diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 995489b3..4b1dacf2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -109,7 +109,8 @@ jobs:
              export pip=$(which pip3)
              export gam="${python} -m gam"
              export gampath="$(readlink -e .)"
-             echo -e "python: $python\npip: $pip\ngam: $gam\ngampath: $gampath\n"
+             export GAMVERSION=$($gam version short)
+             echo -e "python: $python\npip: $pip\ngam: $gam\ngampath: $gampath\nGAMVERSION: ${GAMVERSION}"
              echo "python=${python}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
              echo "pip=${pip}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
              echo "gam=${gam}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
@@ -152,7 +153,8 @@ jobs:
              source travis/${GAMOS}-install.sh
              echo "gampath=$gampath" >> $GITHUB_ENV
              echo "gam=$gam" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-             echo -e "GAM: $gam\nGAMPATH: $gampath\n"
+             echo "GAMVERSION=$GAMVERSION" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+             echo -e "GAM: ${gam}\nGAMPATH: ${gampath}\nGAMVERSION: ${GAMVERSION}"
 
       - name: Basic Tests all jobs
         run: |