diff --git a/scripts/validate b/scripts/validate
index 2936cd2681..e690447b4b 100755
--- a/scripts/validate
+++ b/scripts/validate
@@ -20,9 +20,10 @@ function check_win_binaries() {
     #       fatal "crictl windows binary version [$CRICTL_WINDOWS_VERSION] does not match kubernetes version"
     #    fi
     #fi
+    #
 
-    CALICO_WINDOWS_VERSION=$(grep 'CALICO_VERSION=' Dockerfile.windows | cut -d '=' -f 2- | grep -oE "v([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)")
-    CALICO_LINUX_VERSION=$(yq '.charts[] | select(.filename == "/charts/rke2-calico.yaml").version' charts/chart_versions.yaml | cut -d ',' -f 1- | grep -oE "v([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)")
+    CALICO_WINDOWS_VERSION=$(grep 'CALICO_VERSION=' Dockerfile.windows | cut -d '=' -f 2- | grep -oE "v([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)")
+    CALICO_LINUX_VERSION=$(yq '.charts[] | select(.filename == "/charts/rke2-calico.yaml").version' charts/chart_versions.yaml | cut -d ',' -f 1 | sed 's/..$//')
     if [ ! "$CALICO_WINDOWS_VERSION" = "$CALICO_LINUX_VERSION" ]; then
         fatal "Calico windows binary version [$CALICO_WINDOWS_VERSION] does not match Calico chart version [$CALICO_LINUX_VERSION]"
     fi
@@ -32,6 +33,12 @@ function check_win_binaries() {
     if [ "$CONTAINERD_LINUX_VERSION" != "$CONTAINERD_WINDOWS_VERSION" ]; then
         fatal "Containerd windows binary version [$CONTAINERD_WINDOWS_VERSION] does not match Containerd linux version [$CONTAINERD_LINUX_VERSION]"
     fi
+
+    FLANNEL_WINDOWS_VERSION=$(grep 'ENV FLANNEL_VERSION=' Dockerfile.windows | cut -d '=' -f 2- | grep -oE "v([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)")
+    FLANNEL_LINUX_VERSION=$(yq '.charts[] | select(.filename == "/charts/rke2-flannel.yaml").version' charts/chart_versions.yaml | cut -d ',' -f 1- | sed 's/..$//')
+    if [ ! "$FLANNEL_WINDOWS_VERSION" = "$FLANNEL_LINUX_VERSION" ]; then
+        fatal "Flanneld windows binary version [$FLANNEL_WINDOWS_VERSION] does not match Flanneld chart version [$FLANNEL_LINUX_VERSION]"
+    fi
 }
 
 if ! command -v golangci-lint; then