diff --git a/packaging/bundle-validation/ci_run.sh b/packaging/bundle-validation/ci_run.sh
index d8d1ba93b247b..7b7c897d7460d 100755
--- a/packaging/bundle-validation/ci_run.sh
+++ b/packaging/bundle-validation/ci_run.sh
@@ -133,10 +133,12 @@ if [ -z "$STAGING_REPO_NUM" ] && [ -z "$MAVEN_BASE_URL" ]; then
   echo 'Adding built bundle jars for validation'
   if [[ "$SCALA_PROFILE" != 'scala-2.13' ]]; then
     # For Scala 2.13, Flink is not support, so skipping the Flink bundle validation
+    cp ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/packaging/hudi-cli-bundle/target/hudi-*-$HUDI_VERSION.jar $TMP_JARS_DIR/
     cp ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/packaging/hudi-flink-bundle/target/hudi-*-$HUDI_VERSION.jar $TMP_JARS_DIR/
     cp ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/packaging/hudi-kafka-connect-bundle/target/hudi-*-$HUDI_VERSION.jar $TMP_JARS_DIR/
     cp ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/packaging/hudi-metaserver-server-bundle/target/hudi-*-$HUDI_VERSION.jar $TMP_JARS_DIR/
   fi
+  cp ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/packaging/hudi-cli-bundle/target/hudi-*-$HUDI_VERSION.jar $TMP_JARS_DIR/
   cp ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/packaging/hudi-hadoop-mr-bundle/target/hudi-*-$HUDI_VERSION.jar $TMP_JARS_DIR/
   cp ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/packaging/hudi-spark-bundle/target/hudi-*-$HUDI_VERSION.jar $TMP_JARS_DIR/
   cp ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/packaging/hudi-utilities-bundle/target/hudi-*-$HUDI_VERSION.jar $TMP_JARS_DIR/
@@ -145,27 +147,33 @@ if [ -z "$STAGING_REPO_NUM" ] && [ -z "$MAVEN_BASE_URL" ]; then
 else
   echo 'Adding environment variables for bundles in the release candidate or artifact'
 
+  HUDI_CLI_BUNDLE_NAME=hudi-cli-bundle
   HUDI_HADOOP_MR_BUNDLE_NAME=hudi-hadoop-mr-bundle
   HUDI_KAFKA_CONNECT_BUNDLE_NAME=hudi-kafka-connect-bundle
   HUDI_METASERVER_SERVER_BUNDLE_NAME=hudi-metaserver-server-bundle
 
   if [[ ${SPARK_PROFILE} == 'spark3.3' ]]; then
+    HUDI_CLI_BUNDLE_NAME=hudi-cli-bundle_2.12
     HUDI_SPARK_BUNDLE_NAME=hudi-spark3.3-bundle_2.12
     HUDI_UTILITIES_BUNDLE_NAME=hudi-utilities-bundle_2.12
     HUDI_UTILITIES_SLIM_BUNDLE_NAME=hudi-utilities-slim-bundle_2.12
   elif [[ ${SPARK_PROFILE} == 'spark3.4' ]]; then
+    HUDI_CLI_BUNDLE_NAME=hudi-cli-bundle_2.12
     HUDI_SPARK_BUNDLE_NAME=hudi-spark3.4-bundle_2.12
     HUDI_UTILITIES_BUNDLE_NAME=hudi-utilities-bundle_2.12
     HUDI_UTILITIES_SLIM_BUNDLE_NAME=hudi-utilities-slim-bundle_2.12
   elif [[ ${SPARK_PROFILE} == 'spark3.5' && ${SCALA_PROFILE} == 'scala-2.12' ]]; then
+    HUDI_CLI_BUNDLE_NAME=hudi-cli-bundle_2.12
     HUDI_SPARK_BUNDLE_NAME=hudi-spark3.5-bundle_2.12
     HUDI_UTILITIES_BUNDLE_NAME=hudi-utilities-bundle_2.12
     HUDI_UTILITIES_SLIM_BUNDLE_NAME=hudi-utilities-slim-bundle_2.12
   elif [[ ${SPARK_PROFILE} == 'spark3.5' && ${SCALA_PROFILE} == 'scala-2.13' ]]; then
+    HUDI_CLI_BUNDLE_NAME=hudi-cli-bundle_2.13
     HUDI_SPARK_BUNDLE_NAME=hudi-spark3.5-bundle_2.13
     HUDI_UTILITIES_BUNDLE_NAME=hudi-utilities-bundle_2.13
     HUDI_UTILITIES_SLIM_BUNDLE_NAME=hudi-utilities-slim-bundle_2.13
   elif [[ ${SPARK_PROFILE} == 'spark3' ]]; then
+    HUDI_CLI_BUNDLE_NAME=hudi-cli-bundle_2.12
     HUDI_SPARK_BUNDLE_NAME=hudi-spark3-bundle_2.12
     HUDI_UTILITIES_BUNDLE_NAME=hudi-utilities-bundle_2.12
     HUDI_UTILITIES_SLIM_BUNDLE_NAME=hudi-utilities-slim-bundle_2.12
@@ -188,6 +196,7 @@ else
   fi
 
