diff --git a/.github/actions/bump.ts b/.github/actions/bump.ts
index aa2a776..82d0f9d 100755
--- a/.github/actions/bump.ts
+++ b/.github/actions/bump.ts
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ async function bottle(newVersion: string): Promise<Bottle[]> {
     // Save the binary to a file
     await Deno.writeFile(binaryFileName, uint8Array)
 
-        // Build the directory structure
+    // Build the directory structure
     const cellarPath = `pkgx/${newVersion}`
     await run({ cmd: ["mkdir", "-p", `${cellarPath}/bin`] })
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/bump.yml b/.github/workflows/bump.yml
index 46bfe3d..0fe4e9d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bump.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bump.yml
@@ -36,24 +36,12 @@ jobs:
           github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           branch: ${{ github.ref }}
 
-      - uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
+      - uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
         with:
           name: ${{steps.bump.outputs.name}} v${{ steps.bump.outputs.version }}
           tag_name: v${{ steps.bump.outputs.version }}
           files: bottles/*
           fail_on_unmatched_files: true
+          make_latest: true
           generate_release_notes: true
         if: steps.bump.outputs.name
-
-  test:
-    needs: bump
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest]
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    steps:
-      - uses: Homebrew/actions/setup-homebrew@master
-      - name: brew install pkgxdev/made/pkgx
-        run: |
-          brew install pkgxdev/made/pkgx
-          pkgx semverator satisfies ^1 1.0.0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate.bottles.yml b/.github/workflows/validate.bottles.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2f81c29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate.bottles.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+name: validate bottles
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  release:
+    types:
+      - published
+      - edited
+
+jobs:
+  smoke:
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.x.os }}
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        x:
+          - os: ubuntu-latest
+          - os: ubuntu-latest
+            container: ubuntu:focal
+          - os: macos-latest
+    container: ${{ matrix.x.container }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      # the “dedicated” homebrew setup action doesn't work in containers
+      - run: |
+          apt update --yes && apt install --yes build-essential procps curl file git
+          /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
+          echo "/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
+        if: matrix.x.container == 'ubuntu:focal'
+
+      - uses: Homebrew/actions/setup-homebrew@master
+        if: matrix.x.container != 'ubuntu:focal'
+
+      - run: brew install ./pkgx.rb
+      - run: pkgx semverator satisfies ^1 1.0.0