diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 9e69133..320948a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: "publish-release"
 on:
   push:
     tags:
-      - "*"
+      - "v*"
 
 jobs:
   npm-publish:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 1855dde..e2a78c9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -134,8 +134,12 @@ jobs:
       - name: Wait for registry to be deployed
         run: sleep 40
 
+      - name: Print aqua version
+        run: pytest -s test_aqua_version.py
+        working-directory: aqua-tests
+
       - name: Run aqua tests
-        run: pytest -n auto
+        run: pytest -n auto test_aqua.py
         working-directory: aqua-tests
 
       - name: Dump rust-peer logs on failure
diff --git a/aqua-tests/test_aqua_version.py b/aqua-tests/test_aqua_version.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ecdfa14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aqua-tests/test_aqua_version.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import delegator
+
+
+def test_aqua_version():
+    c = delegator.run(f"npx aqua --version", block=True)
+    print(f"Aqua version: {c.out}")
+    assert True