diff --git a/assets/inference/environments/minimal-ubuntu20.04-py39-cpu-inference/asset.yaml b/assets/inference/environments/minimal-ubuntu20.04-py39-cpu-inference/asset.yaml
index b3a045a182..8b41182f70 100644
--- a/assets/inference/environments/minimal-ubuntu20.04-py39-cpu-inference/asset.yaml
+++ b/assets/inference/environments/minimal-ubuntu20.04-py39-cpu-inference/asset.yaml
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ extra_config: environment.yaml
 test:
   pytest:
     enabled: true
-    pip_requirements: ../../tests/requirements.txt
-    tests_dir: ../../tests
+    pip_requirements: tests/requirements.txt
+    tests_dir: tests
 categories: ["Inference"]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/assets/inference/tests/minimal_inference_test.py b/assets/inference/environments/minimal-ubuntu20.04-py39-cpu-inference/tests/minimal_inference_test.py
similarity index 86%
rename from assets/inference/tests/minimal_inference_test.py
rename to assets/inference/environments/minimal-ubuntu20.04-py39-cpu-inference/tests/minimal_inference_test.py
index 54bd4f09df..a2d79a1795 100644
--- a/assets/inference/tests/minimal_inference_test.py
+++ b/assets/inference/environments/minimal-ubuntu20.04-py39-cpu-inference/tests/minimal_inference_test.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
 # Licensed under the MIT License.
 
-"""Tests running a sample job in the minimal 20.04 py38 cpu environment."""
+"""Tests running a sample job in the minimal 20.04 py39 cpu environment."""
 import os
 import time
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -10,17 +10,16 @@
 from azure.ai.ml.entities import Environment, BuildContext
 from azure.identity import AzureCliCredential
 
-BUILD_CONTEXT = Path("../environments/minimal-ubuntu20.04-py39-cpu-inference/context")
-print(f"BUILD_CONTEXT : {BUILD_CONTEXT}")
+BUILD_CONTEXT = Path("../context")
 JOB_SOURCE_CODE = "src"
 TIMEOUT_MINUTES = os.environ.get("timeout_minutes", 30)
 STD_LOG = Path("artifacts/user_logs/std_log.txt")
 
 
 def test_minimal_cpu_inference():
-    """Tests a sample job using minimal 20.04 py38 cpu as the environment."""
+    """Tests a sample job using minimal 20.04 py39 cpu as the environment."""
     this_dir = Path(__file__).parent
-    print(f"this_dir : {this_dir}")
+
     subscription_id = os.environ.get("subscription_id")
     resource_group = os.environ.get("resource_group")
     workspace_name = os.environ.get("workspace")
@@ -34,9 +33,10 @@ def test_minimal_cpu_inference():
     env_docker_context = Environment(
         build=BuildContext(path=this_dir / BUILD_CONTEXT),
         name="minimal_cpu_inference",
-        description="minimal 20.04 py38 cpu inference environment created from a Docker context.",
+        description="minimal 20.04 py39 cpu inference environment created from a Docker context.",
     )
     ml_client.environments.create_or_update(env_docker_context)
+
     # create the command
     job = command(
         code=this_dir / JOB_SOURCE_CODE,  # local path where the code is stored
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ def test_minimal_cpu_inference():
         environment=f"{env_name}@latest",
         compute=os.environ.get("cpu_cluster"),
         display_name="minimal-cpu-inference-example",
-        description="A test run of the minimal 20.04 py38 cpu inference curated environment",
+        description="A test run of the minimal 20.04 py39 cpu inference curated environment",
         experiment_name="minimalCPUInferenceExperiment"
     )
 
diff --git a/assets/inference/tests/requirements.txt b/assets/inference/environments/minimal-ubuntu20.04-py39-cpu-inference/tests/requirements.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from assets/inference/tests/requirements.txt
rename to assets/inference/environments/minimal-ubuntu20.04-py39-cpu-inference/tests/requirements.txt
diff --git a/assets/inference/tests/src/main.py b/assets/inference/environments/minimal-ubuntu20.04-py39-cpu-inference/tests/src/main.py
similarity index 100%
rename from assets/inference/tests/src/main.py
rename to assets/inference/environments/minimal-ubuntu20.04-py39-cpu-inference/tests/src/main.py
