diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 794f9ad..ee9fa07 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ The following should be present on the target system
 | matrix_synapse_dh_path | "{{ matrix_synapse_base_path }}/tls/{{ matrix_server_name }}.dh" |
 | matrix_synapse_baseurl | "https://{{ matrix_server_name }}" |
 | matrix_synapse_signing_key_path | "{{ matrix_synapse_base_path }}/ssl/{{ matrix_server_name }}.signing.key" |
-| matrix_synapse_version | "v0.99.1.1" |
+| matrix_synapse_version | "v0.99.3" |
 | matrix_synapse_log_days_keep | 30 |
 | matrix_synapse_deployment_method | pip | Either pip or docker [¹](#footnote_1) |
 | matrix_synapse_supervision_method | systemd | Either systemd, runit or docker [¹](#footnote_1) |
diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index b9269c5..6742314 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ matrix_synapse_secrets_path: "{{ matrix_synapse_base_path }}/secrets"
 matrix_synapse_dh_path: "{{ matrix_synapse_base_path }}/tls/{{ matrix_server_name }}.dh"
 matrix_synapse_baseurl: "https://{{ matrix_server_name }}"
 matrix_synapse_signing_key_path: "{{ matrix_synapse_base_path }}/tls/{{ matrix_server_name }}.signing.key"
-matrix_synapse_version: "v0.99.2"
+matrix_synapse_version: "v0.99.3"
 matrix_synapse_log_days_keep: 30
 matrix_synapse_skip_tls: false
 matrix_synapse_pid_file: "{{ matrix_synapse_base_path }}/synapse.pid"
diff --git a/tests/test-docker.yml b/tests/test-docker.yml
index 98d52ef..9a8117d 100644
--- a/tests/test-docker.yml
+++ b/tests/test-docker.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,17 @@
 ---
 - hosts: all
   become: true
+  tasks:
+    - name: Check if the api returns the correct version
+      uri:
+        url: "http://localhost:8008/_matrix/federation/v1/version"
+        return_content: true
+      register: api_version
+
+    - name: Check returned api version
+      fail: >
+        Return value is not as expected {{ api_version }}
+      when: matrix_synapse_version != "v"~(api_version.content | from_json).server.version
   vars:
     dbname: synapse
     dbuser: synapse_user
diff --git a/tests/test-pip.yml b/tests/test-pip.yml
index f690b19..28d24f7 100644
--- a/tests/test-pip.yml
+++ b/tests/test-pip.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,17 @@
     dbname: synapse
     dbuser: synapse_user
     dbpw: synapse_password
+  tasks:
+    - name: Check if the api returns the correct version
+      uri:
+        url: "http://localhost:8008/_matrix/federation/v1/version"
+        return_content: true
+      register: api_version
+
+    - name: Check returned api version
+      fail: >
+        Return value is not as expected {{ api_version }}
+      when: matrix_synapse_version != "v"~(api_version.content | from_json).server.version
   roles:
     - role: geerlingguy.pip
     - role: geerlingguy.postgresql