diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index f0ec92b46a3..da4099dc983 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -83,6 +83,9 @@ jobs:
       - store_artifacts:
           path: ~/test-results
 
+      - store_artifacts:
+          path: ~/.tor_version
+
   staging-test-with-rebase:
     docker:
       - image: quay.io/freedomofpress/circleci-docker:latest
diff --git a/molecule/aws/tor_apt_test.yml b/molecule/aws/tor_apt_test.yml
index 03d9b06c492..4497fc6d489 100644
--- a/molecule/aws/tor_apt_test.yml
+++ b/molecule/aws/tor_apt_test.yml
@@ -16,3 +16,20 @@
     regexp: '//tor-apt\.freedom\.press'
   ignore_errors: "yes"
   notify: update tor
+
+- name: Force possible tor update
+  meta: flush_handlers
+
+- name: Extract latest tor version
+  shell: |
+    apt-cache policy tor | sed -e 's/^\s*Installed:\ \(\S*\)/\1/g;tx;d;:x'
+  changed_when: false
+  register: extract_tor_version
+
+- name: Dump Tor version to file (for reporting)
+  copy:
+    dest: "{{ playbook_dir }}/../../.tor_version"
+    content: "{{ extract_tor_version.stdout }}"
+  delegate_to: localhost
+  run_once: true
+  become: "no"