diff --git a/cmd/gpuop-cfg/validate/clusterpolicy/clusterpolicy_test.go b/cmd/gpuop-cfg/validate/clusterpolicy/clusterpolicy_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..000060e1ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/gpuop-cfg/validate/clusterpolicy/clusterpolicy_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/**
+# Copyright (c) NVIDIA CORPORATION.  All rights reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+**/
+
+package clusterpolicy
+
+import (
+	"slices"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"github.com/urfave/cli/v3"
+)
+
+func TestNewCommand(t *testing.T) {
+	cmd := NewCommand(logrus.New())
+
+	require.NotNil(t, cmd)
+	assert.Equal(t, "clusterpolicy", cmd.Name)
+	assert.NotEmpty(t, cmd.Usage)
+
+	idx := slices.IndexFunc(cmd.Flags, func(f cli.Flag) bool {
+		return slices.Contains(f.Names(), "input")
+	})
+	require.GreaterOrEqual(t, idx, 0)
+
+	inputFlag, ok := cmd.Flags[idx].(*cli.StringFlag)
+	require.True(t, ok)
+	assert.Contains(t, inputFlag.Names(), "input")
+	assert.NotEmpty(t, inputFlag.Usage)
+	assert.Equal(t, "-", inputFlag.Value)
+}
diff --git a/cmd/gpuop-cfg/validate/clusterpolicy/images_test.go b/cmd/gpuop-cfg/validate/clusterpolicy/images_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..86523ffadc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/gpuop-cfg/validate/clusterpolicy/images_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+/**
+# Copyright (c) NVIDIA CORPORATION.  All rights reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+**/
+
+package clusterpolicy
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
+	v1 "github.com/NVIDIA/gpu-operator/api/nvidia/v1"
+)
+
+func TestValidateImage_InvalidReference(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := []struct {
+		description string
+		path        string
+	}{
+		{
+			description: "empty reference",
+			path:        "",
+		},
+		{
+			description: "malformed reference",
+			path:        "@@bad::ref",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		t.Run(tc.description, func(t *testing.T) {
+			err := validateImage(context.Background(), tc.path)
+			require.ErrorContains(t, err, "failed to construct an image reference")
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestValidateImages_EmptyDriverSpecImagePathError(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Setenv("DRIVER_IMAGE", "")
+
+	spec := &v1.ClusterPolicySpec{}
+
+	err := validateImages(context.Background(), spec)
+	require.ErrorContains(t, err, "failed to construct the image path")
+}
+
+func TestValidateImages_InvalidDriverImageRefError(t *testing.T) {
+	spec := &v1.ClusterPolicySpec{}
+	spec.Driver.Image = "@@bad::ref"
+
+	err := validateImages(context.Background(), spec)
+	require.ErrorContains(t, err, "failed to validate image")
+	require.ErrorContains(t, err, "failed to construct an image reference")
+}
diff --git a/cmd/gpuop-cfg/validate/clusterpolicy/options_test.go b/cmd/gpuop-cfg/validate/clusterpolicy/options_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..060517143b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/gpuop-cfg/validate/clusterpolicy/options_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+/**
+# Copyright (c) NVIDIA CORPORATION.  All rights reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+**/
+
+package clusterpolicy
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestOptionsLoad(t *testing.T) {
+	const validManifest = `apiVersion: nvidia.com/v1
+kind: ClusterPolicy
+metadata:
+  name: cluster-policy
+`
+
+	t.Run("valid manifest", func(t *testing.T) {
+		path := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "clusterpolicy.yaml")
+		require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(path, []byte(validManifest), 0o600))
+
+		spec, err := (options{input: path}).load()
+
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, "cluster-policy", spec.Name)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("missing file", func(t *testing.T) {
+		path := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "does-not-exist.yaml")
+
+		_, err := (options{input: path}).load()
+
+		require.ErrorContains(t, err, "failed to read file")
+	})
+
+	t.Run("malformed yaml", func(t *testing.T) {
+		path := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "malformed.yaml")
+		require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(path, []byte("\tnot: : valid: yaml"), 0o600))
+
+		_, err := (options{input: path}).load()
+
+		require.ErrorContains(t, err, "failed to unmarshal spec")
+	})
+
+	t.Run("empty file", func(t *testing.T) {
+		path := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "empty.yaml")
+		require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(path, []byte(""), 0o600))
+
+		spec, err := (options{input: path}).load()
+
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Empty(t, spec.Name)
+	})
+}
+
+func TestOptionsGetContentsStdin(t *testing.T) {
+	r, w, err := os.Pipe()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	orig := os.Stdin
+	os.Stdin = r
+	t.Cleanup(func() { os.Stdin = orig })
+
+	go func() {
