diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate-components.yml b/.github/workflows/validate-components.yml
index 5a6be9dc683..d48e4c4b2a6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate-components.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate-components.yml
@@ -53,3 +53,17 @@ jobs:
         set -ex
         go test -v -run ^Test_Version_Consistency_GPU_Managed_Components$ .
 
+  dcgm-compatibility:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+    - uses: actions/setup-go@v6
+      with:
+        go-version-file: e2e/go.mod
+        cache-dependency-path: e2e/go.sum
+    - name: Verify DCGM Exporter package compatibility
+      working-directory: ./e2e
+      run: |
+        set -ex
+        go test -v -run ^TestDCGMExporterCompatibility$ ./components/
+
diff --git a/aks-node-controller/go.mod b/aks-node-controller/go.mod
index 7daefb5c643..4120031d768 100644
--- a/aks-node-controller/go.mod
+++ b/aks-node-controller/go.mod
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.7.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.6
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
 )
 
 require (
@@ -29,7 +30,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.1-0.20181226105442-5d4384ee4fb2 // indirect
 	github.com/vincent-petithory/dataurl v1.0.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.40.0 // indirect
-	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )
 
 replace github.com/Azure/agentbaker => ../
diff --git a/e2e/components/components_test.go b/e2e/components/components_test.go
index 72470af01c4..e3eb71567a3 100644
--- a/e2e/components/components_test.go
+++ b/e2e/components/components_test.go
@@ -1,10 +1,22 @@
 package components
 
 import (
+	"archive/tar"
+	"bufio"
+	"compress/gzip"
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"net/http"
+	"os"
+	"regexp"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/Azure/agentbaker/e2e/config"
+	"github.com/blakesmith/ar"
+	"github.com/cavaliergopher/rpm"
+	"github.com/klauspost/compress/zstd"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
@@ -115,6 +127,248 @@ func TestWindowsImagesHaveServercoreAndNanoserverSpecified(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestDCGMExporterCompatibility(t *testing.T) {
+	type testCase struct {
+		name        string
+		os          string
+		osVersion   string
+		downloadURL string
+		parseDeps   func(t *testing.T, path string) (coreVersion, propVersion string)
+	}
+
+	testCases := []testCase{
+		{
+			name:        "Ubuntu2204",
+			os:          "ubuntu",
+			osVersion:   "r2204",
+			downloadURL: "https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/microsoft-ubuntu-jammy-prod/pool/main/d/dcgm-exporter/dcgm-exporter_%s_amd64.deb",
+			parseDeps:   parseDebDeps,
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "Ubuntu2404",
+			os:          "ubuntu",
+			osVersion:   "r2404",
+			downloadURL: "https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/microsoft-ubuntu-noble-prod/pool/main/d/dcgm-exporter/dcgm-exporter_%s_amd64.deb",
+			parseDeps:   parseDebDeps,
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "AzureLinux3",
+			os:          "azurelinux",
+			osVersion:   "v3.0",
+			downloadURL: "https://packages.microsoft.com/azurelinux/3.0/prod/cloud-native/x86_64/Packages/d/dcgm-exporter-%s.x86_64.rpm",
+			parseDeps:   parseRPMDeps,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			// Get expected versions from components.json
+			dcgmExporterVersions := GetExpectedPackageVersions("dcgm-exporter", tc.os, tc.osVersion)
+			require.NotEmpty(t, dcgmExporterVersions, "dcgm-exporter not found in components.json")
+			dcgmExporterVersion := dcgmExporterVersions[0]
+
+			coreVersions := GetExpectedPackageVersions("datacenter-gpu-manager-4-core", tc.os, tc.osVersion)
+			require.NotEmpty(t, coreVersions, "datacenter-gpu-manager-4-core not found in components.json")
+			expectedCoreVersion := coreVersions[0]
+
+			propVersions := GetExpectedPackageVersions("datacenter-gpu-manager-4-proprietary", tc.os, tc.osVersion)
+			require.NotEmpty(t, propVersions, "datacenter-gpu-manager-4-proprietary not found in components.json")
+			expectedPropVersion := propVersions[0]
+
+			t.Logf("Expected versions from components.json:")
+			t.Logf("  dcgm-exporter: %s", dcgmExporterVersion)
+			t.Logf("  datacenter-gpu-manager-4-core: %s", expectedCoreVersion)
+			t.Logf("  datacenter-gpu-manager-4-proprietary: %s", expectedPropVersion)
+
+			// Download the dcgm-exporter package
+			url := fmt.Sprintf(tc.downloadURL, dcgmExporterVersion)
