diff --git a/tests/bufr_change_edition.sh b/tests/bufr_change_edition.sh
index 15d373088..6eb6d0628 100755
--- a/tests/bufr_change_edition.sh
+++ b/tests/bufr_change_edition.sh
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ for f in ${bufr_files}; do
   # Convert to BUFR edition 4
   ${tools_dir}bufr_set -s editionNumber=4 $f $fBufrTmp
   ${tools_dir}bufr_compare $f $fBufrTmp
+  
+  ed=`${tools_dir}bufr_get -w count=1 -p editionNumber $fBufrTmp`
+  [ "$ed" = "4" ]
+
 done
 
 rm -f $fBufrTmp