diff --git a/packages/solara-vuetify-app/.bumpversion.cfg b/packages/solara-vuetify-app/.bumpversion.cfg
index 6cf8735fd..b9e3104bc 100644
--- a/packages/solara-vuetify-app/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/packages/solara-vuetify-app/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -10,4 +10,6 @@ message = Bump version solara-vuetify-app: {current_version} → {new_version}
 
 [bumpversion:file:../../solara/server/templates/solara.html.j2]
 
+[bumpversion:file:../../release.sh]
+
 [bumpversion:file:../assets/hatch_build.py]
diff --git a/packages/solara-vuetify3-app/.bumpversion.cfg b/packages/solara-vuetify3-app/.bumpversion.cfg
index 94d8c0dab..4f4b840ba 100644
--- a/packages/solara-vuetify3-app/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/packages/solara-vuetify3-app/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -10,4 +10,6 @@ message = Bump version solara-vuetify3-app: {current_version} → {new_version}
 
 [bumpversion:file:../../solara/server/templates/solara.html.j2]
 
+[bumpversion:file:../../release.sh]
+
 [bumpversion:file:../assets/hatch_build.py]
diff --git a/release.sh b/release.sh
index 0f104ed03..ca4e1cf97 100755
--- a/release.sh
+++ b/release.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,25 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -e -o pipefail
 # usage: ./release minor -n
+(git diff --quiet master @widgetti/solara-vuetify-app@10.0.0 -- packages/solara-vuetify-app) || \
+    echo -e "\033[31m There are unreleased changes to the solara-vuetify-app package.\n Please release the javascript package before Solara by running \n\n \
+    \033[0m (cd packages/solara-vuetify-app && ./release.sh <patch | minor | major> -n)\n"; \
+    exit 1
+(git diff --quiet master @widgetti/solara-vuetify3-app@5.0.0 -- packages/solara-vuetify3-app) || \
+    echo -e "\033[31m There are unreleased changes to the solara-vuetify3-app package.\n Please release the javascript package before Solara by running \n\n \
+    \033[0m (cd packages/solara-vuetify3-app && ./release.sh <patch | minor | major> -n)\n"; \
+    exit 1
+(git diff --quiet master @widgetti/solara-vuetify3-app@5.0.0 -- packages/solara-widget-manager) || \
+    echo -e "\033[31m There are unreleased changes to the solara-widget-manager package.\n Please release the javascript package before Solara by running \n\n \
+    \033[0m (cd packages/solara-vuetify-app && ./release.sh <patch | minor | major> -n) && \
+    (cd packages/solara-vuetify3-app && ./release.sh <patch | minor | major> -n)\n"; \
+    exit 1
+(git diff --quiet master @widgetti/solara-vuetify3-app@5.0.0 -- packages/solara-widget-manager8) || \
+    echo -e "\033[31m There are unreleased changes to the solara-widget-manager8 package.\n Please release the javascript package before Solara by running \n\n \
+    \033[0m (cd packages/solara-vuetify-app && ./release.sh <patch | minor | major> -n) && \
+    (cd packages/solara-vuetify3-app && ./release.sh <patch | minor | major> -n)\n"; \
+    exit 1
+
 version=$(bump2version --dry-run --list $* | grep new_version | sed -r s,"^.*=",,)
 echo Version tag v$version
 bumpversion $* --verbose && git push upstream master v$version