diff --git a/.github/workflows/binaries-linux-x64.yml b/.github/workflows/binaries-linux-x64.yml
index 8022486e1..8290fa57e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/binaries-linux-x64.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/binaries-linux-x64.yml
@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@ jobs:
         strip tmp/hledger-web
         cd tmp
         tar cvf hledger-linux-x64.tar hledger hledger-ui hledger-web *.1 *.info hledger-completion.bash
+        ./hledger --version
+        ./hledger-ui --version
+        ./hledger-web --version
 
     # upload-artifact loses execute permissions, so we tar the binaries to preserve them.
     # github UI always zips artifacts when they are downloaded, so we don't bother compressing the tar.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/binaries-mac-arm64.yml b/.github/workflows/binaries-mac-arm64.yml
index c9378366e..e1602d0a5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/binaries-mac-arm64.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/binaries-mac-arm64.yml
@@ -168,6 +168,9 @@ jobs:
         strip tmp/hledger-web
         cd tmp
         tar cvf hledger-mac-arm64.tar hledger hledger-ui hledger-web *.1 *.info hledger-completion.bash
+        ./hledger --version
+        ./hledger-ui --version
+        ./hledger-web --version
 
     # upload-artifact loses execute permissions, so we tar the binaries to preserve them.
     # github UI always zips artifacts when they are downloaded, so we don't bother compressing the tar.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/binaries-mac-x64.yml b/.github/workflows/binaries-mac-x64.yml
index 3ad623b07..47e26ac25 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/binaries-mac-x64.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/binaries-mac-x64.yml
@@ -155,6 +155,9 @@ jobs:
         strip tmp/hledger-web
         cd tmp
         tar cvf hledger-mac-x64.tar hledger hledger-ui hledger-web *.1 *.info hledger-completion.bash
+        ./hledger --version
+        ./hledger-ui --version
+        ./hledger-web --version
 
     # upload-artifact loses execute permissions, so we tar the binaries to preserve them.
     # github UI always zips artifacts when they are downloaded, so we don't bother compressing the tar.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/binaries-windows-x64.yml b/.github/workflows/binaries-windows-x64.yml
index b2c363379..33462a31e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/binaries-windows-x64.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/binaries-windows-x64.yml
@@ -153,6 +153,9 @@ jobs:
         strip tmp/hledger.exe
         strip tmp/hledger-ui.exe
         strip tmp/hledger-web.exe
+        tmp/hledger --version
+        tmp/hledger-ui --version
+        tmp/hledger-web --version
       # Guessing these are not likely to be used on windows.
       # cp hledger/embeddedfiles/*.1 tmp
       # cp hledger/embeddedfiles/*.info tmp