diff --git a/.gitlab/issue_templates/release.md b/.gitlab/issue_templates/release.md
index 20f7b8ad936d0d7849817494e905dfbd7c50b60d..cc5bc7ee8326d91bef908f5edda3b6ab846fd042 100644
--- a/.gitlab/issue_templates/release.md
+++ b/.gitlab/issue_templates/release.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 * [ ] Update the version number in the `VERSION` file
 * [ ] Commit (signed)
 * [ ] Push to MR
+* [ ] Make sure master pipeline is successful before merging MR !
 * [ ] Wait for MR to get merged into master
 
 ## Push a signed tag