diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yaml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yaml
index a7b1b836..76ca6b9f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yaml
@@ -9,17 +9,10 @@ jobs:
       name: Release Dev
       runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
-      container:
-        image: goreleaser/goreleaser-cross:v1.19.5
-        options: --user root
-
       steps:
         - name: Checkout
           uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
-        - name: Set safe directory
-          run: git config --system --add safe.directory '/__w/archway/archway'
-
         - name: Set short git commit SHA
           id: vars
           run: |
@@ -37,9 +30,6 @@ jobs:
         - name: Set up Docker Buildx
           uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v2
 
-        - name: Install package
-          run: apt install wget
-
         - name: GoReleaser
           run: make release
           env:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index a9429090..4eb2820f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -9,17 +9,10 @@ jobs:
       name: Release
       runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
-      container:
-        image: goreleaser/goreleaser-cross:v1.19.5
-        options: --user root
-
       steps:
         - name: Checkout
           uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
-        - name: Set safe directory
-          run: git config --system --add safe.directory '/__w/archway/archway'
-
         - name: Set up Go
           uses: actions/setup-go@v3
           with:
@@ -31,9 +24,6 @@ jobs:
         - name: Set up Docker Buildx
           uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v2
 
-        - name: Install package
-          run: apt install wget
-
         - name: GoReleaser
           run: make release
           env:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yaml b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
index f0ce3c27..d55c3c24 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
@@ -52,3 +52,29 @@ jobs:
           files: ./coverage.txt
           fail_ci_if_error: true
         if: env.GIT_DIFF
+  release-check:
+      name: Check release
+      runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+      steps:
+        - name: Checkout
+          uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+        - run: git fetch --prune --unshallow
+
+        - name: Set up Go
+          uses: actions/setup-go@v3
+          with:
+            go-version-file: go.mod
+
+        - name: Set up QEMU
+          uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v2
+
+        - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+          uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v2
+
+        - name: GoReleaser
+          run: make release-dryrun
+          env:
+            RELEASE: false
+            GITHUB_TOKEN: ""
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 28697ae8..bec0039e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ Contains all the PRs that improved the code without changing the behaviours.
 - [#361](https://github.com/archway-network/archway/pull/361) - Readd missing deprecated Dockerhub build phase
 - [#362](https://github.com/archway-network/archway/pull/362) - wrong reference in the deploy pipeline
 - [#363](https://github.com/archway-network/archway/pull/363) - move safe dir up in the pipeline
+- [#365](https://github.com/archway-network/archway/pull/365) - add release tests
 
 ### Fixed
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 03d22cdf..3a218d6f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -211,11 +211,11 @@ localnet:
 release-dryrun:
 	$(DOCKER) run \
 		--rm \
-		-v "$(CURDIR)":/code \
-		-w /code \
 		-e LIBWASM_VERSION=$(LIBWASM_VERSION) \
 		-e RELEASE=$(RELEASE) \
 		-v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
+		-v `pwd`:/go/src/github.com/archway-network/archway \
+		-w /go/src/github.com/archway-network/archway \
 		goreleaser/goreleaser-cross:$(GORELEASER_VERSION) \
 		--skip-publish \
 		--clean \
@@ -224,12 +224,12 @@ release-dryrun:
 release:
 	$(DOCKER) run \
 		--rm \
-		-v "$(CURDIR)":/code \
-		-w /code \
 		-e LIBWASM_VERSION=$(LIBWASM_VERSION) \
 		-e RELEASE=$(RELEASE) \
 		-e GITHUB_TOKEN="$(GITHUB_TOKEN)" \
 		-v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
+		-v `pwd`:/go/src/github.com/archway-network/archway \
+		-w /go/src/github.com/archway-network/archway \
 		goreleaser/goreleaser-cross:$(GORELEASER_VERSION) \
 		--clean