diff --git a/.github/workflows/setup-stackql-test.yml b/.github/workflows/setup-stackql-test.yml
index b9e2935..172dc1f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/setup-stackql-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/setup-stackql-test.yml
@@ -29,29 +29,31 @@ jobs:
       with:
         use_wrapper: ${{matrix.use_wrapper}}
 
-    - name: Get Stackql Version
-      id: get-stackql-version
+    - name: Run Registry List
+      id: run-registry-list
       run: |
-        echo "stackql_version<<EOF" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-        stackql --version >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        echo "registry_list_output<<EOF" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        stackql exec "REGISTRY LIST" >> $GITHUB_ENV
         echo "EOF" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
-    - name: Validate Stackql Version
+    - name: Validate Registry List
       run: |
-        # Extract only the relevant line containing version information
-        VERSION_OUTPUT=$(echo "${{ env.stackql_version }}" | grep -E 'stackql v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+')
-        echo "Version output: $VERSION_OUTPUT"
-
-        SEMVER_REGEX="v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+"
-        PLATFORM_REGEX="(Linux|Darwin|Windows|Homebrew)"
-
-        if ! [[ "$VERSION_OUTPUT" =~ $SEMVER_REGEX ]]; then
-          echo "Semantic version does not match expected format"
+        echo "Registry list output:"
+        echo "$registry_list_output"
+
+        # Validate header row: expect | provider | and | version | columns
+        # Use [[:space:]] instead of \s for macOS bash 3.2 compatibility
+        HEADER_REGEX='\|[[:space:]]*provider[[:space:]]*\|[[:space:]]*version[[:space:]]*\|'
+        if ! [[ "$registry_list_output" =~ $HEADER_REGEX ]]; then
+          echo "Registry list header does not match expected format"
           exit 1
         fi
-        if ! [[ "$VERSION_OUTPUT" =~ $PLATFORM_REGEX ]]; then
-          echo "Platform information does not match expected formats"
+
+        # Validate at least one data row: | <name> | v<major>.<minor>.<patch> |
+        DATA_ROW_REGEX='\|[[:space:]]*[a-z][a-z0-9_]*[[:space:]]*\|[[:space:]]*v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+[[:space:]]*\|'
+        if ! [[ "$registry_list_output" =~ $DATA_ROW_REGEX ]]; then
+          echo "Registry list does not contain a valid data row"
           exit 1
         fi
 
-        echo "version output validated successfully."
\ No newline at end of file
+        echo "Registry list validated successfully."
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index 5380714..69af66a 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -34544,6 +34544,13 @@ async function setup () {
       await makeExecutable(cliPath, osPlatform);
     }
 
+    // Print stackql version to action logs
+    const exeSuffix = osPlatform === 'win32' ? '.exe' : '';
+    const stackqlBin = external_path_namespaceObject.join(cliPath, `stackql${exeSuffix}`);
+    info('stackql version:');
+    const versionOutput = (0,external_child_process_namespaceObject.execSync)(`"${stackqlBin}" --version`, { encoding: 'utf-8' });
+    info(versionOutput.trim());
+
     // Check if wrapper is needed and if it's not Darwin
     const useWrapper = getInput('use_wrapper') === 'true';
     if (useWrapper && osPlatform !== 'darwin') {
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 7df7da9..124f4df 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -118,6 +118,13 @@ async function setup () {
       await makeExecutable(cliPath, osPlatform);
     }
 
+    // Print stackql version to action logs
+    const exeSuffix = osPlatform === 'win32' ? '.exe' : '';
+    const stackqlBin = path.join(cliPath, `stackql${exeSuffix}`);
+    core.info('stackql version:');
+    const versionOutput = execSync(`"${stackqlBin}" --version`, { encoding: 'utf-8' });
+    core.info(versionOutput.trim());
+
     // Check if wrapper is needed and if it's not Darwin
     const useWrapper = core.getInput('use_wrapper') === 'true';
     if (useWrapper && osPlatform !== 'darwin') {