diff --git a/.github/scripts/docker_smoke.sh b/.github/scripts/docker_smoke.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..0ab4126516
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/scripts/docker_smoke.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+function main {
+  local image_name="${1:-${IMAGE_NAME:-}}"
+  local test_version
+
+  if [[ -z "${image_name}" ]]; then
+    echo "ERROR: IMAGE_NAME environment var or argument is required"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+  test_version="$(docker run "${image_name}" version  | head -n1 | awk '{print $2}')"
+  if [ "${test_version}" != "v${version}" ]; then
+    echo "Test FAILED"
+    echo "Got: ${test_version}, Want: ${version}"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  echo "Test PASSED"
+}
+
+main "$@"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 67edb0e78d..93aa1aeb54 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@ jobs:
           dev_tags: |
             docker.io/hashicorppreview/${{ env.repo }}:${{ env.version }}
             docker.io/hashicorppreview/${{ env.repo }}:${{ env.version }}-${{ github.sha }}
+          smoke_test: .github/scripts/docker_smoke.sh
       - name: Run verification in qemu docker for ${{ matrix.arch }} linux zip
         if: ${{ matrix.arch == 'arm64' }}
         run: |
@@ -282,6 +283,7 @@ jobs:
           target: ubi
           arch: amd64
           redhat_tag: scan.connect.redhat.com/ospid-612d01d49f14588c41ebf67c/${{env.repo}}:${{env.version}}-ubi
+          smoke_test: .github/scripts/docker_smoke.sh
   verify:
     needs:
       - get-product-version