diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 1d5da3a7ee4..e2700c3c6fa 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -377,6 +377,10 @@ ENV PATH="${PATH}:/node_modules/.bin"
 ENV PATH="${PATH}:/usr/lib/go/bin"
 ENV PATH="${PATH}:${DART_SDK}/bin:/root/.pub-cache/bin"
 
+# File to store linter versions
+ENV VERSION_FILE="/action/linterVersions.txt"
+RUN mkdir /action
+
 # Initialize Terrascan
 # Initialize ChkTeX config file
 RUN terrascan init \
@@ -386,6 +390,12 @@ ENTRYPOINT ["/action/lib/linter.sh"]
 
 FROM base_image as slim
 
+# Run to build version file and validate image
+ENV IMAGE="slim"
+COPY scripts/linterVersions.sh /
+RUN /linterVersions.sh \
+    && rm -rfv /linterVersions.sh
+
 ###################################
 # Copy linter configuration files #
 ###################################
@@ -396,11 +406,6 @@ COPY TEMPLATES /action/lib/.automation
 #################################
 COPY lib /action/lib
 
-ENV IMAGE="slim"
-
-# Run to build version file and validate image
-RUN ACTIONS_RUNNER_DEBUG=true WRITE_LINTER_VERSIONS_FILE=true IMAGE="${IMAGE}" /action/lib/linter.sh
-
 # Set build metadata here so we don't invalidate the container image cache if we
 # change the values of these arguments
 ARG BUILD_DATE
@@ -460,6 +465,12 @@ RUN --mount=type=secret,id=GITHUB_TOKEN /install-pwsh.sh && rm -rf /install-pwsh
 COPY scripts/install-arm-ttk.sh /
 RUN --mount=type=secret,id=GITHUB_TOKEN /install-arm-ttk.sh && rm -rf /install-arm-ttk.sh
 
+# Run to build version file and validate image again because we installed more linters
+ENV IMAGE="standard"
+COPY scripts/linterVersions.sh /
+RUN /linterVersions.sh \
+    && rm -rfv /linterVersions.sh
+
 ###################################
 # Copy linter configuration files #
 ###################################
@@ -470,11 +481,6 @@ COPY TEMPLATES /action/lib/.automation
 #################################
 COPY lib /action/lib
 
-ENV IMAGE="standard"
-
-# Run to build version file and validate image again because we installed more linters
-RUN ACTIONS_RUNNER_DEBUG=true WRITE_LINTER_VERSIONS_FILE=true IMAGE="${IMAGE}" /action/lib/linter.sh
-
 # Set build metadata here so we don't invalidate the container image cache if we
 # change the values of these arguments
 ARG BUILD_DATE
diff --git a/docs/add-new-linter.md b/docs/add-new-linter.md
index 6c9bbbc3b7f..4578ae32efc 100644
--- a/docs/add-new-linter.md
+++ b/docs/add-new-linter.md
@@ -96,6 +96,6 @@ new tool, it should include:
   - If the tool needs to take into account special cases:
 
