diff --git a/substrate/.maintain/gitlab/check_runtime.sh b/substrate/.maintain/gitlab/check_runtime.sh
index c7ce7d5f28..2355461cb7 100755
--- a/substrate/.maintain/gitlab/check_runtime.sh
+++ b/substrate/.maintain/gitlab/check_runtime.sh
@@ -30,8 +30,9 @@ github_label () {
 boldprint "latest 10 commits of ${CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME}"
 git log --graph --oneline --decorate=short -n 10
 
-boldprint "make sure the master branch is available in shallow clones"
+boldprint "make sure the master branch and release tag are available in shallow clones"
 git fetch --depth=${GIT_DEPTH:-100} origin master
+git fetch --depth=${GIT_DEPTH:-100} origin release
 
 
 boldprint "check if the wasm sources changed"