   echo "Downloading bundle jars from base URL - $REPO_BASE_URL ..."
+  wget -q $REPO_BASE_URL/$HUDI_CLI_BUNDLE_NAME/$HUDI_VERSION/$HUDI_CLI_BUNDLE_NAME-$HUDI_VERSION.jar -P $TMP_JARS_DIR/
   wget -q $REPO_BASE_URL/$HUDI_FLINK_BUNDLE_NAME/$HUDI_VERSION/$HUDI_FLINK_BUNDLE_NAME-$HUDI_VERSION.jar -P $TMP_JARS_DIR/
   wget -q $REPO_BASE_URL/$HUDI_HADOOP_MR_BUNDLE_NAME/$HUDI_VERSION/$HUDI_HADOOP_MR_BUNDLE_NAME-$HUDI_VERSION.jar -P $TMP_JARS_DIR/
   wget -q $REPO_BASE_URL/$HUDI_KAFKA_CONNECT_BUNDLE_NAME/$HUDI_VERSION/$HUDI_KAFKA_CONNECT_BUNDLE_NAME-$HUDI_VERSION.jar -P $TMP_JARS_DIR/
diff --git a/packaging/bundle-validation/cli/commands.txt b/packaging/bundle-validation/cli/commands.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..eaebd50d17279
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/bundle-validation/cli/commands.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+create --path file:///tmp/hudi-bundles/tests/table --tableName trips --tableType COPY_ON_WRITE
+connect --path file:///tmp/hudi-bundles/tests/table
+desc
+commits show
+exit
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packaging/bundle-validation/cli/conf/hudi-env.sh b/packaging/bundle-validation/cli/conf/hudi-env.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..5d2cc36c2bbd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/bundle-validation/cli/conf/hudi-env.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+#  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+#  or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+#  distributed with this work for additional information
+#  regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+#  to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+#  "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+#  with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# Set the necessary environment variables
+export HADOOP_CONF_DIR=${HADOOP_CONF_DIR:-"/etc/hadoop/conf"}
+export SPARK_CONF_DIR=${SPARK_CONF_DIR:-"/etc/spark/conf"}
+export CLIENT_JAR=${CLIENT_JAR}
diff --git a/packaging/bundle-validation/cli/hudi-cli-with-bundle.sh b/packaging/bundle-validation/cli/hudi-cli-with-bundle.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000..ecb5adc0fb643
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/bundle-validation/cli/hudi-cli-with-bundle.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+#  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+#  or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+#  distributed with this work for additional information
+#  regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+#  to you 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.
+
+JAKARTA_EL_VERSION=3.0.3
+DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+echo "DIR is ${DIR}"
+
+if [ -z "$CLI_BUNDLE_JAR" ]; then
+  echo "Inferring CLI_BUNDLE_JAR path assuming this script is under Hudi repo"
+  CLI_BUNDLE_JAR=`ls $DIR/target/hudi-cli-bundle*.jar | grep -v source | grep -v javadoc`
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$SPARK_BUNDLE_JAR" ]; then
+  echo "Inferring SPARK_BUNDLE_JAR path assuming this script is under Hudi repo"
+  SPARK_BUNDLE_JAR=`ls $DIR/../hudi-spark-bundle/target/hudi-spark*-bundle*.jar | grep -v source | grep -v javadoc`
+fi
+
+echo "CLI_BUNDLE_JAR: $CLI_BUNDLE_JAR"
+echo "SPARK_BUNDLE_JAR: $SPARK_BUNDLE_JAR"
+
+if [ -z "$HUDI_CONF_DIR" ]; then
+  echo "HUDI_CONF_DIR not set, setting HUDI_CONF_DIR"
+  HUDI_CONF_DIR="${DIR}"/conf
+fi
+
+echo "HUDI_CONF_DIR: $HUDI_CONF_DIR"
+
+# hudi aux lib contains jakarta.el jars, which need to be put directly on class path
+HUDI_AUX_LIB="${DIR}"/auxlib
+
+if [ ! -d $HUDI_AUX_LIB ]; then
+  echo "Downloading necessary auxiliary jars for Hudi CLI to $HUDI_AUX_LIB"
+  wget https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/glassfish/jakarta.el/$JAKARTA_EL_VERSION/jakarta.el-$JAKARTA_EL_VERSION.jar -P $HUDI_AUX_LIB
+  wget https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/jakarta/el/jakarta.el-api/$JAKARTA_EL_VERSION/jakarta.el-api-$JAKARTA_EL_VERSION.jar -P $HUDI_AUX_LIB
+fi
+
+. "${DIR}"/conf/hudi-env.sh
+
+if [ -z "$CLI_BUNDLE_JAR" ] || [ -z "$SPARK_BUNDLE_JAR" ]; then
+  echo "Make sure to generate both the hudi-cli-bundle.jar and hudi-spark-bundle.jar before running this script."
+  exit
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$SPARK_HOME" ]; then
+  echo "SPARK_HOME not set, setting to /usr/local/spark"
+  export SPARK_HOME="/usr/local/spark"
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$CLIENT_JAR" ]; then
+  echo "Client jar location not set, please set it in conf/hudi-env.sh"
+fi
+
+echo "Running : java -cp ${HUDI_CONF_DIR}:${HUDI_AUX_LIB}/*:${SPARK_HOME}/*:${SPARK_HOME}/jars/*:${HADOOP_CONF_DIR}:${SPARK_CONF_DIR}:${CLI_BUNDLE_JAR}:${SPARK_BUNDLE_JAR}:${CLIENT_JAR} -DSPARK_CONF_DIR=${SPARK_CONF_DIR} -DHADOOP_CONF_DIR=${HADOOP_CONF_DIR} org.apache.hudi.cli.Main $@"
+java -cp ${HUDI_CONF_DIR}:${HUDI_AUX_LIB}/*:${SPARK_HOME}/*:${SPARK_HOME}/jars/*:${HADOOP_CONF_DIR}:${SPARK_CONF_DIR}:${CLI_BUNDLE_JAR}:${SPARK_BUNDLE_JAR}:${CLIENT_JAR} -DSPARK_CONF_DIR=${SPARK_CONF_DIR} -DHADOOP_CONF_DIR=${HADOOP_CONF_DIR} org.apache.hudi.cli.Main $@
diff --git a/packaging/bundle-validation/validate.sh b/packaging/bundle-validation/validate.sh
index 84459cf0d1752..83e5dae77542f 100755
--- a/packaging/bundle-validation/validate.sh
+++ b/packaging/bundle-validation/validate.sh
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ ln -sf $JARS_DIR/hudi-spark*.jar $JARS_DIR/spark.jar
 ln -sf $JARS_DIR/hudi-utilities-bundle*.jar $JARS_DIR/utilities.jar
 ln -sf $JARS_DIR/hudi-utilities-slim*.jar $JARS_DIR/utilities-slim.jar
 ln -sf $JARS_DIR/hudi-metaserver-server-bundle*.jar $JARS_DIR/metaserver.jar
+ln -sf $JARS_DIR/hudi-cli-bundle*.jar $JARS_DIR/cli.jar
 