     - Provide new runtime validation checks in `lib/validation.sh`.
-    - Customize the logic to get the installed version of the tool: `lib/linterVersions.sh`
+    - Customize the logic to get the installed version of the tool: `scripts/linterVersions.sh`
     - Provide custom logic to load configuration files: `lib/linterRules.sh`
     - Provide custom logic for test cases and to run the tool: `lib/worker.sh`
diff --git a/lib/functions/linterVersions.sh b/lib/functions/linterVersions.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 2a6576fbf68..00000000000
--- a/lib/functions/linterVersions.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,91 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-GetLinterVersions() {
-  debug "WRITE_LINTER_VERSIONS_FILE: ${WRITE_LINTER_VERSIONS_FILE}"
-
-  if [ "${WRITE_LINTER_VERSIONS_FILE}" = "true" ]; then
-    debug "Building linter version file: ${VERSION_FILE}"
-    if BuildLinterVersions "${VERSION_FILE}" "${LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY[@]}"; then
-      info "Linter version file built correctly."
-      exit
-    else
-      fatal "Error while building the versions file."
-    fi
-  else
-    debug "Skipping versions file build..."
-  fi
-
-  if ! cat "${VERSION_FILE}"; then
-    fatal "Failed to view version file: ${VERSION_FILE}."
-  fi
-}
-################################################################################
-#### Function BuildLinterVersions ##############################################
-BuildLinterVersions() {
-  VERSION_FILE="${1}" && shift
-  LINTER_ARRAY=("$@")
-
-  # Start with an empty file. We might have built this file in a previous build
-  # stage, so we start fresh here.
-  rm -rfv "${VERSION_FILE}"
-
-  debug "Building linter version file ${VERSION_FILE} for the following linters: ${LINTER_ARRAY[*]}..."
-
-  ##########################################################
-  # Go through the array of linters and print version info #
-  ##########################################################
-  for LINTER in "${LINTER_ARRAY[@]}"; do
-    if [ -n "${LINTER}" ]; then
-
-      # Some linters need to account for special commands to get their version
-
-      if [[ ${LINTER} == "arm-ttk" ]]; then
-        GET_VERSION_CMD="$(grep -iE 'version' "/usr/bin/arm-ttk" | xargs 2>&1)"
-      # Some linters don't support a "get version" command
-      elif [[ ${LINTER} == "bash-exec" ]] || [[ ${LINTER} == "gherkin-lint" ]]; then
-        GET_VERSION_CMD="Version command not supported"
-      elif [[ ${LINTER} == "checkstyle" ]] || [[ ${LINTER} == "google-java-format" ]]; then
-        GET_VERSION_CMD="$(java -jar "/usr/bin/${LINTER}" --version 2>&1)"
-      elif [[ ${LINTER} == "clippy" ]]; then
-        GET_VERSION_CMD="$(cargo-clippy --version 2>&1)"
-      elif [[ ${LINTER} == "editorconfig-checker" ]]; then
-        GET_VERSION_CMD="$(${LINTER} -version)"
-      elif [[ ${LINTER} == "kubeconform" ]]; then
-        GET_VERSION_CMD="$(${LINTER} -v)"
-      elif [[ ${LINTER} == "lintr" ]]; then
