diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-add-replica-matrix.yaml b/.github/workflows/test-add-replica-matrix.yaml
index df05dd054..1b6d98b5e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-add-replica-matrix.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-add-replica-matrix.yaml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         architecture: [standard, standard-with-dr, large, extra-large]
-        version: [2021.7.7, 2023.6.0]
+        version: [2021.7.9, 2023.8.0]
         image: [almalinux-cloud/almalinux-8]
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Source
@@ -92,6 +92,12 @@ jobs:
             --inventoryfile spec/fixtures/litmus_inventory.yaml \
             --modulepath spec/fixtures/modules \
             --stream
+      - name: Verify that replica was added
+        timeout-minutes: 10
+        run: |
+          bundle exec bolt plan run peadm_spec::verify_replica -v \
+            --inventoryfile spec/fixtures/litmus_inventory.yaml \
+            --modulepath spec/fixtures/modules
       - name: Tear down test cluster
         if: ${{ always() }}
         continue-on-error: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-add-replica.yaml b/.github/workflows/test-add-replica.yaml
index 217f1b1d2..5fe8787fe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-add-replica.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-add-replica.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ on:
       version:
         description: PE version to install
         required: true
-        default: 2021.7.8
+        default: 2021.7.9
       ssh-debugging:
         description: Boolean; whether or not to pause for ssh debugging
         required: true
@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@ jobs:
             --modulepath spec/fixtures/modules \
             architecture=${{ matrix.architecture }} \
             version=${{ matrix.version }} \
-            console_password=${{ secrets.CONSOLE_PASSWORD }}
+            console_password=${{ secrets.CONSOLE_PASSWORD }} \
+            code_manager_auto_configure=true
       - name: Run add_replica plan
         timeout-minutes: 60
         run: |
@@ -92,6 +93,12 @@ jobs:
             --inventoryfile spec/fixtures/litmus_inventory.yaml \
             --modulepath spec/fixtures/modules \
             --stream
+      - name: Verify that replica was added
+        timeout-minutes: 10
+        run: |
+          bundle exec bolt plan run peadm_spec::verify_replica -v \
+            --inventoryfile spec/fixtures/litmus_inventory.yaml \
+            --modulepath spec/fixtures/modules
       - name: Wait as long as the file ${HOME}/pause file is present
         if: ${{ always() && github.event.inputs.ssh-debugging == 'true' }}
         run: |
diff --git a/spec/acceptance/peadm_spec/plans/verify_replica.pp b/spec/acceptance/peadm_spec/plans/verify_replica.pp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e1f484eb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/acceptance/peadm_spec/plans/verify_replica.pp
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+plan peadm_spec::verify_replica() {
+  $t = get_targets('*')
+  wait_until_available($t)
+
+  $primary_host = $t.filter |$n| { $n.vars['role'] == 'primary' }
+
+  if $primary_host == [] {
+    fail_plan('"primary" role missing from inventory, cannot continue')
+  }
+
+  $result = run_task('peadm::get_peadm_config', $primary_host, '_catch_errors' => true).first.to_data()
+
+  $replica_host = $result['value']['params']['replica_host']
+
+  if $replica_host == undef or $replica_host == null {
+    fail_plan("No replica was found in the PE configuration")
+  } else {
+    out::message("Replica added successfully: ${replica_host}")
+  }
+}