+			t.Logf("Downloading dcgm-exporter package from %s", url)
+
+			tmpFile, err := os.CreateTemp("", "dcgm-exporter-*")
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			defer os.Remove(tmpFile.Name())
+
+			resp := downloadWithRetry(t, url, 3)
+			defer resp.Body.Close()
+			require.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, resp.StatusCode, "Failed to download dcgm-exporter package from %s", url)
+
+			_, err = io.Copy(tmpFile, resp.Body)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			require.NoError(t, tmpFile.Close())
+
+			// Parse dependencies from the package
+			actualCoreVersion, actualPropVersion := tc.parseDeps(t, tmpFile.Name())
+
+			t.Logf("Actual versions from dcgm-exporter package:")
+			t.Logf("  datacenter-gpu-manager-4-core: %s", actualCoreVersion)
+			t.Logf("  datacenter-gpu-manager-4-proprietary: %s", actualPropVersion)
+
+			// Verify versions match
+			require.Equalf(t, expectedCoreVersion, actualCoreVersion,
+				"datacenter-gpu-manager-4-core version mismatch: components.json has %s but dcgm-exporter requires %s",
+				expectedCoreVersion, actualCoreVersion)
+
+			require.Equalf(t, expectedPropVersion, actualPropVersion,
+				"datacenter-gpu-manager-4-proprietary version mismatch: components.json has %s but dcgm-exporter requires %s",
+				expectedPropVersion, actualPropVersion)
+
+			t.Logf("✅ Version compatibility verified: dcgm-exporter %s is compatible with DCGM packages %s",
+				dcgmExporterVersion, expectedCoreVersion)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// downloadWithRetry downloads a URL with a timeout and retries on transient failures.
+func downloadWithRetry(t *testing.T, url string, maxRetries int) *http.Response {
+	t.Helper()
+	client := &http.Client{Timeout: 60 * time.Second}
+	var lastErr error
+	for attempt := range maxRetries {
+		resp, err := client.Get(url)
+		if err == nil {
+			return resp
+		}
+		lastErr = err
+		t.Logf("Download attempt %d/%d failed: %v", attempt+1, maxRetries, err)
+		time.Sleep(time.Duration(attempt+1) * 2 * time.Second)
+	}
+	require.NoError(t, lastErr, "All %d download attempts failed for %s", maxRetries, url)
+	return nil // unreachable
+}
+
+// parseDebDeps extracts datacenter-gpu-manager-4-core and datacenter-gpu-manager-4-proprietary
+// versions from a .deb package's control file.
+func parseDebDeps(t *testing.T, path string) (string, string) {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	f, err := os.Open(path)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	defer f.Close()
+
+	reader := ar.NewReader(f)
+	for {
+		header, err := reader.Next()
+		require.NoError(t, err, "control file not found in .deb package")
+
+		if !strings.HasPrefix(header.Name, "control.tar") {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		var tarReader *tar.Reader
+		if strings.HasSuffix(header.Name, ".gz") {
+			gz, err := gzip.NewReader(reader)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			defer gz.Close()
+			tarReader = tar.NewReader(gz)
+		} else if strings.HasSuffix(header.Name, ".zst") {
+			zr, err := zstd.NewReader(reader)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			defer zr.Close()
+			tarReader = tar.NewReader(zr)
+		} else {
+			tarReader = tar.NewReader(reader)
+		}
+
+		for {
+			th, err := tarReader.Next()
+			require.NoError(t, err, "control file not found in control.tar")
+
+			if th.Name == "./control" || th.Name == "control" {
+				data, err := io.ReadAll(tarReader)
+				require.NoError(t, err)
+
+				// Parse Depends field, handling RFC822 continuation lines
+				// (subsequent lines starting with space/tab are part of the same field)
+				dependsValue := parseDebControlField(string(data), "Depends")
+				require.NotEmpty(t, dependsValue, "Depends field not found in control file")
+
+				coreRegex := regexp.MustCompile(`datacenter-gpu-manager-4-core \(= ([^)]+)\)`)
+				propRegex := regexp.MustCompile(`datacenter-gpu-manager-4-proprietary \(= ([^)]+)\)`)
+
+				coreMatches := coreRegex.FindStringSubmatch(dependsValue)
+				require.Len(t, coreMatches, 2, "Failed to extract datacenter-gpu-manager-4-core version from Depends")
+
+				propMatches := propRegex.FindStringSubmatch(dependsValue)
+				require.Len(t, propMatches, 2, "Failed to extract datacenter-gpu-manager-4-proprietary version from Depends")
+
+				return coreMatches[1], propMatches[1]
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// parseDebControlField extracts the value of an RFC822-style field from a Debian control file,
+// handling continuation lines (lines starting with space or tab).
