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diff --git a/src/tools/kata-ctl/Cargo.toml b/src/tools/kata-ctl/Cargo.toml
index 582ae631b7..303335cbaa 100644
--- a/src/tools/kata-ctl/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/tools/kata-ctl/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,5 +10,8 @@ authors = ["The Kata Containers community <kata-dev@lists.katacontainers.io>"]
 edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
-clap = "2.33.0"
 anyhow = "1.0.31"
+clap = "2.33.0"
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+semver = "1.0.12"
diff --git a/src/tools/kata-ctl/Makefile b/src/tools/kata-ctl/Makefile
index 899c891a6a..23d16e385a 100644
--- a/src/tools/kata-ctl/Makefile
+++ b/src/tools/kata-ctl/Makefile
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ vendor:
 	cargo vendor
 
 test:
+	@RUSTFLAGS="$(EXTRA_RUSTFLAGS) --deny warnings" cargo test --target $(TRIPLE) $(if $(findstring release,$(BUILD_TYPE)),--release) $(EXTRA_RUSTFEATURES)
 
 install:
 	@RUSTFLAGS="$(EXTRA_RUSTFLAGS) --deny warnings" cargo install --target $(TRIPLE) --path .
diff --git a/src/tools/kata-ctl/src/version.rs.in b/src/tools/kata-ctl/src/version.rs.in
index 77b79d035f..b17824a1c7 100644
--- a/src/tools/kata-ctl/src/version.rs.in
+++ b/src/tools/kata-ctl/src/version.rs.in
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) 2020 Intel Corporation
+// Copyright (c) 2022 Intel Corporation
 //
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 //
@@ -14,3 +14,20 @@ const KATA_CTL_VERSION: &str = "@KATA_CTL_VERSION@";
 pub fn get() -> String {
     format!("{}-{}", KATA_CTL_VERSION, crate_version!())
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use semver::{Version};
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_get() {
+        let version = get();
+	    let v = Version::parse(&version).unwrap();
+
+	    assert!(!v.major.to_string().is_empty());
+	    assert!(!v.minor.to_string().is_empty());
+	    assert!(!v.patch.to_string().is_empty());
+	    assert!(!v.pre.to_string().is_empty());
+    }
+}