-        # Need specific command for lintr (--slave is deprecated in R 4.0 and replaced by --no-echo)
-        GET_VERSION_CMD="$(R --slave -e "r_ver <- R.Version()\$version.string; \
-                    lintr_ver <- packageVersion('lintr'); \
-                    glue::glue('lintr { lintr_ver } on { r_ver }')")"
-      elif [[ ${LINTER} == "protolint" ]] || [[ ${LINTER} == "gitleaks" ]]; then
-        GET_VERSION_CMD="$(${LINTER} version)"
-      elif [[ ${LINTER} == "lua" ]]; then
-        GET_VERSION_CMD="$("${LINTER}" -v 2>&1)"
-      elif [[ ${LINTER} == "renovate-config-validator" ]]; then
-        GET_VERSION_CMD="$(renovate --version 2>&1)"
-      elif [[ ${LINTER} == "terrascan" ]]; then
-        GET_VERSION_CMD="$("${LINTER}" version 2>&1)"
-      else
-        # Unset TF_LOG_LEVEL so that the version file doesn't contain debug log when running
-        # commands that read TF_LOG_LEVEL or TFLINT_LOG, which are likely set to DEBUG when
-        # building the versions file
-        GET_VERSION_CMD="$(
-          unset TF_LOG_LEVEL
-          unset TFLINT_LOG
-          "${LINTER}" --version 2>&1
-        )"
-      fi
-
-      ERROR_CODE=$?
-
-      if [ ${ERROR_CODE} -ne 0 ]; then
-        fatal "[${LINTER}]: Failed to get version info. Exit code: ${ERROR_CODE}. Output: ${GET_VERSION_CMD}"
-      else
-        info "Successfully found version for ${LINTER}: ${GET_VERSION_CMD}"
-        if ! echo "${LINTER}: ${GET_VERSION_CMD}" >>"${VERSION_FILE}" 2>&1; then
-          fatal "Failed to write data to file!"
-        fi
-      fi
-    fi
-  done
-}
diff --git a/lib/functions/validation.sh b/lib/functions/validation.sh
index 555edfb9863..a789649c89b 100755
--- a/lib/functions/validation.sh
+++ b/lib/functions/validation.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ function ValidateBooleanConfigurationVariables() {
   ValidateBooleanVariable "TEST_CASE_RUN" "${TEST_CASE_RUN}"
   ValidateBooleanVariable "USE_FIND_ALGORITHM" "${USE_FIND_ALGORITHM}"
   ValidateBooleanVariable "VALIDATE_ALL_CODEBASE" "${VALIDATE_ALL_CODEBASE}"
-  ValidateBooleanVariable "WRITE_LINTER_VERSIONS_FILE" "${WRITE_LINTER_VERSIONS_FILE}"
   ValidateBooleanVariable "YAML_ERROR_ON_WARNING" "${YAML_ERROR_ON_WARNING}"
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/linter.sh b/lib/linter.sh
index 71548365ff7..5d2303c6530 100755
--- a/lib/linter.sh
+++ b/lib/linter.sh
@@ -47,8 +47,6 @@ source /action/lib/functions/detectFiles.sh # Source the function script(s)
 # shellcheck source=/dev/null
 source /action/lib/functions/linterRules.sh # Source the function script(s)
 # shellcheck source=/dev/null
-source /action/lib/functions/linterVersions.sh # Source the function script(s)
-# shellcheck source=/dev/null
 source /action/lib/functions/log.sh # Source the function script(s)
 # shellcheck source=/dev/null
 source /action/lib/functions/updateSSL.sh # Source the function script(s)
@@ -133,9 +131,6 @@ VALIDATE_ALL_CODEBASE="${VALIDATE_ALL_CODEBASE:-"true"}"
 declare -l YAML_ERROR_ON_WARNING
 YAML_ERROR_ON_WARNING="${YAML_ERROR_ON_WARNING:-false}"
 
