diff --git a/unit_tests/src/constants.rs b/unit_tests/src/constants.rs
index e8efaec..c4a9e5c 100644
--- a/unit_tests/src/constants.rs
+++ b/unit_tests/src/constants.rs
@@ -144,3 +144,5 @@ pub const SELECTOR_NAME: &str = "";
 
 pub const ERR_DEOXYS: &str = "Error waiting for response from Deoxys client";
 pub const ERR_PATHFINDER: &str = "Error waiting for response from Pathfinder client";
+
+pub const RPC_SPEC: &str = "0.5.1";
diff --git a/unit_tests/tests/test_specversion.rs b/unit_tests/tests/test_specversion.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..daedcee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unit_tests/tests/test_specversion.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#![feature(assert_matches)]
+
+mod common;
+use common::*;
+use starknet_providers::{jsonrpc::HttpTransport, JsonRpcClient, Provider};
+
+///
+/// Unit test for `starknet_specversion`
+///
+/// purpose: retrieve the Deoxys node spec version
+/// success case: spec version should be 0.5.1
+///
+#[rstest]
+#[tokio::test]
+#[logging]
+async fn test_specversion(deoxys: JsonRpcClient<HttpTransport>) {
+    let response_deoxys = deoxys.spec_version().await.expect(ERR_DEOXYS);
+
+    log::info!("Deoxys RPC spec: {}", response_deoxys);
+    assert_eq!(response_deoxys, RPC_SPEC);
+}