diff --git a/.github/labels.yml b/.github/labels.yml
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+- name: "after coreth x subnet-evm"
+  color: "98E19D"
+  description: "To be done after merging the coreth and subnet-evm codebases"
+- name: "after libevm"
+  color: "98E19D"
+  description: "To be done only after using libevm for good"
+- name: "bug"
+  color: "d73a4a"
+  description: "Something isn't working"
+- name: "ci"
+  color: "15E277"
+- name: "cleanup"
+  color: "49C111"
+- name: "dependencies"
+  color: "0366d6"
+  description: "Pull requests that update a dependency file"
+- name: "Do not merge"
+  color: "b60205"
+- name: "documentation"
+  color: "0075ca"
+  description: "Improvements or additions to documentation"
+- name: "duplicate"
+  color: "cfd3d7"
+  description: "This issue or pull request already exists"
+- name: "enhancement"
+  color: "a2eeef"
+  description: "New feature or request"
+- name: "good first issue"
+  color: "7057ff"
+  description: "Good for newcomers"
+- name: "help wanted"
+  color: "008672"
+  description: "Extra attention is needed"
+- name: "incident response"
+  color: "DAD20E"
+- name: "invalid"
+  color: "e4e669"
+  description: "This doesn't seem right"
+- name: "network upgrade"
+  color: "1d76db"
+  description: "Requires network upgrade"
+- name: "Pending another PR"
+  color: "fef2c0"
+- name: "question"
+  color: "d876e3"
+  description: "Further information is requested"
+- name: "reproducible load tests"
+  color: "1d76db"
+- name: "testing"
+  color: "687388"
+  description: "Anything testing-related"
+- name: "wontfix"
+  color: "ffffff"
+  description: "This will not be worked on"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/labels.yml b/.github/workflows/labels.yml
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+name: labels
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+    paths:
+      - .github/labels.yml
+      - .github/workflows/labels.yml
+  pull_request: # dry run only
+    paths:
+      - .github/labels.yml
+      - .github/workflows/labels.yml
+
+jobs:
+  labeler:
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      issues: write
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: crazy-max/ghaction-github-labeler@v5
+        with:
+          dry-run: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}