diff --git a/Formula/w/watchman.rb b/Formula/w/watchman.rb
index 36e04aeffd6cb4..0689db79164807 100644
--- a/Formula/w/watchman.rb
+++ b/Formula/w/watchman.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ class Watchman < Formula
   url "https://github.com/facebook/watchman/archive/refs/tags/v2024.12.02.00.tar.gz"
   sha256 "445bda6f262cd23ed305f914249e400c7377ebe21ec971a2ace6c1c3dfad5880"
   license "MIT"
-  revision 1
+  revision 2
   head "https://github.com/facebook/watchman.git", branch: "main"
 
   bottle do
@@ -70,5 +70,8 @@ def install
 
   test do
     assert_equal(version.to_s, shell_output("#{bin}/watchman -v").chomp)
+    # Run `version` to validate functionality and check compatibility with fmt
+    # Related issue: https://github.com/facebook/watchman/issues/1264
+    system bin/"watchman", "version"
   end
 end