+		_, _ = w.Write([]byte("hello"))
+		_ = w.Close()
+	}()
+
+	got, err := (options{input: "-"}).getContents()
+
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, "hello", string(got))
+}
diff --git a/cmd/gpuop-cfg/validate/csv/alm-examples_test.go b/cmd/gpuop-cfg/validate/csv/alm-examples_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..27679092b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/gpuop-cfg/validate/csv/alm-examples_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+/**
+# Copyright (c) NVIDIA CORPORATION.  All rights reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+**/
+
+package csv
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/operator-framework/api/pkg/operators/v1alpha1"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestValidateALMExample(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := []struct {
+		description string
+		annotations map[string]string
+		expectError bool
+		errContains string
+	}{
+		{
+			description: "first item with Kind ClusterPolicy returns nil",
+			annotations: map[string]string{
+				"alm-examples": `[{"kind":"ClusterPolicy","apiVersion":"nvidia.com/v1","spec":{}}]`,
+			},
+			expectError: false,
+		},
+		{
+			description: "Kind ClusterPolicy with wrong apiVersion returns nil (apiVersion is not checked)",
+			annotations: map[string]string{
+				"alm-examples": `[{"kind":"ClusterPolicy","apiVersion":"example.com/v99","spec":{}}]`,
+			},
+			expectError: false,
+		},
+		{
+			description: "multi-entry with ClusterPolicy first ignores later entries and returns nil",
+			annotations: map[string]string{
+				"alm-examples": `[{"kind":"ClusterPolicy","apiVersion":"nvidia.com/v1","spec":{}},{"kind":"SomethingElse","apiVersion":"nvidia.com/v1"}]`,
+			},
+			expectError: false,
+		},
+		{
+			description: "malformed JSON returns an unmarshal error",
+			annotations: map[string]string{
+				"alm-examples": `{not valid json`,
+			},
+			expectError: true,
+			errContains: "invalid character",
+		},
+		{
+			description: "missing alm-examples annotation returns an unmarshal error on empty string",
+			annotations: map[string]string{},
+			expectError: true,
+			errContains: "unexpected end of JSON input",
+		},
+		{
+			description: "nil annotations returns an unmarshal error on empty string",
+			annotations: nil,
+			expectError: true,
+			errContains: "unexpected end of JSON input",
+		},
+		{
+			description: "empty alm-examples annotation returns an unmarshal error on empty string",
+			annotations: map[string]string{
+				"alm-examples": "",
+			},
+			expectError: true,
+			errContains: "unexpected end of JSON input",
+		},
+		{
+			description: "empty list returns 'no example clusterpolicy found'",
+			annotations: map[string]string{
+				"alm-examples": `[]`,
+			},
+			expectError: true,
+			errContains: "no example clusterpolicy found",
+		},
+		{
+			description: "JSON null returns 'no example clusterpolicy found'",
+			annotations: map[string]string{
+				"alm-examples": "null",
+			},
+			expectError: true,
+			errContains: "no example clusterpolicy found",
+		},
+		{
+			description: "JSON object instead of array returns an unmarshal error",
+			annotations: map[string]string{
+				"alm-examples": `{"kind":"ClusterPolicy","apiVersion":"nvidia.com/v1"}`,
+			},
+			expectError: true,
+			errContains: "cannot unmarshal object",
+		},
+		{
+			description: "first item with Kind != ClusterPolicy returns 'invalid example clusterpolicy'",
+			annotations: map[string]string{
+				"alm-examples": `[{"kind":"NotAClusterPolicy","apiVersion":"nvidia.com/v1"}]`,
+			},
+			expectError: true,
+			errContains: "invalid example clusterpolicy",
+		},
+		{
+			description: "multi-entry with ClusterPolicy not first returns 'invalid example clusterpolicy'",
+			annotations: map[string]string{
+				"alm-examples": `[{"kind":"SomethingElse","apiVersion":"nvidia.com/v1"},{"kind":"ClusterPolicy","apiVersion":"nvidia.com/v1","spec":{}}]`,
+			},
+			expectError: true,
+			errContains: "invalid example clusterpolicy",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		t.Run(tc.description, func(t *testing.T) {
+			csv := &v1alpha1.ClusterServiceVersion{}
+			csv.Annotations = tc.annotations
+
+			err := validateALMExample(csv)
+
+			if !tc.expectError {
+				require.NoError(t, err)
+				return
+			}
+
+			assert.ErrorContains(t, err, tc.errContains)
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/cmd/gpuop-cfg/validate/csv/csv_test.go b/cmd/gpuop-cfg/validate/csv/csv_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..567bc59a2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/gpuop-cfg/validate/csv/csv_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/**
+# Copyright (c) NVIDIA CORPORATION.  All rights reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+**/
+
+package csv
+
+import (
+	"slices"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"github.com/urfave/cli/v3"
+)
+
+func TestNewCommand(t *testing.T) {
+	cmd := NewCommand(logrus.New())
+
+	require.NotNil(t, cmd)
+	assert.Equal(t, "csv", cmd.Name)
+	assert.NotEmpty(t, cmd.Usage)
