diff --git a/.github/scripts/validate_bicep.py b/.github/scripts/validate_bicep.py
index 39d5b3cd7..b86553646 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/validate_bicep.py
+++ b/.github/scripts/validate_bicep.py
@@ -25,6 +25,13 @@
 bicep_executable = os.path.join(bicep_path, bicep_bin)
 
 print(f"Using Bicep binary: {bicep_executable}", flush=True)
+result = subprocess.run(
+    [bicep_executable, "--version"],
+    stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
+    stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+)
+print(stdout, flush=True)
+print(stderr, flush=True)
 
 files = []
 failures = []
diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate-bicep.yaml b/.github/workflows/validate-bicep.yaml
index bc9d4d7b8..6493bb0a6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate-bicep.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate-bicep.yaml
@@ -29,12 +29,12 @@ jobs:
     name: Validate Bicep Code
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
+    - name: Check out repo
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - name: Setup and verify bicep CLI
       run: |
         curl -Lo rad-bicep https://github.com/Azure/bicep/releases/latest/download/bicep-linux-x64
         chmod +x ./rad-bicep
         ./rad-bicep --version
-    - name: Check out repo
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - name: Verify Bicep files
       run: python ./.github/scripts/validate_bicep.py