console.info("Scanning generated workflows for latest action versions...");
+  const actionVersions = scanGeneratedWorkflows(WORKFLOW_DIR);
+
+  if (verbose) {
+    console.info("Found action versions:");
+    for (const [action, version] of Object.entries(actionVersions)) {
+      console.info(`  ${action}@${version}`);
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (Object.keys(actionVersions).length === 0) {
+    console.error("No action versions found in generated workflows");
+    return 1;
+  }
 
   return 0;
 }