-declare -l WRITE_LINTER_VERSIONS_FILE
-WRITE_LINTER_VERSIONS_FILE="${WRITE_LINTER_VERSIONS_FILE:-"false"}"
-
 ValidateBooleanConfigurationVariables
 
 ###########
@@ -159,8 +154,6 @@ LINTER_RULES_PATH="${LINTER_RULES_PATH:-.github/linters}" # Linter rules directo
 RAW_FILE_ARRAY=() # Array of all files that were changed
 # shellcheck disable=SC2034 # Variable is referenced in other scripts
 TEST_CASE_FOLDER='test/linters' # Folder for test cases we should always ignore
-# shellcheck disable=SC2034  # Variable is referenced in other scripts
-VERSION_FILE='/action/lib/functions/linterVersions.txt' # File to store linter versions
 
 # Set the log level
 TF_LOG_LEVEL="info"
@@ -211,7 +204,6 @@ JAVASCRIPT_ES_FILE_NAME="${JAVASCRIPT_ES_CONFIG_FILE:-.eslintrc.yml}"
 # shellcheck disable=SC2034  # Variable is referenced indirectly
 JAVASCRIPT_DEFAULT_STYLE="${JAVASCRIPT_DEFAULT_STYLE:-standard}"
 JAVASCRIPT_STYLE_NAME='' # Variable for the style
-JAVASCRIPT_STYLE=''      # Variable for the style
 # shellcheck disable=SC2034  # Variable is referenced indirectly
 JAVASCRIPT_STANDARD_FILE_NAME="${JAVASCRIPT_ES_CONFIG_FILE:-.eslintrc.yml}"
 # shellcheck disable=SC2034  # Variable is referenced indirectly
@@ -275,7 +267,6 @@ TSX_FILE_NAME="${TYPESCRIPT_ES_CONFIG_FILE:-.eslintrc.yml}"
 # shellcheck disable=SC2034  # Variable is referenced indirectly
 TYPESCRIPT_DEFAULT_STYLE="${TYPESCRIPT_DEFAULT_STYLE:-ts-standard}"
 TYPESCRIPT_STYLE_NAME='' # Variable for the style
-TYPESCRIPT_STYLE=''      # Variable for the style
 # shellcheck disable=SC2034  # Variable is referenced indirectly
 TYPESCRIPT_ES_FILE_NAME="${TYPESCRIPT_ES_CONFIG_FILE:-.eslintrc.yml}"
 # shellcheck disable=SC2034  # Variable is referenced indirectly
@@ -292,11 +283,9 @@ JAVASCRIPT_DEFAULT_STYLE=$(echo "${JAVASCRIPT_DEFAULT_STYLE}" | tr '[:upper:]' '
 if [ "${JAVASCRIPT_DEFAULT_STYLE}" == "prettier" ]; then
   # Set to prettier
   JAVASCRIPT_STYLE_NAME='JAVASCRIPT_PRETTIER'
-  JAVASCRIPT_STYLE='prettier'
 else
   # Default to standard
   JAVASCRIPT_STYLE_NAME='JAVASCRIPT_STANDARD'
-  JAVASCRIPT_STYLE='standard'
 fi
 
