diff --git a/doc/rpm-build/release-appcenter.sh b/doc/rpm-build/release-appcenter.sh
index f6b9f87481..71c2d38598 100755
--- a/doc/rpm-build/release-appcenter.sh
+++ b/doc/rpm-build/release-appcenter.sh
@@ -42,6 +42,16 @@ done
 	exit 1
 }
 
+# check $version is already in changelog
+grep -q "$version.$packaging" $(dirname $0)/debian.changes || {
+  git pull
+  grep -q "$version.$packaging" $(dirname $0)/debian.changes || {
+    echo "No $version.$packaging in changelog ($(dirname $0)/debian.changes)!"
+    echo "Did you pushed it to the branch?"
+    exit 1
+  }
+}
+
 ucs=4.4
 
 univention-appcenter-control list | tee /tmp/ucs-apps | egrep "$ucs/egroupware=$version.$packaging$postfix" || {
@@ -69,4 +79,4 @@ sed -i "" \
 	-e "s|image:.*docker.software-univention.de/egroupware-push.*|image: phpswoole/swoole:5.0-php8.1-alpine|" \
 	-e "s|image:.*docker.software-univention.de/egroupware-nginx.*|image: nginx:stable-alpine|" \
 	/tmp/compose
-$debug univention-appcenter-control upload $ucs/egroupware=$version.$packaging$postfix /tmp/compose
+$debug univention-appcenter-control upload $ucs/egroupware=$version.$packaging$postfix /tmp/compose
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