diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 55aba81ee..022b24677 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ test:
 
 .PHONY: bench
 bench:
+	# TODO: Investigate why benchmarks require more sockets: ulimit -n 10240
 	go test -bench=. -v *.go
 	go test -bench=. -v toxics/*.go
 
@@ -39,21 +40,7 @@ release-dry:
 
 .PHONY: release-test
 release-test: test bench e2e release-dry
-	version="$(shell git describe --abbrev=0 --tags)"
-
-	docker run -v $(PWD)/dist:/dist --pull always --rm -it ubuntu bash -c "dpkg -i /dist/toxiproxy_*_linux_amd64.deb; ls -1 /usr/bin/toxiproxy-*; /usr/bin/toxiproxy-cli --version | grep \"toxiproxy-cli version $(version)\""
-	docker run -v $(PWD)/dist:/dist --pull always --rm -it centos bash -c "yum install -y /dist/toxiproxy_*_linux_amd64.rpm; ls -1 /usr/bin/toxiproxy-*; /usr/bin/toxiproxy-cli --version | grep \"toxiproxy-cli version $(version)\""
-	docker run -v $(PWD)/dist:/dist --pull always --rm -it alpine sh -c "apk add --allow-untrusted --no-cache /dist/toxiproxy_*_linux_amd64.apk; ls -1 /usr/bin/toxiproxy-*; /usr/bin/toxiproxy-cli --version | grep \"toxiproxy-cli version $(version)\""
-
-	tar -ztvf dist/toxiproxy_*_linux_amd64.tar.gz | grep toxiproxy-server
-	tar -ztvf dist/toxiproxy_*_linux_amd64.tar.gz | grep toxiproxy-cli
-
-	goreleaser build --rm-dist --single-target --skip-validate --id server
-	./dist/toxiproxy-server-* --help 2>&1 | grep "Usage of ./dist/toxiproxy-server"
-
-	goreleaser build --rm-dist --single-target --skip-validate --id client
-	./dist/toxiproxy-cli-* --version | grep "toxiproxy-cli version $(version)"
-
+	bin/release_test
 
 .PHONY: setup
 setup:
diff --git a/bin/release_test b/bin/release_test
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..28c472b9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/release_test
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -ueo pipefail
+
+VERSION_FULL="$(git describe --abbrev=0 --tags)"
+VERSION=${VERSION_FULL:1}
+ARCH=$(uname -m)
+
+docker run -v $(PWD)/dist:/dist --pull always --rm -it ubuntu bash -c "set -xe; dpkg -i /dist/toxiproxy_*_linux_${ARCH}.deb; ls -1 /usr/bin/toxiproxy-*; /usr/bin/toxiproxy-cli --version ; /usr/bin/toxiproxy-cli --version | grep -o -e 'toxiproxy-cli version ${VERSION}'"
+docker run -v $(PWD)/dist:/dist --pull always --rm -it centos bash -c "set -xe; yum install -y /dist/toxiproxy_*_linux_${ARCH}.rpm; ls -1 /usr/bin/toxiproxy-*; /usr/bin/toxiproxy-cli --version | grep \"toxiproxy-cli version ${VERSION}\""
+docker run -v $(PWD)/dist:/dist --pull always --rm -it alpine sh -c "set -xe; apk add --allow-untrusted --no-cache /dist/toxiproxy_*_linux_${ARCH}.apk; ls -1 /usr/bin/toxiproxy-*; /usr/bin/toxiproxy-cli --version | grep \"toxiproxy-cli version ${VERSION}\""
+
+tar -ztvf dist/toxiproxy_*_linux_amd64.tar.gz | grep toxiproxy-server
+tar -ztvf dist/toxiproxy_*_linux_amd64.tar.gz | grep toxiproxy-cli
+
+goreleaser build --rm-dist --single-target --skip-validate --id server
+./dist/toxiproxy-server-* --help 2>&1 | grep "Usage of ./dist/toxiproxy-server"
+
+goreleaser build --rm-dist --single-target --skip-validate --id client
+./dist/toxiproxy-cli-* --version | grep "toxiproxy-cli version ${VERSION}"