diff --git a/.github/workflows/releases-validation.yml b/.github/workflows/releases-validation.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..36c83be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/releases-validation.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+name: Validate 'versions-manifest.json' file
+on: 
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+    paths:
+      - 'versions-manifest.json'
+
+jobs:
+  setup-versions-from-manifest:
+    name: Setup ${{ matrix.python }} ${{ matrix.os }}
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        os: [macos-latest, windows-latest, ubuntu-16.04, ubuntu-18.04, ubuntu-20.04]
+        python: [3.5.4, 3.6.7, 3.7.5, 3.8.1]
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout
+      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+    - name: setup-python ${{ matrix.python }}
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      with:
+        python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
+
+    - name: Validate version
+      run: |
+        $pythonVersion = (python --version)
+        if ("Python ${{ matrix.python }}" -ne "$pythonVersion"){
+          Write-Host "The current version is $pythonVersion; expected version is ${{ matrix.python }}"
+          exit 1
+        }
+        $pythonVersion
+      shell: pwsh
+
+    - name: Run simple code
+      run: python -c 'import math; print(math.factorial(5))'
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diff --git a/azure-pipelines/run-ci-builds.yml b/azure-pipelines/run-ci-builds.yml
index bf1ca43..d58e2e7 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines/run-ci-builds.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines/run-ci-builds.yml
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ jobs:
           -AzureDevOpsProjectName $(System.TeamProject) `
           -AzureDevOpsAccessToken $(System.AccessToken) `
           -SourceBranch $(Build.SourceBranch) `
+          -DefinitionId $(DEFINITION_ID) `
           -SourceVersion $(Build.SourceVersion) `
+          -ManifestLink $(MANIFEST_LINK) `
+          -WaitForBuilds $(WAIT_FOR_BUILDS) `
           -ToolVersions "$(PYTHON_VERSIONS)" `
-          -DefinitionId $(DEFINITION_ID) 
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+          -RetryIntervalSec $(RETRY_INTERVAL_SEC) `
+          -RetryCount $(RETRY_COUNT)
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