+func parseDebControlField(control, field string) string {
+	prefix := field + ":"
+	var result strings.Builder
+	found := false
+	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(strings.NewReader(control))
+	for scanner.Scan() {
+		line := scanner.Text()
+		if found {
+			if len(line) > 0 && (line[0] == ' ' || line[0] == '\t') {
+				result.WriteString(" ")
+				result.WriteString(strings.TrimSpace(line))
+				continue
+			}
+			break
+		}
+		if strings.HasPrefix(line, prefix) {
+			found = true
+			result.WriteString(strings.TrimSpace(strings.TrimPrefix(line, prefix)))
+		}
+	}
+	return result.String()
+}
+
+// parseRPMDeps extracts datacenter-gpu-manager-4-core and datacenter-gpu-manager-4-proprietary
+// versions from an .rpm package's Requires metadata.
+func parseRPMDeps(t *testing.T, path string) (string, string) {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	f, err := os.Open(path)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	defer f.Close()
+
+	pkg, err := rpm.Read(f)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	var coreVersion, propVersion string
+
+	for _, req := range pkg.Requires() {
+		name := req.Name()
+		if name == "datacenter-gpu-manager-4-core" {
+			t.Logf("RPM dependency %s: epoch=%d version=%s release=%s", name, req.Epoch(), req.Version(), req.Release())
+			coreVersion = formatRPMVersion(req)
+		}
+		if name == "datacenter-gpu-manager-4-proprietary" {
+			t.Logf("RPM dependency %s: epoch=%d version=%s release=%s", name, req.Epoch(), req.Version(), req.Release())
+			propVersion = formatRPMVersion(req)
+		}
+	}
+
+	require.NotEmpty(t, coreVersion, "datacenter-gpu-manager-4-core dependency not found in RPM Requires")
+	require.NotEmpty(t, propVersion, "datacenter-gpu-manager-4-proprietary dependency not found in RPM Requires")
+
+	return coreVersion, propVersion
+}
+
+// formatRPMVersion formats an RPM dependency's version as "epoch:version-release",
+// matching the version format used in components.json.
+func formatRPMVersion(dep rpm.Dependency) string {
+	epoch := dep.Epoch()
+	version := dep.Version()
+	release := dep.Release()
+	if epoch > 0 {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%d:%s-%s", epoch, version, release)
+	}
+	if release != "" {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s", version, release)
+	}
+	return version
+}
+
 type versionCheck struct {
 	input    string
 	expected string
diff --git a/e2e/go.mod b/e2e/go.mod
index af7f4d39af0..f62938adfb1 100644
--- a/e2e/go.mod
+++ b/e2e/go.mod
@@ -17,11 +17,14 @@ require (
 	github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/resourcemanager/resources/armresources/v3 v3.0.1
 	github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/resourcemanager/storage/armstorage/v3 v3.0.0
 	github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/storage/azblob v1.6.2
+	github.com/blakesmith/ar v0.0.0-20190502131153-809d4375e1fb
 	github.com/blang/semver v3.5.1+incompatible
 	github.com/bramvdbogaerde/go-scp v1.6.0