 ##
 # Function to change Java runtime version by changing JAVA_HOME
@@ -268,11 +269,57 @@ test_metaserver_bundle () {
     kill $DERBY_PID $HIVE_PID $METASEVER_PID
 }
 
+##
+# Function to test the hudi-cli bundle.
+# It creates a test table and connects to it using CLI commands
+#
+# env vars
+#   SPARK_HOME: path to the spark directory
+#   CLI_BUNDLE_JAR: path to the hudi cli bundle jar
+#   SPARK_BUNDLE_JAR: path to the hudi spark bundle jar
+##
+test_cli_bundle() {
+    echo "::warning::validate.sh setting up CLI bundle validation"
+
+    # Create a temporary directory for CLI commands output
+    CLI_TEST_DIR="/tmp/hudi-bundles/tests/log"
+    mkdir -p $CLI_TEST_DIR
+
+    # Set required environment variables
+    export SPARK_HOME=$SPARK_HOME
+    export CLI_BUNDLE_JAR=$JARS_DIR/cli.jar
+    export SPARK_BUNDLE_JAR=$JARS_DIR/spark.jar
+
+    # Execute with debug output
+    echo "Executing Hudi CLI commands..."
+    $WORKDIR/cli/hudi-cli-with-bundle.sh < $WORKDIR/cli/commands.txt 2>&1 | tee $CLI_TEST_DIR/output.txt
+
+    # Verify table was created
+    if [ ! -d "/tmp/hudi-bundles/tests/table/.hoodie" ]; then
+        echo "::error::validate.sh CLI bundle validation failed - Table directory not created"
+        return 1
+    fi
+
+    if ! grep -q "Metadata for table trips loaded" $CLI_TEST_DIR/output.txt; then
+        echo "::error::validate.sh CLI bundle validation failed - Table connection failed"
+        return 1
+    fi
+
+    echo "::warning::validate.sh CLI bundle validation was successful"
+    return 0
+}
 
 ############################
 # Execute tests
 ############################
 
+echo "::warning::validate.sh validating cli bundle"
+test_cli_bundle
+if [ "$?" -ne 0 ]; then
+    exit 1
+fi
+echo "::warning::validate.sh done validating cli bundle"
+
 echo "::warning::validate.sh validating spark & hadoop-mr bundle"
 test_spark_hadoop_mr_bundles
 if [ "$?" -ne 0 ]; then