diff --git a/.github/workflows/smoke-test.yml b/.github/workflows/smoke-test.yml
index fac5141b2..49e4943f3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/smoke-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/smoke-test.yml
@@ -33,28 +33,5 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: pnpm install
 
-      - name: Override package.json version
-        run: |
-          COMMIT_HASH=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
-          echo "Latest commit: $COMMIT_HASH"
-          pnpm version $COMMIT_HASH
-
-      - name: Pack
-        run: pnpm pack
-
-      - name: Clone examples
-        run: git clone git@github.com:mswjs/examples.git
-
-      - name: Install example dependencies
-        working_directory: ./examples
-        run: pnpm install
-
-      - name: Link MSW build
-        working_directory: ./examples
-        run: |
-          pnpm link ../msw-$COMMIT_HASH.tgz
-          pnpm ls msw
-
-      - name: Tests
-        working_directory: ./examples
-        run: pnpm test
+      - name: Test examples
+        run: ./config/scripts/smoke-test.sh
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f8458255a..db26fa845 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,4 +10,8 @@ stats.html
 msw-*.tgz
 .husky/_
 .env
-**/test-results
\ No newline at end of file
+**/test-results
+
+# Smoke test temporary files.
+/package.json.copy
+/examples
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config/scripts/smoke-test.sh b/config/scripts/smoke-test.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..f3b2650ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/scripts/smoke-test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+COMMIT_HASH=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
+MSW_VERSION="0.0.0-$COMMIT_HASH"
+echo "Latest commit: $COMMIT_HASH"
+echo "In-progress MSW version: $MSW_VERSION"
+
+PKG_JSON_COPY="package.json.copy"
+cp package.json $PKG_JSON_COPY
+
+pnpm version $MSW_VERSION --no-git-tag-version --allow-same-version
+
+echo ""
+echo "Packing MSW..."
+pnpm pack
+
+EXAMPLES_REPO=https://github.com/mswjs/examples.git
+EXAMPLES_DIR=./examples
+echo ""
+echo "Cloning the examples from "$EXAMPLES_REPO"..."
+
+if [[ -d "$EXAMPLES_DIR" ]]; then
+  echo "Examples already cloned, skipping..."
+else
+  git clone $EXAMPLES_REPO $EXAMPLES_DIR
+fi
+
+echo ""
+echo "Installing dependencies..."
+cd $EXAMPLES_DIR
+pnpm install 
+
+echo ""
+echo "Linking MSW..."
+pnpm add msw --filter="with-*" file:../../../msw-$MSW_VERSION.tgz
+pnpm ls msw
+
+echo ""
+echo "Running tests..."
+CI=1 pnpm test ; (cd ../ && mv $PKG_JSON_COPY ./package.json)