diff --git a/assets/inference/tests/src/valid_score.py b/assets/inference/environments/minimal-ubuntu20.04-py39-cpu-inference/tests/src/valid_score.py
similarity index 100%
rename from assets/inference/tests/src/valid_score.py
rename to assets/inference/environments/minimal-ubuntu20.04-py39-cpu-inference/tests/src/valid_score.py
diff --git a/assets/inference/environments/minimal-ubuntu22.04-py311-cpu-inference/asset.yaml b/assets/inference/environments/minimal-ubuntu22.04-py311-cpu-inference/asset.yaml
index e7bd3a3a17..25f6f051c0 100644
--- a/assets/inference/environments/minimal-ubuntu22.04-py311-cpu-inference/asset.yaml
+++ b/assets/inference/environments/minimal-ubuntu22.04-py311-cpu-inference/asset.yaml
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ extra_config: environment.yaml
 test:
   pytest:
     enabled: true
-    pip_requirements: ../../tests/requirements.txt
-    tests_dir: ../../tests
+    pip_requirements: tests/requirements.txt
+    tests_dir: tests
 categories: ["Inference"]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/assets/inference/environments/minimal-ubuntu22.04-py311-cpu-inference/tests/minimal_inference_test.py b/assets/inference/environments/minimal-ubuntu22.04-py311-cpu-inference/tests/minimal_inference_test.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..91e05aa6ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/inference/environments/minimal-ubuntu22.04-py311-cpu-inference/tests/minimal_inference_test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+# Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
+# Licensed under the MIT License.
+
+"""Tests running a sample job in the minimal 22.04 py311 cpu environment."""
+import os
+import time
+from pathlib import Path
+from azure.ai.ml import command, MLClient
+from azure.ai.ml._restclient.models import JobStatus
+from azure.ai.ml.entities import Environment, BuildContext
+from azure.identity import AzureCliCredential
+
+BUILD_CONTEXT = Path("../context")
+JOB_SOURCE_CODE = "src"
+TIMEOUT_MINUTES = os.environ.get("timeout_minutes", 30)
+STD_LOG = Path("artifacts/user_logs/std_log.txt")
+
+
+def test_minimal_cpu_inference():
+    """Tests a sample job using minimal 22.04 py311 cpu as the environment."""
+    this_dir = Path(__file__).parent
+
+    subscription_id = os.environ.get("subscription_id")
+    resource_group = os.environ.get("resource_group")
+    workspace_name = os.environ.get("workspace")
+
+    ml_client = MLClient(
+        AzureCliCredential(), subscription_id, resource_group, workspace_name
+    )
+
+    env_name = "minimal_cpu_inference"
+
+    env_docker_context = Environment(
+        build=BuildContext(path=this_dir / BUILD_CONTEXT),
+        name="minimal_cpu_inference",
+        description="minimal 22.04 py311 cpu inference environment created from a Docker context.",
+    )
+    ml_client.environments.create_or_update(env_docker_context)
+
+    # create the command
+    job = command(
+        code=this_dir / JOB_SOURCE_CODE,  # local path where the code is stored
+        command="python main.py --score ${{inputs.score}}",
+        inputs=dict(
+            score="valid_score.py",
+        ),
+        environment=f"{env_name}@latest",
+        compute=os.environ.get("cpu_cluster"),
+        display_name="minimal-cpu-inference-example",
+        description="A test run of the minimal 22.04 py311 cpu inference curated environment",
+        experiment_name="minimalCPUInferenceExperiment"
+    )
+
+    returned_job = ml_client.create_or_update(job)
+    assert returned_job is not None
+
+    # Poll until final status is reached or timed out
+    timeout = time.time() + (TIMEOUT_MINUTES * 60)
+    while time.time() <= timeout:
+        job = ml_client.jobs.get(returned_job.name)
+        status = job.status
+        if status in [JobStatus.COMPLETED, JobStatus.FAILED]:
+            break
+        time.sleep(30)  # sleep 30 seconds
+    else:
+        # Timeout
+        ml_client.jobs.cancel(returned_job.name)
+        raise Exception(f"Test aborted because the job took longer than {TIMEOUT_MINUTES} minutes. "
+                        f"Last status was {status}.")
