diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 87e35fca..b663ca74 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -3,8 +3,18 @@
 
 ARCH ?= amd64
 CLI_VERSION ?= $(if $(shell git describe --tags),$(shell git describe --tags),"UnknownVersion")
+K9S_VERSION=$(shell go list -f '{{.Version}}' -m github.com/derailed/k9s)
+CRANE_VERSION=$(shell go list -f '{{.Version}}' -m github.com/google/go-containerregistry)
+SYFT_VERSION=$(shell go list -f '{{.Version}}' -m github.com/anchore/syft)
+ARCHIVER_VERSION=$(shell go list -f '{{.Version}}' -m github.com/mholt/archiver/v3)
+HELM_VERSION=$(shell go list -f '{{.Version}}' -m helm.sh/helm/v3)
 BUILD_ARGS := -s -w -X 'github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-cli/src/config.CLIVersion=$(CLI_VERSION)' \
-				    -X 'github.com/defenseunicorns/zarf/src/config.ActionsCommandZarfPrefix=zarf'
+				    -X 'github.com/defenseunicorns/zarf/src/config.ActionsCommandZarfPrefix=zarf' \
+					-X 'github.com/derailed/k9s/cmd.version=$(K9S_VERSION)' \
+					-X 'github.com/google/go-containerregistry/cmd/crane/cmd.Version=$(CRANE_VERSION)' \
+					-X 'github.com/defenseunicorns/zarf/src/cmd/tools.syftVersion=$(SYFT_VERSION)' \
+					-X 'github.com/defenseunicorns/zarf/src/cmd/tools.archiverVersion=$(ARCHIVER_VERSION)' \
+					-X 'github.com/defenseunicorns/zarf/src/cmd/tools.helmVersion=$(HELM_VERSION)'
 
 .PHONY: help
 help: ## Display this help information
diff --git a/src/test/common.go b/src/test/common.go
index b9046e5c..d2018597 100644
--- a/src/test/common.go
+++ b/src/test/common.go
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ func (e2e *UDSE2ETest) DownloadZarfInitPkg(t *testing.T, zarfVersion string) {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 }
 
-// CreateZarfPkg creates a Zarf in the given path (todo: makefile?)
+// CreateZarfPkg creates a Zarf package in the given path (todo: makefile?)
 func (e2e *UDSE2ETest) CreateZarfPkg(t *testing.T, path string, forceCreate bool) {
 	//  check if pkg already exists
 	pattern := fmt.Sprintf("%s/*-%s-*.tar.zst", path, e2e.Arch)
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ func (e2e *UDSE2ETest) CreateZarfPkg(t *testing.T, path string, forceCreate bool
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 }
 
+// DeleteZarfPkg deletes a Zarf package from the given path
 func (e2e *UDSE2ETest) DeleteZarfPkg(t *testing.T, path string) {
 	//  check if pkg already exists
 	pattern := fmt.Sprintf("%s/*-%s-*.tar.zst", path, e2e.Arch)
diff --git a/src/test/e2e/zarf_test.go b/src/test/e2e/zarf_test.go
index c5807505..81a687b8 100644
--- a/src/test/e2e/zarf_test.go
+++ b/src/test/e2e/zarf_test.go
@@ -5,9 +5,11 @@
 package test
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/defenseunicorns/zarf/src/pkg/utils/exec"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
@@ -20,3 +22,53 @@ func TestZarfLint(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.Contains(t, stdErr, "Image not pinned with digest - ghcr.io/stefanprodan/podinfo:6.4.0")
 }
+
+func TestZarfToolsVersions(t *testing.T) {
+	type args struct {
+		tool     string
+		toolRepo string
+	}
+	tests := []struct {
+		name        string
+		description string
+		args        args
+	}{
+		{
+			name:        "HelmVersion",
+			description: "zarf tools helm version",
+			args:        args{tool: "helm", toolRepo: "helm.sh/helm/v3"},
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "CraneVersion",
+			description: "zarf tools crane version",
+			args:        args{tool: "crane", toolRepo: "github.com/google/go-containerregistry"},
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "SyftVersion",
+			description: "zarf tools syft version",
+			args:        args{tool: "syft", toolRepo: "github.com/anchore/syft"},
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "ArchiverVersion",
+			description: "zarf tools archiver version",
+			args:        args{tool: "archiver", toolRepo: "github.com/mholt/archiver/v3"},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		cmdArgs := fmt.Sprintf("zarf tools %s version", tt.args.tool)
+		res, stdErr, err := e2e.UDS(strings.Split(cmdArgs, " ")...)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		toolRepoVerArgs := fmt.Sprintf("list -f '{{.Version}}' -m %s", tt.args.toolRepo)
+		verRes, _, verErr := exec.Cmd("go", strings.Split(toolRepoVerArgs, " ")...)
+		require.NoError(t, verErr)
+
+		toolVersion := strings.Split(verRes, "'")[1]
+		output := res
+		if res == "" {
+			output = stdErr
+		}
+		require.Contains(t, output, toolVersion)
+	}
+}