diff --git a/scripts/release b/scripts/release
index 1bbc45a7ee8..635f63b8d0a 100755
--- a/scripts/release
+++ b/scripts/release
@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@ main() {
       echo "Wrong etcd version in version/version.go. Expected ${etcd_version} but got ${VERSION}. Aborting."
       exit 1
     fi
+    echo "bin/etcd --version:"
+    bin/etcd --version
+    sleep 3
 
     if [[ ! -z $(git status -s) ]]; then
       echo "Committing version/version.go update."
@@ -152,6 +155,9 @@ main() {
   # Sanity checks.
   ./release/etcd-${RELEASE_VERSION}-$(go env GOOS)-amd64/etcd --version | grep -q "etcd Version: ${VERSION}" || true
   ./release/etcd-${RELEASE_VERSION}-$(go env GOOS)-amd64/etcdctl version | grep -q "etcdctl version: ${VERSION}" || true
+  echo "./release/etcd-${RELEASE_VERSION}-$(go env GOOS)-amd64/etcd --version:"
+  ./release/etcd-${RELEASE_VERSION}-$(go env GOOS)-amd64/etcd --version
+  sleep 3
 
   # Upload artifacts.
   if [ "${NO_UPLOAD}" == 1 ]; then