diff --git a/docker/release-images.mjs b/docker/release-images.mjs
index ce8f743ceb0f4..47c20d07646cc 100755
--- a/docker/release-images.mjs
+++ b/docker/release-images.mjs
@@ -219,11 +219,6 @@ async function main() {
   // dry run
   console.log(`INFO: dry run: ${parsedArgs.DRY_RUN}`);
 
-  // Assert if we have a release version that the version matches the cargo version
-  if (isReleaseImage(parsedArgs.IMAGE_TAG_PREFIX)) {
-    assertTagMatchesSourceVersion(parsedArgs.IMAGE_TAG_PREFIX);
-  }
-
   // get the appropriate release group based on the image tag prefix
   const imageReleaseGroup = getImageReleaseGroupByImageTagPrefix(parsedArgs.IMAGE_TAG_PREFIX);
   console.log(`INFO: image release group: ${imageReleaseGroup}`);
@@ -359,4 +354,4 @@ if (import.meta.jest === undefined) {
   // Because we do this weird import in order to test we also have to resolve imports
   // However we force the caller to actually install pnpm first here
   await lazyImports();
-}
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+}