diff --git a/.nuke/build.schema.json b/.nuke/build.schema.json
index a3624f0..b4eb72b 100644
--- a/.nuke/build.schema.json
+++ b/.nuke/build.schema.json
@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@
               "PublishPackageToGithub",
               "PublishPackageToNuGet",
               "Restore",
-              "Test"
+              "Test",
+              "Validate"
             ]
           }
         },
@@ -105,7 +106,8 @@
               "PublishPackageToGithub",
               "PublishPackageToNuGet",
               "Restore",
-              "Test"
+              "Test",
+              "Validate"
             ]
           }
         },
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 00c9f34..49a4d81 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 - Parse model position
 - Parse model name
+- Better validation for Unity meta files in build pipeline
 
 ## [2.1.2] - 2023-01-03
 
diff --git a/build/Build.cs b/build/Build.cs
index 5d738f5..871c70d 100644
--- a/build/Build.cs
+++ b/build/Build.cs
@@ -52,43 +52,38 @@ class Build : NukeBuild
 
     [GitRepository] readonly GitRepository GitRepository;
 
-    protected override void OnBuildInitialized()
-    {
-        if (GitRepository.CurrentCommitHasVersionTag())
-        {
-            // Validate latest version in changelog file matches the version tag in git
-            Assert.True(ChangelogTasksExtensions.TryGetLatestVersionInChangelog(RootDirectory / "CHANGELOG.md", out SemanticVersion version, out string rawVersionValue) && version == GitRepository.GetLatestVersionTag(),
-                $"Latest version '{rawVersionValue}' in the changelog file does not match the version tag '{GitRepository.GetLatestVersionTag()}'!");
-
-            // Verify version in Unity package file matches the version tag in git
-            dynamic packageFile = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(File.ReadAllText(Solution.VoxReader.Directory / "package.json"));
-            SemanticVersion versionInPackageFile = SemanticVersion.Parse(packageFile.version.ToString());
-
-            SemanticVersion versionTag = GitRepository.GetLatestVersionTag();
-
-            Assert.True(versionInPackageFile == versionTag, $"The version '{versionInPackageFile}' in the Unity package file does not match the latest version tag '{versionTag}'!");
-        }
-        
-        // Verify that all *.cs files have a Unity meta file (if the meta file is missing the file will be ignored when imported into Unity)
-        // TODO: check meta file for all files and directories
-        // TODO: check if meta file count is equal to source file count
-        var voxReaderSourceFiles = Solution.VoxReader.Directory.GlobFiles("**/*.cs")
-            .Where(f => !f.ToString().Contains(Solution.VoxReader.Directory / "obj"))
-            .Where(f => !f.ToString().Contains(Solution.VoxReader.Directory / "bin"))
-            .OrderBy(f => f.ToString())
-            .ToHashSet();
-        var voxReaderSourceMetaFiles = Solution.VoxReader.Directory.GlobFiles("**/*.cs.meta")
-            .Where(f => !f.ToString().Contains(Solution.VoxReader.Directory / "obj"))
-            .Where(f => !f.ToString().Contains(Solution.VoxReader.Directory / "bin"))
-            .OrderBy(f => f.ToString()).ToHashSet();
-
-        foreach (AbsolutePath sourceFile in voxReaderSourceFiles)
+    Target Validate => _ => _
+        .Executes(() =>
         {
-            Assert.True(voxReaderSourceMetaFiles.Contains((AbsolutePath)(sourceFile + ".meta")), $"'{sourceFile}' is missing a Unity .meta file!");
-        }
-    }
+            bool changelogHasValidVersion = ChangelogTasksExtensions.TryGetLatestVersionInChangelog(RootDirectory / "CHANGELOG.md", out SemanticVersion latestChangelogVersion, out string latestRawChangelogVersionValue);
+
+            SemanticVersion versionInUnityPackageFile = Helper.GetVersionFromUnityPackageFile(Solution.VoxReader.Directory / "package.json");
+
+            if (GitRepository.CurrentCommitHasVersionTag())
+            {
+                SemanticVersion versionTag = GitRepository.GetLatestVersionTag();
+
+                Assert.True(changelogHasValidVersion, $"Could not parse '{latestRawChangelogVersionValue}' as the latest version from the changelog file!");
+
+                Assert.True(latestChangelogVersion == versionInUnityPackageFile,
+                    $"The latest version '{latestChangelogVersion}' in the changelog file does not match the version '{versionInUnityPackageFile}' in the Unity package file!");
+                
+                Assert.True(latestChangelogVersion == versionTag,
+                    $"Latest version '{latestRawChangelogVersionValue}' in the changelog file does not match the version tag '{versionTag}'!");
+
+                Assert.True(versionInUnityPackageFile == versionTag,
+                    $"The version '{versionInUnityPackageFile}' in the Unity package file does not match the latest version tag '{versionTag}'!");
+            }
+
+            // Verify that all files and directories have a Unity meta file (if the meta file is missing the file will be ignored when imported into Unity)
+            Helper.AssertThatUnityMetaFilesExist(Solution.VoxReader.Directory, p =>
+                p.StartsWith(Solution.VoxReader.Directory / "bin")
+                || p.StartsWith(Solution.VoxReader.Directory / "obj")
+            );
+        });
 
     Target Clean => _ => _
+        .DependsOn(Validate)
         .Executes(() =>
         {
             EnsureCleanDirectory(PublishDirectory);
diff --git a/build/Helper.cs b/build/Helper.cs
index ecb2bf9..ae46432 100644
--- a/build/Helper.cs
+++ b/build/Helper.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
-using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using NuGet.Versioning;
 using Nuke.Common;
-using Nuke.Common.Git;
+using Nuke.Common.IO;
 
 public static class Helper
 {
@@ -22,4 +26,43 @@ public static bool IsValidVersionTag(string version, out SemanticVersion semanti
 
         return true;
     }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Checks recursively if all files and folders have a Unity meta file.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="directory">The directory to check.</param>
+    /// <param name="excludePredicate">All paths to check are passed to this function. Return TRUE to exclude the current path.</param>
+    public static void AssertThatUnityMetaFilesExist(AbsolutePath directory, Func<AbsolutePath, bool> excludePredicate = null)
+    {
+        var directories = directory.GlobDirectories("**").Where(d => d != directory);
+
+        foreach (AbsolutePath d in directories)
+        {
+            if (excludePredicate != null && excludePredicate(d))
+                continue;
+
+            Assert.True((d.Parent / (d.Name + ".meta")).FileExists(), $"The directory '{d}' does not have a Unity meta file!");
+        }
+
+        var files = directory.GlobFiles("**/*").Where(f => !f.ToString().EndsWith(".meta"));
+
+        foreach (AbsolutePath f in files)
+        {
+            if (excludePredicate != null && excludePredicate(f))
+                continue;
+
+            Assert.True((f.Parent / (f.Name + ".meta")).FileExists(), $"The file '{f}' does not have a Unity meta file!");
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static bool StartsWith(this AbsolutePath path, AbsolutePath other)
+    {
+        return path.ToString().StartsWith(other);
+    }
+
+    public static SemanticVersion GetVersionFromUnityPackageFile(AbsolutePath file)
+    {
+        dynamic packageFile = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(File.ReadAllText(file));
+        return SemanticVersion.Parse(packageFile.version.ToString());
+    }
 }
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