diff --git a/.github/workflows/automated-tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/automated-tests.yaml
index 9e22524..c9717a1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/automated-tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/automated-tests.yaml
@@ -25,3 +25,13 @@ jobs:
       - run: uv run mypy homely test
       # also verify homely will run on latest python
       - run: uv run mypy --python-version=3.14 homely test
+  CheckVersionsDemo:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.x"
+      - run: sh bin/ci/check_versions.sh "0.23.1"
diff --git a/bin/ci/check_versions.sh b/bin/ci/check_versions.sh
index 979c8b6..c8ac74e 100755
--- a/bin/ci/check_versions.sh
+++ b/bin/ci/check_versions.sh
@@ -12,8 +12,16 @@ expected_version="$1"
 shift
 
 if [ -n "$expected_version" ]; then
-	if ! grep "^version = \"$expected_version\"" homely/__init__.py &>/dev/null; then
+	echo '----------'
+	cat homely/__init__.py
+	echo '----------'
+	grep "^version = \"$expected_version\"" homely/__init__.py
+	echo $?
+	echo '----------'
+	if ! grep "^version = \"$expected_version\"" homely/__init__.py >/dev/null; then
 		echo "ERROR: expected 'version = \"$expected_version\"' in homely/__init__.py" >&2
 		exit 3
+	else
+		echo "OK: version in homely/__init__.py matches expected version '$expected_version'"
 	fi
 fi