diff --git a/.github/.duckdb-version b/.github/.duckdb-version
index 8af85be..fe2f629 100644
--- a/.github/.duckdb-version
+++ b/.github/.duckdb-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.5.3
+1.5.44
diff --git a/.github/.lambda-python-runtimes b/.github/.lambda-python-runtimes
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b0a9286
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/.lambda-python-runtimes
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+3.9
+3.10
+3.11
+3.12
+3.13
+3.14
+3.15
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-layer.yml b/.github/workflows/build-layer.yml
index efd8feb..11660ee 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-layer.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-layer.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ on:
 #### ENV VARIABLES
 env:
   ARCHITECTURES: "x86_64,arm64"
-  PYTHON_VERSIONS: "3.10,3.11,3.12,3.13,3.14"
+  PYTHON_VERSIONS: "3.10,3.11,3.12,3.13,3.14,3.15"
   AWS_REGIONS: ${{ vars.AWS_REGIONS }}
   AWS_ACCOUNT_ID: ${{ vars.AWS_ACCOUNT_ID }}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-python-versions.yml b/.github/workflows/check-python-versions.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e0032e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-python-versions.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+name: Check Python versions matrix
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - ".github/.duckdb-version"
+      - ".github/.lambda-python-runtimes"
+      - ".github/workflows/build-layer.yml"
+
+jobs:
+  check:
+    name: Check PYTHON_VERSIONS against DuckDB wheels and Lambda runtimes
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v6
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.x"
+
+      - name: Check PYTHON_VERSIONS
+        run: python scripts/check_python_versions.py
diff --git a/scripts/check_python_versions.py b/scripts/check_python_versions.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3ed5e91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/check_python_versions.py
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+import json
+import re
+import sys
+import urllib.error
+import urllib.request
+from pathlib import Path
+
+repo_root = Path(__file__).parent.parent
+
+
+def fetch_duckdb_pythons(version: str) -> set[str]:
+    url = f"https://pypi.org/pypi/duckdb/{version}/json"
+    try:
+        with urllib.request.urlopen(url) as response:
+            data = json.load(response)
+    except urllib.error.HTTPError as e:
+        if e.code == 404:
+            print(f"Error: DuckDB {version} not found on PyPI.", file=sys.stderr)
+        else:
+            print(
+                f"Error: PyPI returned HTTP {e.code} for DuckDB {version}.",
+                file=sys.stderr,
+            )
+        sys.exit(1)
+    pythons = set()
+    for file in data["urls"]:
+        filename = file["filename"]
+        if "manylinux" not in filename:
+            continue
+        match = re.search(r"cp3(\d+)", filename)
+        if match:
+            pythons.add(f"3.{match.group(1)}")
+    return pythons
+
+
+def read_lambda_runtimes() -> set[str]:
+    path = repo_root / ".github" / ".lambda-python-runtimes"
+    return {line.strip() for line in path.read_text().splitlines() if line.strip()}
+
+
+def read_python_versions() -> set[str]:
+    path = repo_root / ".github" / "workflows" / "build-layer.yml"
+    match = re.search(r'PYTHON_VERSIONS:\s*"([^"]+)"', path.read_text())
+    if not match:
+        print("Error: PYTHON_VERSIONS not found in build-layer.yml", file=sys.stderr)
+        sys.exit(1)
+    return {v.strip() for v in match.group(1).split(",")}
+
+
+def main():
+    duckdb_version = (repo_root / ".github" / ".duckdb-version").read_text().strip()
+
+    duckdb_pythons = fetch_duckdb_pythons(duckdb_version)
+    lambda_runtimes = read_lambda_runtimes()
+    current = read_python_versions()
+    expected = duckdb_pythons & lambda_runtimes
+
+    if expected == current:
+        print(f"PYTHON_VERSIONS is correct for DuckDB {duckdb_version}.")
+        return
+
+    def ver_key(v: str) -> tuple:
+        return tuple(int(x) for x in v.split("."))
+
+    print(f"PYTHON_VERSIONS mismatch for DuckDB {duckdb_version}:")
+    for v in sorted(expected - current, key=ver_key):
+        print(f"  + {v}  (add to PYTHON_VERSIONS)")
+    for v in sorted(current - expected, key=ver_key):
+        if v not in duckdb_pythons and v not in lambda_runtimes:
+            reason = "not in DuckDB wheels and not in Lambda runtimes, remove from PYTHON_VERSIONS"
+        elif v not in duckdb_pythons:
+            reason = "not in DuckDB wheels, remove from PYTHON_VERSIONS"
+        else:
+            reason = "not in Lambda runtimes, remove from PYTHON_VERSIONS or update .github/.lambda-python-runtimes"
+        print(f"  - {v}  ({reason})")
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()