diff --git a/.github/workflows/snapshot.yml b/.github/workflows/snapshot.yml
index 184b1ca01f..cda6cbe6b3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/snapshot.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/snapshot.yml
@@ -77,15 +77,11 @@ jobs:
             PKG_TYPE=nightly
             SNAPSHOT_VERSION=${{ needs.tarball.outputs.snapshot-version }}
 
-
       - name: Smoke test
         run: |
-          docker run --rm syslog-ng:test --syntax-only
-          docker run --rm syslog-ng:test --module-registry
-          docker run --rm syslog-ng:test -V | grep 'Installer-Version: .*\.g'
-
-          printf "@version: 4.0\n log { source { stdin(); }; destination { file("/dev/stdout"); }; };" > test.conf
-          echo "test msg" | docker run -i --rm -v $(realpath test.conf):/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf syslog-ng:test -F | grep "test msg"
+          export SYSLOG_NG_IMAGE="syslog-ng:test"
+          export SYSLOG_NG_VERSION="${{ needs.tarball.outputs.snapshot-version }}"
+          tests/smoke.sh
 
 
   publish-image:
diff --git a/apkbuild/axoflow/syslog-ng/APKBUILD b/apkbuild/axoflow/syslog-ng/APKBUILD
index 88da279d4a..09a8d83012 100644
--- a/apkbuild/axoflow/syslog-ng/APKBUILD
+++ b/apkbuild/axoflow/syslog-ng/APKBUILD
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # Contributor: jv <jens@eisfair.org>
 # Maintainer: László Várady <laszlo.varady@axoflow.com>
 pkgname=syslog-ng
-pkgver=4.0.1
+pkgver=4.1.0
 pkgrel=0
 pkgdesc="Next generation logging daemon"
 url="https://www.syslog-ng.com/products/open-source-log-management/"
@@ -154,4 +154,6 @@ _submv() {
 	done
 }
 
-sha512sums="5f83ee3cc4935218feb19f3f5065a68099e3ee291d806ad8810499ded9f9ef3b326b4b22841cd736354ed6a2ebc1ce8ae73f6abe981aa6f64c42da9ee3b1e22f  syslog-ng-4.0.1.tar.gz"
+sha512sums="
+3707d83b699c670c2e83c5343494902fcfc09d55d2311d318821cff47f843e90f882ff8892066aca8881c2b6d52981c1965379872707cadf9e45bb509550654d  syslog-ng-4.1.0.tar.gz
+"
diff --git a/tests/smoke.sh b/tests/smoke.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..1881aa93fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/smoke.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -e
+
+DOCKER="${DOCKER:-docker}"
+SYSLOG_NG_IMAGE="${SYSLOG_NG_IMAGE:-ghcr.io/axoflow/syslog-ng:latest}"
+SYSLOG_NG_VERSION="${SYSLOG_NG_VERSION:-}"
+
+
+echo "=> Smoke testing image ${SYSLOG_NG_IMAGE}..."
+
+echo "--> Check --syntax-only"
+$DOCKER run --rm "${SYSLOG_NG_IMAGE}" --syntax-only
+
+echo "--> Check --module-registry"
+$DOCKER run --rm "${SYSLOG_NG_IMAGE}" --module-registry
+
+if [[ -z "$SYSLOG_NG_VERSION" ]]; then
+    echo "--> Skipping syslog-ng version validation"
+else
+    echo "--> Validate syslog-ng version"
+    $DOCKER run --rm "${SYSLOG_NG_IMAGE}" -V | grep "Installer-Version: .*${SYSLOG_NG_VERSION}"
+fi
+
+echo "--> I/O test"
+conf_version_line="$($DOCKER run --rm "${SYSLOG_NG_IMAGE}" -V | grep 'Config version:')"
+config_version="$(echo $conf_version_line | sed -E 's|Config version: ([0-9]\.[0-9])|\1|')"
+printf "@version: ${config_version}\n log { source { stdin(); }; destination { file("/dev/stdout"); }; };" > test.conf
+echo "test msg" \
+    | $DOCKER run -i --rm -v $(realpath test.conf):/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf "${SYSLOG_NG_IMAGE}" -F \
+    | grep "test msg"
+
+echo "=> Smoke test (${SYSLOG_NG_IMAGE}) passed"