+
+	idx := slices.IndexFunc(cmd.Flags, func(f cli.Flag) bool {
+		return slices.Contains(f.Names(), "input")
+	})
+	require.GreaterOrEqual(t, idx, 0)
+
+	inputFlag, ok := cmd.Flags[idx].(*cli.StringFlag)
+	require.True(t, ok)
+	assert.Contains(t, inputFlag.Names(), "input")
+	assert.NotEmpty(t, inputFlag.Usage)
+	assert.Equal(t, "-", inputFlag.Value)
+}
diff --git a/cmd/gpuop-cfg/validate/csv/images_test.go b/cmd/gpuop-cfg/validate/csv/images_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2de6a78204
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/gpuop-cfg/validate/csv/images_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+/**
+# Copyright (c) NVIDIA CORPORATION.  All rights reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+**/
+
+package csv
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/operator-framework/api/pkg/operators/v1alpha1"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestValidateImage_InvalidReference(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := []struct {
+		description string
+		path        string
+	}{
+		{
+			description: "empty reference",
+			path:        "",
+		},
+		{
+			description: "malformed reference",
+			path:        "@@bad::ref",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		t.Run(tc.description, func(t *testing.T) {
+			err := validateImage(context.Background(), tc.path)
+			require.ErrorContains(t, err, "failed to construct an image reference")
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestValidateImages_InvalidRelatedImage(t *testing.T) {
+	csv := &v1alpha1.ClusterServiceVersion{}
+	csv.Spec.RelatedImages = []v1alpha1.RelatedImage{
+		{Name: "bad-image", Image: "@@bad::ref"},
+	}
+
+	err := validateImages(context.Background(), csv)
+	require.ErrorContains(t, err, "failed to validate image bad-image")
+	require.ErrorContains(t, err, "failed to construct an image reference")
+}
diff --git a/cmd/gpuop-cfg/validate/csv/options_test.go b/cmd/gpuop-cfg/validate/csv/options_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3d225a75f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/gpuop-cfg/validate/csv/options_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+/**
+# Copyright (c) NVIDIA CORPORATION.  All rights reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+**/
+
+package csv
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestOptionsLoad(t *testing.T) {
+	const validManifest = `apiVersion: operators.coreos.com/v1alpha1
+kind: ClusterServiceVersion
+metadata:
+  name: gpu-operator
+`
+
+	t.Run("valid manifest", func(t *testing.T) {
+		path := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "csv.yaml")
+		require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(path, []byte(validManifest), 0o600))
+
+		spec, err := (options{input: path}).load()
+
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, "gpu-operator", spec.Name)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("missing file", func(t *testing.T) {
+		path := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "does-not-exist.yaml")
+
+		_, err := (options{input: path}).load()
+
+		require.ErrorContains(t, err, "failed to read file")
+	})
+
+	t.Run("malformed yaml", func(t *testing.T) {
+		path := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "malformed.yaml")
+		require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(path, []byte("\tnot: : valid: yaml"), 0o600))
+
+		_, err := (options{input: path}).load()
+
+		require.ErrorContains(t, err, "failed to unmarshal spec")
+	})
+
+	t.Run("empty file", func(t *testing.T) {
+		path := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "empty.yaml")
+		require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(path, []byte(""), 0o600))
+
+		spec, err := (options{input: path}).load()
+
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Empty(t, spec.Name)
+	})
+}
+
+func TestOptionsGetContentsStdin(t *testing.T) {
+	r, w, err := os.Pipe()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	orig := os.Stdin
+	os.Stdin = r
+	t.Cleanup(func() { os.Stdin = orig })
+
+	go func() {
+		_, _ = w.Write([]byte("hello"))
+		_ = w.Close()
+	}()
+
+	got, err := (options{input: "-"}).getContents()
+
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, "hello", string(got))
+}
diff --git a/cmd/gpuop-cfg/validate/validate_test.go b/cmd/gpuop-cfg/validate/validate_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..42b85c0ac8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/gpuop-cfg/validate/validate_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/**
+# Copyright (c) NVIDIA CORPORATION.  All rights reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+**/
+
+package validate
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestNewCommand(t *testing.T) {
+	cmd := NewCommand(logrus.New())
+
+	require.NotNil(t, cmd)
+	assert.Equal(t, "validate", cmd.Name)
+	assert.NotEmpty(t, cmd.Usage)
+
+	names := []string{}
+	for _, sub := range cmd.Commands {
+		names = append(names, sub.Name)
+	}
+	assert.Contains(t, names, "csv")
+	assert.Contains(t, names, "clusterpolicy")
+}