diff --git a/test/system/001-basic.bats b/test/system/001-basic.bats
index 2f7f0966ca..f7c97e1266 100644
--- a/test/system/001-basic.bats
+++ b/test/system/001-basic.bats
@@ -245,4 +245,13 @@ run_podman --noout system connection ls
     is "${lines[-1]}" ".*Shutting down engines"
 }
 
+@test "release" {
+  [[ "${RELEASE_TESTING:-false}" == "true" ]] || \
+    skip "Release testing may be enabled by setting \$RELEASE_TESTING = 'true'."
+
+  run_podman --version
+
+  assert "$output" "!~" "dev" "The Podman version string does not mention 'dev'."
+}
+
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