diff --git a/recipes/gene-trajectory-python/meta.yaml b/recipes/gene-trajectory-python/meta.yaml
index 0cfd6d3309d83..74cf1eabc6ccd 100644
--- a/recipes/gene-trajectory-python/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipes/gene-trajectory-python/meta.yaml
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ test:
     - gene_trajectory
   commands:
     - pip check
+    - python -c "import gene_trajectory; assert gene_trajectory.__version__ == '{{ version }}'"
   requires:
     - pip