diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 7f5a192f..266f4efa 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -32,4 +32,4 @@ set(XPARROW_TESTS
 )
 set(test_target "test_xparrow_lib")
 add_executable(${test_target} ${XPARROW_TESTS})
-target_link_libraries(${test_target} PRIVATE doctest::doctest)
+target_link_libraries(${test_target} PRIVATE xparrow doctest::doctest)
diff --git a/test/main.cpp b/test/main.cpp
index dd9ae43e..8371c036 100644
--- a/test/main.cpp
+++ b/test/main.cpp
@@ -9,3 +9,13 @@
 #define DOCTEST_CONFIG_IMPLEMENT_WITH_MAIN
 #include "doctest/doctest.h"
 
+#include <format>
+#include <sstream>
+
+#include <xparrow/xparrow_version.hpp>
+
+TEST_CASE("version is readable")
+{
+    using namespace xparrow;
+    [[maybe_unused]] const std::string printable_version = std::format("xparrow version : {}.{}.{}", XPARROW_VERSION_MAJOR, XPARROW_VERSION_MINOR, XPARROW_VERSION_PATCH);
+}