diff --git a/.github/scripts/release-against-charts.sh b/.github/scripts/release-against-charts.sh
index a871e554a0..23fc791abf 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/release-against-charts.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/release-against-charts.sh
@@ -58,4 +58,6 @@ git checkout release.yaml   # reset unwanted changes to release.yaml, relevant o
 git add assets/fleet* charts/fleet* index.yaml
 git commit -m "Autogenerated changes for Fleet v${NEW_FLEET_VERSION}"
 
+PACKAGE=fleet make validate
+
 popd > /dev/null
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