diff --git a/tests/integration/recipe_release.bats b/tests/integration/recipe_release.bats
index e7e365df..908c22df 100644
--- a/tests/integration/recipe_release.bats
+++ b/tests/integration/recipe_release.bats
@@ -219,6 +219,10 @@ teardown() {
 }
 
 @test "push during release fails" {
+  tagHash=$(_get_tag_hash "0.2.0+1.21.0")
+  run git -C "$ABRA_DIR/recipes/$TEST_RECIPE" checkout "$tagHash"
+  assert_success
+
   run $ABRA recipe upgrade "$TEST_RECIPE" --no-input --patch --commit
   assert_success