+
+    if status == JobStatus.FAILED:
+        ml_client.jobs.download(returned_job.name)
+        if STD_LOG.exists():
+            print(f"*** BEGIN {STD_LOG} ***")
+            with open(STD_LOG, "r") as f:
+                print(f.read(), end="")
+            print(f"*** END {STD_LOG} ***")
+        else:
+            ml_client.jobs.stream(returned_job.name)
+
+    assert status == JobStatus.COMPLETED
diff --git a/assets/inference/environments/minimal-ubuntu22.04-py311-cpu-inference/tests/requirements.txt b/assets/inference/environments/minimal-ubuntu22.04-py311-cpu-inference/tests/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ebab2ab71f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/inference/environments/minimal-ubuntu22.04-py311-cpu-inference/tests/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+azure-ai-ml==0.1.0b4
+azure.identity==1.10.0
diff --git a/assets/inference/environments/minimal-ubuntu22.04-py311-cpu-inference/tests/src/main.py b/assets/inference/environments/minimal-ubuntu22.04-py311-cpu-inference/tests/src/main.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..95c672e87f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/inference/environments/minimal-ubuntu22.04-py311-cpu-inference/tests/src/main.py
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+# Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
+# Licensed under the MIT License.
+
+"""Validate minimal inference cpu environment by running azmlinfsrv."""
+
+# imports
+import os
+import subprocess
+import requests
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta
+import time
+import argparse
+
+
+def main(args):
+    """Start inference server and post scoring request."""
+    # start the server
+    server_process = start_server("/var/tmp", ["--entry_script", args.score, "--port", "8081"])
+
+    # score a request
+    req = score_with_post()
+    server_process.kill()
+
+    print(req)
+
+
+def start_server(log_directory, args, timeout=timedelta(seconds=15)):
+    """Start inference server with options."""
+    stderr_file = open(os.path.join(log_directory, "stderr.txt"), "w")
+    stdout_file = open(os.path.join(log_directory, "stdout.txt"), "w")
+
+    env = os.environ.copy()
+    server_process = subprocess.Popen(["azmlinfsrv"] + args, stdout=stdout_file, stderr=stderr_file, env=env)
+
+    max_time = datetime.now() + timeout
+
+    while datetime.now() < max_time:
+        time.sleep(0.25)
+        req = None
+        try:
+            req = requests.get("http://127.0.0.1:8081", timeout=10)
+        except Exception as e:
+            print(e)
+
+        if req is not None and req.ok:
+            break
+
+        # Ensure the server is still running
+        status = server_process.poll()
+        if status is not None:
+            break
+
+    print(log_directory, "stderr.txt")
+    print(log_directory, "stdout.txt")
+
+    return server_process
+
+
+def score_with_post(headers=None, data=None):
+    """Post scoring request to the server."""
+    url = "http://127.0.0.1:8081/score"
+    return requests.post(url=url, headers=headers, data=data)
+
+
+def parse_args():
+    """Parse input arguments."""
+    # setup arg parser
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+
+    # add arguments
+    parser.add_argument("--score", type=str)
+
+    # parse args
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    # return args
+    return args
+
+
+# run script
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    # parse args
+    args = parse_args()
+
+    # run main function
+    main(args)
diff --git a/assets/inference/environments/minimal-ubuntu22.04-py311-cpu-inference/tests/src/valid_score.py b/assets/inference/environments/minimal-ubuntu22.04-py311-cpu-inference/tests/src/valid_score.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8642f1d230
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/inference/environments/minimal-ubuntu22.04-py311-cpu-inference/tests/src/valid_score.py
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
+# Licensed under the MIT License.
+
+"""A basic entry script."""
+
+# imports
+import uuid
+import os
+from datetime import datetime
+from azureml_inference_server_http.api.aml_response import AMLResponse
+from azureml_inference_server_http.api.aml_request import rawhttp
+
+
+def init():
+    """Sample init function."""
+    print("Initializing")
+
+
+@rawhttp
+def run(input_data):
+    """Sample run function."""
+    print('A new request received~~~')
+    try:
+        r = dict()
+        r['request_id'] = str(uuid.uuid4())
+        r['now'] = datetime.now().strftime("%Y/%m/%d %H:%M:%S %f")
+        r['pid'] = os.getpid()
+        r['message'] = "this is a sample"
+
+        return AMLResponse(r, 200, json_str=True)
+    except Exception as e:
+        error = str(e)
+
+        return AMLResponse({'error': error}, 500, json_str=True)