diff --git a/usr/lib/archboot/run/release.sh b/usr/lib/archboot/run/release.sh
index bc44d5c66..cc2f1233a 100755
--- a/usr/lib/archboot/run/release.sh
+++ b/usr/lib/archboot/run/release.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 . /usr/lib/archboot/release.sh
 [[ -z "${1}" ]] && _usage
 _root_check
+_container_check
 echo "Start release creation in ${1} ..."
 _create_iso "$@" || exit 1
 _create_boot || exit 1
diff --git a/usr/lib/archboot/run/server-release.sh b/usr/lib/archboot/run/server-release.sh
index 2eaa70aa0..376f1dde4 100755
--- a/usr/lib/archboot/run/server-release.sh
+++ b/usr/lib/archboot/run/server-release.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 . /usr/lib/archboot/common.sh
 . /usr/lib/archboot/server.sh
 _root_check
+_container_check
 if echo "${_BASENAME}" | grep -qw riscv64 || echo "${_BASENAME}" | grep -qw aarch64; then
     _update_pacman_chroot || exit 1
 fi