diff --git a/libs/community/Makefile b/libs/community/Makefile
index 2e3430ff236..55b63f009b5 100644
--- a/libs/community/Makefile
+++ b/libs/community/Makefile
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ lint_tests: PYTHON_FILES=tests
 lint_tests: MYPY_CACHE=.mypy_cache_test
 
 lint lint_diff lint_package lint_tests:
+	./scripts/check_pydantic.sh .
 	./scripts/lint_imports.sh .
 	./scripts/check_pickle.sh .
 	[ "$(PYTHON_FILES)" = "" ] || poetry run ruff check $(PYTHON_FILES)
diff --git a/libs/community/scripts/check_pydantic.sh b/libs/community/scripts/check_pydantic.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..e53b6325947
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/community/scripts/check_pydantic.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# This script searches for lines starting with "import pydantic" or "from pydantic"
+# in tracked files within a Git repository.
+#
+# Usage: ./scripts/check_pydantic.sh /path/to/repository
+
+# Check if a path argument is provided
+if [ $# -ne 1 ]; then
+  echo "Usage: $0 /path/to/repository"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+repository_path="$1"
+
+# Check that we are not using features that cannot be captured via init.
+# pre-init is a custom decorator that we introduced to capture the same semantics
+# as @root_validator(pre=False, skip_on_failure=False) available in pydantic 1.
+count=$(git grep -E '(@root_validator)|(@validator)|(@field_validator)|(@pre_init)' -- "*.py" | wc -l)
+# PRs that increase the current count will not be accepted.
+# PRs that decrease update the code in the repository
+# and allow decreasing the count of are welcome!
+current_count=129
+
+if [ "$count" -gt "$current_count" ]; then
+  echo "The PR seems to be introducing new usage of @root_validator and/or @field_validator."
+  echo "git grep -E '(@root_validator)|(@validator)|(@field_validator)|(@pre_init)' | wc -l returned $count"
+  echo "whereas the expected count should be equal or less than $current_count"
+  echo "Please update the code to instead use @model_validator or __init__"
+  exit 1
+elif [ "$count" -lt "$current_count" ]; then
+    echo "Please update the $current_count variable in ./scripts/check_pydantic.sh to $count"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# We do not want to be using pydantic-settings. There's already a pattern to look
+# up env settings in the code base, and we want to be using the existing pattern
+# rather than relying on an external dependency.
+count=$(git grep -E '^import pydantic_settings|^from pydantic_settings' -- "*.py" | wc -l)
+
+# PRs that increase the current count will not be accepted.
+# PRs that decrease update the code in the repository
+# and allow decreasing the count of are welcome!
+current_count=8
+
+if [ "$count" -gt "$current_count" ]; then
+  echo "The PR seems to be introducing new usage pydantic_settings."
+  echo "git grep -E '^import pydantic_settings|^from pydantic_settings' | wc -l returned $count"
+  echo "whereas the expected count should be equal or less than $current_count"
+  echo "Please update the code to use Field(default_factory=from_env(..)) or Field(default_factory=secret_from_env(..))"
+  exit 1
+elif [ "$count" -lt "$current_count" ]; then
+    echo "Please update the $current_count variable in ./scripts/check_pydantic.sh to $count"
+    exit 1
+fi
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