diff --git a/.github/workflows/run_test_example.sh b/.github/workflows/run_test_example.sh
index 89c00f6..13a4a5e 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/run_test_example.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/run_test_example.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 # alias to a call launching the syri entrypoint from python
 # necessary, as the hacky git install does not install the CLI entrypoints
 alias syri='python <(echo "import syri.scripts.syri;syri.scripts.syri.main()")'
-
+python <(echo "import syri.scripts.syri;syri.scripts.syri.main()") --version
+syri --version
+minimap2 --version
+minimap2.py --version
 # run using source to preserve alias
 source ./example/example_workflow.sh