 #################################################
@@ -310,11 +299,9 @@ TYPESCRIPT_DEFAULT_STYLE=$(echo "${TYPESCRIPT_DEFAULT_STYLE}" | tr '[:upper:]' '
 if [ "${TYPESCRIPT_DEFAULT_STYLE}" == "prettier" ]; then
   # Set to prettier
   TYPESCRIPT_STYLE_NAME='TYPESCRIPT_PRETTIER'
-  TYPESCRIPT_STYLE='prettier'
 else
   # Default to standard
   TYPESCRIPT_STYLE_NAME='TYPESCRIPT_STANDARD'
-  TYPESCRIPT_STYLE='ts-standard'
 fi
 
 ##################
@@ -334,86 +321,6 @@ LANGUAGE_ARRAY=('ANSIBLE' 'ARM' 'BASH' 'BASH_EXEC' 'CHECKOV' 'CLANG_FORMAT'
   'TERRAFORM_FMT' 'TERRAFORM_TFLINT' 'TERRAFORM_TERRASCAN' 'TERRAGRUNT' 'TSX'
   'TYPESCRIPT_ES' "${TYPESCRIPT_STYLE_NAME}" 'XML' 'YAML')
 
-##############################
-# Linter command names array #
-##############################
-declare -A LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY
-LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['ANSIBLE']="ansible-lint"
-LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['ARM']="arm-ttk"
-LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['BASH']="shellcheck"
-LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['BASH_EXEC']="bash-exec"
-LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['CHECKOV']="checkov"
-LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['CLANG_FORMAT']="clang-format"
-LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['CLOJURE']="clj-kondo"
-LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['CLOUDFORMATION']="cfn-lint"
-LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['COFFEESCRIPT']="coffeelint"
-LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['CPP']="cpplint"
-LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['CSHARP']="dotnet"
-LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['CSS']="stylelint"
-LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['DART']="dart"
-LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['DOCKERFILE_HADOLINT']="hadolint"
-LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['EDITORCONFIG']="editorconfig-checker"
-LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['ENV']="dotenv-linter"
-LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['GITHUB_ACTIONS']="actionlint"
-LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['GITLEAKS']="gitleaks"
-LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['GHERKIN']="gherkin-lint"
-LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['GO']="golangci-lint"
-LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['GO_MODULES']="${LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['GO']}"
-LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['GOOGLE_JAVA_FORMAT']="google-java-format"
-LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['GROOVY']="npm-groovy-lint"
-LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['HTML']="htmlhint"
-LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['JAVA']="checkstyle"
-LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['JAVASCRIPT_ES']="eslint"
-LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY["${JAVASCRIPT_STYLE_NAME}"]="${JAVASCRIPT_STYLE}"
-LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['JSCPD']="jscpd"
-LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['JSON']="eslint"
-LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['JSONC']="eslint"
-LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['JSX']="eslint"
-LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['KOTLIN']="ktlint"
-LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['KUBERNETES_KUBECONFORM']="kubeconform"
-LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['LATEX']="chktex"
-LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['LUA']="lua"
-LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['MARKDOWN']="markdownlint"
-LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['NATURAL_LANGUAGE']="textlint"
-LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['OPENAPI']="spectral"
-LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['PERL']="perl"
-LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['PHP_BUILTIN']="php"
-LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['PHP_PHPCS']="phpcs"
-LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['PHP_PHPSTAN']="phpstan"
-LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['PHP_PSALM']="psalm"
-LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['POWERSHELL']="pwsh"
-LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['PROTOBUF']="protolint"
-LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['PYTHON_BLACK']="black"
-LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['PYTHON_PYLINT']="pylint"
-LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['PYTHON_FLAKE8']="flake8"
-LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['PYTHON_ISORT']="isort"
-LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['PYTHON_MYPY']="mypy"
-LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['R']="R"
-LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['RAKU']="raku"
-LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['RENOVATE']="renovate-config-validator"
-LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['RUBY']="rubocop"
-LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['RUST_2015']="rustfmt"
-LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['RUST_2018']="rustfmt"
-LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['RUST_2021']="rustfmt"
-LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['RUST_CLIPPY']="clippy"
-LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['SCALAFMT']="scalafmt"
-LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['SHELL_SHFMT']="shfmt"
-LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['SNAKEMAKE_LINT']="snakemake"
-LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['SNAKEMAKE_SNAKEFMT']="snakefmt"
-LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['STATES']="asl-validator"
-LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['SQL']="sql-lint"
-LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['SQLFLUFF']="sqlfluff"
-LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['TEKTON']="tekton-lint"
-LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['TERRAFORM_FMT']="terraform"
-LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['TERRAFORM_TFLINT']="tflint"
-LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['TERRAFORM_TERRASCAN']="terrascan"
-LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['TERRAGRUNT']="terragrunt"
-LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['TSX']="eslint"
-LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['TYPESCRIPT_ES']="eslint"
-LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY["${TYPESCRIPT_STYLE_NAME}"]="${TYPESCRIPT_STYLE}"
-LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['XML']="xmllint"
-LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['YAML']="yamllint"
-
 ##########################
 # Array of changed files #
 ##########################
@@ -772,17 +679,6 @@ UpdateLoopsForImage() {
         fi
       done
     done
-
-    # Remove from LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY
-    debug "Removing Linters from LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY for slim image..."
-    for REMOVE_LINTER in "${REMOVE_ARRAY[@]}"; do
-      for INDEX in "${!LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY[@]}"; do
-        if [[ ${INDEX} = "${REMOVE_LINTER}" ]]; then
-          debug "found item:[${REMOVE_LINTER}], removing linter..."
-          unset 'LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY[$INDEX]'
-        fi
-      done
-    done
   fi
 }
 
@@ -837,10 +733,9 @@ SetupGithubComSshKeys
 ################################################
 UpdateLoopsForImage
 
-##################################
-# Get and print all version info #
-##################################
-GetLinterVersions
+if ! cat "${VERSION_FILE}"; then
+  fatal "Failed to view version file: ${VERSION_FILE}"
+fi
 
