diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 098a03b72555..69a567ed6c8e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -354,6 +354,12 @@ jobs:
     - run: rustup component add clippy
     - run: cargo clippy --workspace
 
+    # Re-vendor all WIT files and ensure that they're all up-to-date by ensuring
+    # that there's no git changes.
+    - name: Re-vendor WIT
+      run: ./ci/vendor-wit.sh
+    - run: git diff --exit-code
+
     # common logic to cancel the entire run if this job fails
     - run: gh run cancel ${{ github.run_id }}
       if: failure() && github.event_name != 'pull_request'
@@ -526,12 +532,6 @@ jobs:
         RUST_BACKTRACE: 1
       if: matrix.target == '' && matrix.os != 'windows-latest' && needs.determine.outputs.test-capi
 
-    # Ensure wit definitions are in sync: both wasmtime-wasi and wasmtime-wasi-http need their own
-    # copy of the wit definitions so publishing works, but we need to ensure they are identical copies.
-    - name: Check that the wasi and wasi-http wit directories agree
-      run: |
-        diff -ru crates/wasi/wit crates/wasi-http/wit
-
     # Record some CPU details; this is helpful information if tests fail due
     # to CPU-specific features.
     - name: CPU information
diff --git a/ci/vendor-wit.sh b/ci/vendor-wit.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..d594de918d06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/vendor-wit.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Script to re-vendor the WIT files that Wasmtime uses as defined by a
+# particular tag in upstream repositories.
+#
+# This script is executed on CI to ensure that everything is up-to-date.
+
+# Space-separated list of wasi proposals that are vendored here along with the
+# tag that they're all vendored at.
+#
+# This assumes that the repositories all have the pattern:
+# https://github.com/WebAssembly/wasi-$repo
+# and every repository has a tag `v$tag` here. That is currently done as part
+# of the WASI release process.
+repos="cli clocks filesystem http io random sockets"
+tag=0.2.0
+
+set -ex
+
+dst=crates/wasi/wit/deps
+
+rm -rf $dst
+mkdir -p $dst
+
+for repo in $repos; do
+  mkdir $dst/$repo
+  curl -L https://github.com/WebAssembly/wasi-$repo/archive/refs/tags/v$tag.tar.gz | \
+    tar xzf - --strip-components=2 -C $dst/$repo wasi-$repo-$tag/wit
+  rm -rf $dst/$repo/deps*
+done
+
+rm -rf crates/wasi-http/wit/deps
+cp -r $dst crates/wasi-http/wit
diff --git a/crates/wasi-http/wit/deps/io/poll.wit b/crates/wasi-http/wit/deps/io/poll.wit
index 8139064c39c3..ddc67f8b7ace 100644
--- a/crates/wasi-http/wit/deps/io/poll.wit
+++ b/crates/wasi-http/wit/deps/io/poll.wit
@@ -27,9 +27,8 @@ interface poll {
     /// The result `list<u32>` contains one or more indices of handles in the
     /// argument list that is ready for I/O.
     ///
-    /// This function traps if either:
-    /// - the list is empty, or:
-    /// - the list contains more elements than can be indexed with a `u32` value.
+    /// If the list contains more elements than can be indexed with a `u32`
+    /// value, this function traps.
     ///
     /// A timeout can be implemented by adding a pollable from the
     /// wasi-clocks API to the list.
diff --git a/crates/wasi/wit/deps/io/poll.wit b/crates/wasi/wit/deps/io/poll.wit
index 8139064c39c3..ddc67f8b7ace 100644
--- a/crates/wasi/wit/deps/io/poll.wit
+++ b/crates/wasi/wit/deps/io/poll.wit
@@ -27,9 +27,8 @@ interface poll {
     /// The result `list<u32>` contains one or more indices of handles in the
     /// argument list that is ready for I/O.
     ///
-    /// This function traps if either:
-    /// - the list is empty, or:
-    /// - the list contains more elements than can be indexed with a `u32` value.
+    /// If the list contains more elements than can be indexed with a `u32`
+    /// value, this function traps.
     ///
     /// A timeout can be implemented by adding a pollable from the
     /// wasi-clocks API to the list.