diff --git a/tests/templates/kuttl/smoke/check-s3.py b/tests/templates/kuttl/smoke/check-s3.py
index cd33e33e..310d0870 100755
--- a/tests/templates/kuttl/smoke/check-s3.py
+++ b/tests/templates/kuttl/smoke/check-s3.py
@@ -46,7 +46,11 @@ def run_query(connection, query):
     connection = get_connection("admin", "admin", namespace)
 
     trino_version = run_query(connection, "select node_version from system.runtime.nodes where coordinator = true and state = 'active'")[0][0]
-    print(f"[INFO] Testing against Trino version {trino_version}")
+    print(f"[INFO] Testing against Trino version \"{trino_version}\"")
+
+    assert len(trino_version) >= 3
+    assert trino_version.isnumeric()
+    assert trino_version == run_query(connection, "select version()")[0][0]
 
     run_query(connection, "CREATE SCHEMA IF NOT EXISTS hive.minio WITH (location = 's3a://trino/')")