 #######################
 # Get GitHub Env Vars #
diff --git a/scripts/linterVersions.sh b/scripts/linterVersions.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..e371fb07eb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/linterVersions.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -o errexit
+set -o nounset
+set -o pipefail
+
+##############################
+# Linter command names array #
+##############################
+declare -A LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY
+LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['ANSIBLE']="ansible-lint"
+LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['BASH']="shellcheck"
+LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['BASH_EXEC']="bash-exec"
+LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['CHECKOV']="checkov"
+LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['CLANG_FORMAT']="clang-format"
+LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['CLOJURE']="clj-kondo"
+LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['CLOUDFORMATION']="cfn-lint"
+LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['COFFEESCRIPT']="coffeelint"
+LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['CPP']="cpplint"
+LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['CSS']="stylelint"
+LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['DART']="dart"
+LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['DOCKERFILE_HADOLINT']="hadolint"
+LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['EDITORCONFIG']="editorconfig-checker"
+LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['GITHUB_ACTIONS']="actionlint"
+LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['GITLEAKS']="gitleaks"
+LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['GHERKIN']="gherkin-lint"
+LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['GO']="golangci-lint"
+LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['GO_MODULES']="${LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['GO']}"
+LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['GOOGLE_JAVA_FORMAT']="google-java-format"
+LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['GROOVY']="npm-groovy-lint"
+LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['HTML']="htmlhint"
+LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['JAVA']="checkstyle"
+LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['JAVASCRIPT_ES']="eslint"
+LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['JAVASCRIPT_PRETTIER']="prettier"
+LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['JAVASCRIPT_STANDARD']="standard"
+LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['JSCPD']="jscpd"
+LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['JSON']="eslint"
+LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['JSONC']="eslint"
+LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['JSX']="eslint"
+LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['KOTLIN']="ktlint"
+LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['KUBERNETES_KUBECONFORM']="kubeconform"
+LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['LATEX']="chktex"
+LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['LUA']="lua"
+LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['MARKDOWN']="markdownlint"
+LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['NATURAL_LANGUAGE']="textlint"
+LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['OPENAPI']="spectral"
+LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['PERL']="perl"
+LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['PHP_BUILTIN']="php"
+LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['PHP_PHPCS']="phpcs"
+LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['PHP_PHPSTAN']="phpstan"
+LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['PHP_PSALM']="psalm"
+LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['PROTOBUF']="protolint"
+LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['PYTHON_BLACK']="black"
+LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['PYTHON_PYLINT']="pylint"
+LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['PYTHON_FLAKE8']="flake8"
+LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['PYTHON_ISORT']="isort"
+LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['PYTHON_MYPY']="mypy"
+LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['R']="R"
+LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['RAKU']="raku"
+LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['RENOVATE']="renovate-config-validator"
+LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['RUBY']="rubocop"
+LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['SCALAFMT']="scalafmt"
+LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['SHELL_SHFMT']="shfmt"
+LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['SNAKEMAKE_LINT']="snakemake"
+LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['SNAKEMAKE_SNAKEFMT']="snakefmt"
+LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['STATES']="asl-validator"
+LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['SQL']="sql-lint"
+LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['SQLFLUFF']="sqlfluff"
+LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['TEKTON']="tekton-lint"
+LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['TERRAFORM_FMT']="terraform"
+LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['TERRAFORM_TFLINT']="tflint"
+LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['TERRAFORM_TERRASCAN']="terrascan"
+LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['TERRAGRUNT']="terragrunt"
+LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['TSX']="eslint"
+LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['TYPESCRIPT_ES']="eslint"
+LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['TYPESCRIPT_PRETTIER']="prettier"
+LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['TYPESCRIPT_STANDARD']="ts-standard"
+LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['XML']="xmllint"
+LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['YAML']="yamllint"
+
+if [[ "${IMAGE}" == "standard" ]]; then
+  LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['ARM']="arm-ttk"
+  LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['CSHARP']="dotnet"
+  LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['ENV']="dotenv-linter"
+  LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['POWERSHELL']="pwsh"
+  LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['RUST_2015']="rustfmt"
+  LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['RUST_2018']="rustfmt"
+  LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['RUST_2021']="rustfmt"
+  LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY['RUST_CLIPPY']="clippy"
+fi
+
+echo "Building linter version file: ${VERSION_FILE}"
+
+# Start with an empty file. We might have built this file in a previous build
+# stage, so we start fresh here.
+rm -rfv "${VERSION_FILE}"
+
+echo "Building linter version file ${VERSION_FILE} for the following linters: ${LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY[*]}..."
+
+for LINTER in "${LINTER_NAMES_ARRAY[@]}"; do
+  # Some linters need to account for special commands to get their version
+
+  if [[ ${LINTER} == "arm-ttk" ]]; then
+    GET_VERSION_CMD="$(grep -iE 'version' "/usr/bin/arm-ttk" | xargs 2>&1)"
+  # Some linters don't support a "get version" command
+  elif [[ ${LINTER} == "bash-exec" ]] || [[ ${LINTER} == "gherkin-lint" ]]; then
+    GET_VERSION_CMD="Version command not supported"
+  elif [[ ${LINTER} == "checkstyle" ]] || [[ ${LINTER} == "google-java-format" ]]; then
+    GET_VERSION_CMD="$(java -jar "/usr/bin/${LINTER}" --version 2>&1)"
+  elif [[ ${LINTER} == "clippy" ]]; then
+    GET_VERSION_CMD="$(cargo-clippy --version 2>&1)"
+  elif [[ ${LINTER} == "editorconfig-checker" ]]; then
+    GET_VERSION_CMD="$(${LINTER} -version)"
+  elif [[ ${LINTER} == "kubeconform" ]]; then
+    GET_VERSION_CMD="$(${LINTER} -v)"
+  elif [[ ${LINTER} == "lintr" ]]; then
+    # Need specific command for lintr (--slave is deprecated in R 4.0 and replaced by --no-echo)
+    GET_VERSION_CMD="$(R --slave -e "r_ver <- R.Version()\$version.string; \
+                lintr_ver <- packageVersion('lintr'); \
+                glue::glue('lintr { lintr_ver } on { r_ver }')")"
+  elif [[ ${LINTER} == "protolint" ]] || [[ ${LINTER} == "gitleaks" ]]; then
+    GET_VERSION_CMD="$(${LINTER} version)"
+  elif [[ ${LINTER} == "lua" ]]; then
+    GET_VERSION_CMD="$("${LINTER}" -v 2>&1)"
+  elif [[ ${LINTER} == "renovate-config-validator" ]]; then
+    GET_VERSION_CMD="$(renovate --version 2>&1)"
+  elif [[ ${LINTER} == "terrascan" ]]; then
+    GET_VERSION_CMD="$("${LINTER}" version 2>&1)"
+  else
+    # Unset TF_LOG_LEVEL so that the version file doesn't contain debug log when running
+    # commands that read TF_LOG_LEVEL or TFLINT_LOG, which are likely set to DEBUG when
+    # building the versions file
+    GET_VERSION_CMD="$(
+      unset TF_LOG_LEVEL
+      unset TFLINT_LOG
+      "${LINTER}" --version 2>&1
+    )"
+  fi
+
+  ERROR_CODE=$?
+  if [ ${ERROR_CODE} -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "[ERROR]: Failed to get version info for ${LINTER}. Exit code: ${ERROR_CODE}. Output: ${GET_VERSION_CMD}"
+    exit 1
+  else
+    echo "Successfully found version for ${LINTER}: ${GET_VERSION_CMD}"
+    if ! echo "${LINTER}: ${GET_VERSION_CMD}" >>"${VERSION_FILE}" 2>&1; then
+      echo "[ERROR] Failed to write data to file!"
+      exit 1
+    fi
+  fi
+done
diff --git a/test/inspec/super-linter/controls/super_linter.rb b/test/inspec/super-linter/controls/super_linter.rb
index 402120ffcb4..43a6d7b296e 100644
--- a/test/inspec/super-linter/controls/super_linter.rb
+++ b/test/inspec/super-linter/controls/super_linter.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,15 @@
 # PUll in env vars passed
 image = ENV["IMAGE"]
 
+version_file_path = "/action/linterVersions.txt"
+
+control "super-linter-environment-variables" do
+
+  describe os_env('VERSION_FILE') do
+    its('content') { should eq version_file_path }
+  end
+end
+
 ##################################################
 # Check to see all system packages are installed #
 ##################################################
@@ -438,8 +447,7 @@
     "/action/lib/functions/githubEvent.sh",
     "/action/lib/functions/linterCommands.sh",
     "/action/lib/functions/linterRules.sh",
-    "/action/lib/functions/linterVersions.sh",
-    "/action/lib/functions/linterVersions.txt",
+    version_file_path,
     "/action/lib/functions/log.sh",
     "/action/lib/functions/possum.sh",
     "/action/lib/functions/updateSSL.sh",