diff --git a/.azure/templates/build-test.yml b/.azure/templates/build-test.yml
index 065eabc0b9..4fb6df11dd 100644
--- a/.azure/templates/build-test.yml
+++ b/.azure/templates/build-test.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 #
 
 steps:
+  - bash: bash versioncheck.bash
+    name: versioncheck
   - task: UsePythonVersion@0
     inputs:
       versionSpec: '3.8'
diff --git a/versioncheck.bash b/versioncheck.bash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..af131d7853
--- /dev/null
+++ b/versioncheck.bash
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+read pv < <(tr '\t' ' ' < package.xml | sed -ne 's;^ *<version> *\([0-9.][0-9.]*\) *</version>;\1;p')
+read cv < <(tr '\t' ' ' < CMakeLists.txt | sed -ne 's;^ *project *( *CycloneDDS .*VERSION  *\([0-9.][0-9.]*\)[ )].*;\1;p')
+echo "package.xml version:    $pv"
+echo "CMakeLists.txt version: $cv"
+if [[ -z "$pv" || -z "$cv" ]] ; then
+  echo "version extraction failed"
+  exit 1
+fi
+if [[ "$pv" != "$cv" ]] ; then
+  echo "version mismatch"
+  exit 1
+fi