diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 076e9f9..71a9939 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,22 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
-  build:
+  version_check:
+    name: Version Check
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      - run: pip install GitPython
+      - name: check version
+        run: ./scripts/check_version.py
+
+  create_release:
+    needs: version_check
     name: Create new release
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps: