diff --git a/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/client.spec.ts b/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/client.spec.ts
index 55ea3107..4e0322ac 100644
--- a/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/client.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/client.spec.ts
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ function defaultTestSuite(rpcFactory: () => RpcClient, adaptor: Adaptor, expecte
       const status = await client.status();
 
       // node info
+      expect(status.nodeInfo.version).toEqual(expected.version);
       expect(status.nodeInfo.protocolVersion).toEqual({
         p2p: expected.p2pVersion,
         block: expected.blockVersion,
diff --git a/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/config.spec.ts b/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/config.spec.ts
index 2810d856..8373923a 100644
--- a/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/config.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/config.spec.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 export interface ExpectedValues {
+  /** The Tendermint version as reported by Tendermint itself */
+  readonly version: string;
   readonly appCreator: string;
   readonly p2pVersion: number;
   readonly blockVersion: number;
@@ -32,6 +34,7 @@ export const tendermintInstances: readonly TendermintInstance[] = [
     version: "0.33.x",
     blockTime: 1000,
     expected: {
+      version: "0.33.8",
       appCreator: "Cosmoshi Netowoko",
       p2pVersion: 7,
       blockVersion: 10,
@@ -43,6 +46,7 @@ export const tendermintInstances: readonly TendermintInstance[] = [
     version: "0.34.x",
     blockTime: 500,
     expected: {
+      version: "182fa32", // srsly?
       appCreator: "Cosmoshi Netowoko",
       p2pVersion: 8,
       blockVersion: 11,