diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-all-tinygrad-models.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-all-tinygrad-models.yaml
index dbc9c5282..8b86c6b04 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-all-tinygrad-models.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-all-tinygrad-models.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,24 @@ jobs:
       recompiled_dir: ${{ steps.create-recompiled-dir.outputs.recompiled_dir }}
       json_file: ${{ steps.get-json.outputs.json_file }}
       model_matrix: ${{ steps.set-matrix.outputs.model_matrix }}
+      tinygrad_ref: ${{ steps.get-tinygrad-ref.outputs.tinygrad_ref }}
     steps:
+      - name: Checkout sunnypilot repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          repository: sunnypilot/sunnypilot
+          path: sunnypilot
+          submodules: recursive
+
+      - name: Get tinygrad_repo ref
+        id: get-tinygrad-ref
+        run: |
+          cd sunnypilot
+          export PYTHONPATH=$(pwd)
+          ref=$(python3 sunnypilot/models/tinygrad_ref.py)
+          echo "tinygrad_ref=$ref" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "tinygrad_ref is $ref"
+
       - name: Checkout docs repo (sunnypilot-docs, gh-pages)
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
@@ -269,6 +286,7 @@ jobs:
           ARGS=""
           [ -n "${{ inputs.set_min_version }}" ] && ARGS="$ARGS --set-min-version \"${{ inputs.set_min_version }}\""
           ARGS="$ARGS --sort-by-date"
+          ARGS="$ARGS --tinygrad-ref \"${{ needs.setup.outputs.tinygrad_ref }}\""
           eval python3 docs/json_parser.py \
             --json-path "$JSON_FILE" \
             --recompiled-dir "gitlab_docs/models/$RECOMPILED_DIR" \
diff --git a/sunnypilot/models/tests/test_tinygrad_ref.py b/sunnypilot/models/tests/test_tinygrad_ref.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c4f98a2cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sunnypilot/models/tests/test_tinygrad_ref.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import requests
+
+from sunnypilot.models.tinygrad_ref import get_tinygrad_ref
+from sunnypilot.models.fetcher import ModelFetcher
+
+
+def fetch_tinygrad_ref():
+  response = requests.get(ModelFetcher.MODEL_URL, timeout=10)
+  response.raise_for_status()
+  json_data = response.json()
+  return json_data.get("tinygrad_ref")
+
+
+def test_tinygrad_ref():
+  current_ref = get_tinygrad_ref()
+  remote_ref = fetch_tinygrad_ref()
+  assert remote_ref == current_ref, (
+    f"""tinygrad_repo ref does not match remote tinygrad_ref of current compiled driving models json.
+  Current: {current_ref}
+  Remote: {remote_ref}
+  Please run build-all workflow to update models."""
+  )
+  print("tinygrad_repo ref matches current compiled driving models json ref.")
diff --git a/sunnypilot/models/tinygrad_ref.py b/sunnypilot/models/tinygrad_ref.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4dd333e32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sunnypilot/models/tinygrad_ref.py
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import os
+
+from openpilot.common.basedir import BASEDIR
+
+
+def get_tinygrad_ref():
+  repo_path = os.path.join(BASEDIR, "tinygrad_repo")
+  git_path = os.path.join(repo_path, ".git")
+  try:
+    if os.path.isdir(git_path):
+      git_dir = git_path
+    else:
+      with open(git_path) as f:
+        line = f.read().strip()
+      git_dir = os.path.join(repo_path, line[8:])
+    with open(os.path.join(git_dir, "HEAD")) as f:
+      ref = f.read().strip()
+    if ref.startswith("ref:"):
+      with open(os.path.join(git_dir, ref.split(" ", 1)[1])) as f:
+        return f.read().strip()
+    return ref
+  except Exception as e:
+    print(f"Error getting tinygrad_repo ref: {e}")
+    return None
+
+
+def main():
+  current_ref = get_tinygrad_ref()
+  if current_ref:
+    print(current_ref)
+  else:
+    print("")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+  main()