 	github.com/caarlos0/env/v11 v11.3.1
+	github.com/cavaliergopher/rpm v1.3.0
 	github.com/coder/websocket v1.8.14
 	github.com/joho/godotenv v1.5.1
+	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.18.5
 	github.com/samber/lo v1.52.0
 	github.com/sanity-io/litter v1.5.5
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1
diff --git a/e2e/go.sum b/e2e/go.sum
index 24b8552e84f..e1a66baba18 100644
--- a/e2e/go.sum
+++ b/e2e/go.sum
@@ -52,12 +52,16 @@ github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2 v1.38.2 h1:QUkLO1aTW0yqW95pVzZS0LGFanL71hJ0a49w4TJL
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2 v1.38.2/go.mod h1:sDioUELIUO9Znk23YVmIk86/9DOpkbyyVb1i/gUNFXY=
 github.com/barkimedes/go-deepcopy v0.0.0-20220514131651-17c30cfc62df h1:GSoSVRLoBaFpOOds6QyY1L8AX7uoY+Ln3BHc22W40X0=
 github.com/barkimedes/go-deepcopy v0.0.0-20220514131651-17c30cfc62df/go.mod h1:hiVxq5OP2bUGBRNS3Z/bt/reCLFNbdcST6gISi1fiOM=
+github.com/blakesmith/ar v0.0.0-20190502131153-809d4375e1fb h1:m935MPodAbYS46DG4pJSv7WO+VECIWUQ7OJYSoTrMh4=
+github.com/blakesmith/ar v0.0.0-20190502131153-809d4375e1fb/go.mod h1:PkYb9DJNAwrSvRx5DYA+gUcOIgTGVMNkfSCbZM8cWpI=
 github.com/blang/semver v3.5.1+incompatible h1:cQNTCjp13qL8KC3Nbxr/y2Bqb63oX6wdnnjpJbkM4JQ=
 github.com/blang/semver v3.5.1+incompatible/go.mod h1:kRBLl5iJ+tD4TcOOxsy/0fnwebNt5EWlYSAyrTnjyyk=
 github.com/bramvdbogaerde/go-scp v1.6.0 h1:lDh0lUuz1dbIhJqlKLwWT7tzIRONCp1Mtx3pgQVaLQo=
 github.com/bramvdbogaerde/go-scp v1.6.0/go.mod h1:on2aH5AxaFb2G0N5Vsdy6B0Ml7k9HuHSwfo1y0QzAbQ=
 github.com/caarlos0/env/v11 v11.3.1 h1:cArPWC15hWmEt+gWk7YBi7lEXTXCvpaSdCiZE2X5mCA=
 github.com/caarlos0/env/v11 v11.3.1/go.mod h1:qupehSf/Y0TUTsxKywqRt/vJjN5nz6vauiYEUUr8P4U=
+github.com/cavaliergopher/rpm v1.3.0 h1:UHX46sasX8MesUXXQ+UbkFLUX4eUWTlEcX8jcnRBIgI=
+github.com/cavaliergopher/rpm v1.3.0/go.mod h1:vEumo1vvtrHM1Ov86f6+k8j7zNKOxQfHDCAIcR/36ZI=
 github.com/clarketm/json v1.17.1 h1:U1IxjqJkJ7bRK4L6dyphmoO840P6bdhPdbbLySourqI=
 github.com/clarketm/json v1.17.1/go.mod h1:ynr2LRfb0fQU34l07csRNBTcivjySLLiY1YzQqKVfdo=
 github.com/coder/websocket v1.8.14 h1:9L0p0iKiNOibykf283eHkKUHHrpG7f65OE3BhhO7v9g=
@@ -125,6 +129,8 @@ github.com/keybase/go-keychain v0.0.1 h1:way+bWYa6lDppZoZcgMbYsvC7GxljxrskdNInRt
 github.com/keybase/go-keychain v0.0.1/go.mod h1:PdEILRW3i9D8JcdM+FmY6RwkHGnhHxXwkPPMeUgOK1k=
 github.com/kisielk/errcheck v1.5.0/go.mod h1:pFxgyoBC7bSaBwPgfKdkLd5X25qrDl4LWUI2bnpBCr8=
 github.com/kisielk/gotool v1.0.0/go.mod h1:XhKaO+MFFWcvkIS/tQcRk01m1F5IRFswLeQ+oQHNcck=
+github.com/klauspost/compress v1.18.5 h1:/h1gH5Ce+VWNLSWqPzOVn6XBO+vJbCNGvjoaGBFW2IE=
+github.com/klauspost/compress v1.18.5/go.mod h1:cwPg85FWrGar70rWktvGQj8/hthj3wpl0PGDogxkrSQ=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1 h1:flRD4NNwYAUpkphVc1HcthR4KEIFJ65n8Mw5qdRn3LE=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1/go.mod h1:hoEshYVHaxMs3cyo3Yncou5ZscifuDolrwPKZanG3xk=
 github.com/kr/text v0.2.0 h1:5Nx0Ya0ZqY2ygV366QzturHI13Jq95ApcVaJBhpS+AY=