diff --git a/.github/scripts/check-release.sh b/.github/scripts/check-release.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6b9ebe6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/scripts/check-release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Checking if current tag matches the package version
+current_tag=$(echo $GITHUB_REF | tr -d 'refs/tags/')
+file1='version.go'
+file_tag1=$(grep 'const VERSION' -A 0 $file1 | cut -d '=' -f2 | tr -d '"' | tr -d ' ')
+
+if [ "$current_tag" != "$file_tag1" ]; then
+  echo "Error: the current tag does not match the version in package file(s)."
+  echo "$file1: found $file_tag1 - expected $current_tag"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+echo 'OK'
+exit 0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-check.yml b/.github/workflows/release-check.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3ae46398
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-check.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+name: Validate release version
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - "[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+"
+
+jobs:
+  publish:
+    name: Validate release version
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Check release validity
+        run: sh .github/scripts/check-release.sh
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 99afb3e8..d2d5584f 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -110,6 +110,12 @@ _[Read more about this](https://github.com/meilisearch/integration-guides/blob/m
 
 ⚠️ Before doing anything, make sure you got through the guide about [Releasing an Integration](https://github.com/meilisearch/integration-guides/blob/main/resources/integration-release.md).
 
+Make a PR updating the version with the new one on this file:
+- [`version.go`](/version.go):
+  ```go
+    const VERSION = "X.X.X"
+  ```
+
 Once the changes are merged on `main`, you can publish the current draft release via the [GitHub interface](https://github.com/meilisearch/meilisearch-go/releases): on this page, click on `Edit` (related to the draft release) > update the description (be sure you apply [these recommandations](https://github.com/meilisearch/integration-guides/blob/main/resources/integration-release.md#writting-the-release-description)) > when you are ready, click on `Publish release`.
 
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