diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6d1b42bcfd..6752220fb4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ vendorcheck:
 	./verify-vendor.sh
 
 .PHONY: check
-check: cross build_e2e_all $(HOST_BUILD_DIR)/crc-embedder test cross-lint vendorcheck build_integration_all
+check: cross build_e2e_all $(HOST_BUILD_DIR)/crc-embedder test cross-lint check-release-info vendorcheck build_integration_all
 
 # Start of the actual build targets
 
@@ -292,6 +292,9 @@ gen_release_info:
 	@sed -i s/@GIT_COMMIT_SHA@/$(COMMIT_SHA)/ $(RELEASE_INFO)
 	@sed -i s/@OPENSHIFT_VERSION@/$(OPENSHIFT_VERSION)/ $(RELEASE_INFO)
 
+check-release-info: gen_release_info
+	cat $(RELEASE_INFO) |jq .
+
 .PHONY: linux-release-binary macos-release-binary windows-release-binary
 linux-release-binary: LDFLAGS+= $(RELEASE_VERSION_VARIABLES)
 linux-release-binary: $(BUILD_DIR)/linux-amd64/crc