diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 0dbfae6a..9a6c9d56 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -19,11 +19,27 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332  # v4.1.7
       - uses: actions/setup-python@39cd14951b08e74b54015e9e001cdefcf80e669f  # v5.1.1
         with:
-          python-version: '3.8' # needed for 'pyupgrade'
+          python-version: '3.8'
       - uses: pre-commit/action@2c7b3805fd2a0fd8c1884dcaebf91fc102a13ecd  # v3.0.1
 
+  sanity:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332  # v4.1.7
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@39cd14951b08e74b54015e9e001cdefcf80e669f  # v5.1.1
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.8'
+      - run: |
+          pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install -r requirements.txt
+          pip install invoke
+
+      - run: invoke build.build-package
+      - run: invoke sanity.validate-sdist
+      - run: invoke sanity.validate-wheel
+
   ci:
-    needs: pre-commit
+    needs: [pre-commit, sanity]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 15
     steps:
@@ -48,10 +64,9 @@ jobs:
       - run: invoke unit.pytest
       - run: invoke integration.query
       - run: invoke integration.write-policy
-      - run: invoke build.uninstall-package
 
   python-version:
-    needs: pre-commit
+    needs: [pre-commit, sanity]
     if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 15
@@ -78,4 +93,3 @@ jobs:
       - run: invoke unit.pytest
       - run: invoke integration.query
       - run: invoke integration.write-policy
-      - run: invoke build.uninstall-package
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index cdc3b67b..36738bd5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -54,7 +54,11 @@ jobs:
           git fetch --tags
           git pull origin master
           pip install setuptools wheel twine
-          python -m setup sdist bdist_wheel
+          python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
+
+      - run: invoke sanity.validate-sdist
+      - run: invoke sanity.validate-wheel
+
       - name: Publish package
         uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@ec4db0b4ddc65acdf4bff5fa45ac92d78b56bdf0 # v1.9.0
         with:
diff --git a/tasks.py b/tasks.py
index 56ec6a96..ca08144a 100755
--- a/tasks.py
+++ b/tasks.py
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@
 docker = Collection("docker")
 ns.add_collection(docker)
 
+sanity = Collection("sanity")
+ns.add_collection(sanity)
+
 
 @task
 def build_docs(c):
@@ -59,7 +62,7 @@ def download_latest_aws_docs(c):
 def build_package(c):
     """Build the policy_sentry package from the current directory contents for use with PyPi"""
     c.run("python -m pip install --upgrade setuptools wheel")
-    c.run("python setup.py -q sdist bdist_wheel")
+    c.run("python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel")
 
 
 @task(pre=[build_package])
@@ -306,6 +309,21 @@ def build_docker(c):
     c.run("docker build -t kmcquade/policy_sentry .")
 
 
+# Sanity checks
+@task(post=[uninstall_package])
+def validate_wheel(c):
+    """Validate the wheel can be installed and works properly"""
+    c.run("pip3 install dist/policy_sentry-*.whl")
+    c.run("policy_sentry query service-table --fmt csv", pty=True)
+
+
+@task(post=[uninstall_package])
+def validate_sdist(c):
+    """Validate the sdist archive can be installed and works properly"""
+    c.run("pip3 install dist/policy_sentry-*.tar.gz")
+    c.run("policy_sentry query service-table --fmt csv", pty=True)
+
+
 # Add all testing tasks to the test collection
 integration.add_task(clean_config_directory, "clean")
 integration.add_task(version_check, "version")
@@ -331,3 +349,6 @@ def build_docker(c):
 build.add_task(upload_to_pypi_prod_server, "upload-prod")
 
 docker.add_task(build_docker, "build-docker")
+
+sanity.add_task(validate_wheel, "validate-wheel")
+sanity.add_task(validate_sdist, "validate-sdist")