diff --git a/scripts/generate_openapi_schema.py b/scripts/generate_openapi_schema.py
index c32b0d5d..4c851c76 100644
--- a/scripts/generate_openapi_schema.py
+++ b/scripts/generate_openapi_schema.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import json
 import os.path
 import pprint
+import subprocess
 import sys
 
 from fastapi.openapi.utils import get_openapi
@@ -31,6 +32,32 @@
 
 from ols.app.main import app  # noqa: E402  pylint: disable=C0413
 
+
+def read_version_from_openapi(filename: str) -> str:
+    """Read version from OpenAPI.json file."""
+    # retrieve pre-generated OpenAPI schema
+    with open(filename, encoding="utf-8") as fin:
+        pre_generated_schema = json.load(fin)
+        assert pre_generated_schema is not None
+        assert "info" in pre_generated_schema, "node 'info' not found in openapi.json"
+        info = pre_generated_schema["info"]
+        assert "version" in info, "node 'version' not found in 'info'"
+        return info["version"]
+
+
+def read_version_from_pyproject():
+    """Read version from pyproject.toml file."""
+    # it is not safe to just try to read version from pyproject.toml file directly
+    # the PDM tool itself is able to retrieve the version, even if the version
+    # is generated dynamically
+    completed = subprocess.run(  # noqa: S603
+        ["pdm", "show", "--version"],  # noqa: S607
+        capture_output=True,
+        check=True,
+    )
+    return completed.stdout.decode("utf-8").strip()
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     if len(sys.argv) != 2:
         print("Usage: python generate_openapi_schema.py <filename>")
@@ -59,3 +86,8 @@
     # dump the schema into file
     with open(filename, "w", encoding="utf-8") as fout:
         json.dump(open_api, fout, indent=4)
+
+    openapi_version = read_version_from_openapi(filename)
+    project_version = read_version_from_pyproject()
+    assert openapi_version == project_version
+    print(f"OpenAPI schema generated into file {filename}")