diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/archunit.java-release-check-conventions.gradle b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/archunit.java-release-check-conventions.gradle
index 3ee064c31..6ee53b462 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/archunit.java-release-check-conventions.gradle
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/archunit.java-release-check-conventions.gradle
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import groovy.xml.XmlSlurper
+
 import java.nio.file.Files
 import java.util.jar.JarFile
 
@@ -5,6 +7,33 @@ plugins {
     id 'archunit.java-artifact-check-conventions'
 }
 
+task ensureReleaseCheckUpToDate {
+    doFirst {
+        def mavenProject = new XmlSlurper().parseText(getExpectedPomFileContent())
+        def releaseCheckDependencies = mavenProject.dependencies.dependency
+                .findAll { it.groupId != 'com.tngtech.archunit' }
+                .collect {
+                    [groupId: it.groupId.toString(), artifactId: it.artifactId.toString(), version: it.version.toString()]
+                }
+
+        releaseCheckDependencies.each { releaseCheckDependency ->
+            def matchingProjectDependency = dependency.values().find {
+                it.group == releaseCheckDependency.groupId && it.name == releaseCheckDependency.artifactId
+            }
+            assert matchingProjectDependency != null:
+                    "No project dependency was found for expected release dependency ${releaseCheckDependency}"
+            assert matchingProjectDependency.version == releaseCheckDependency.version:
+                    "Release check dependency version ${releaseCheckDependency} doesn't match " +
+                            "project dependency version ${matchingProjectDependency}"
+        }
+    }
+}
+check.dependsOn(ensureReleaseCheckUpToDate)
+
+ext.getExpectedPomFileContent = {
+    getClass().getResourceAsStream("release_check/${project.name}.pom").text.replace('${archunit.version}', version).stripIndent()
+}
+
 task checkUploadedArtifacts {
     doLast {
         def tngRepoId = project.findProperty('tngRepoId') ?: rootProject.closeSonatypeStagingRepository.stagingRepositoryId.get()
@@ -26,10 +55,6 @@ task checkUploadedArtifacts {
             new URL("${createArtifactUrl(project.name)}.pom").text.stripIndent()
         }
 
-        def getExpectedPomFileContent = {
-            getClass().getResourceAsStream("release_check/${project.name}.pom").text.replace('${archunit.version}', version).stripIndent()
-        }
-
         def checkPom = {
             println "Verifying correct POM of ${project.name}"