diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f51325d474b..e41f3641108 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ debug:
 
 .PHONY: release-test
 release-test:
+	python3 Tests/check_release_notes.py
 	python3 -m pip install -e .[tests]
 	python3 selftest.py
 	python3 -m pytest Tests
diff --git a/Tests/check_release_notes.py b/Tests/check_release_notes.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0a9a898d7f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/check_release_notes.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+
+for rst in Path("docs/releasenotes").glob("[1-9]*.rst"):
+    if "TODO" in open(rst).read():
+        sys.exit(f"Error: remove TODO from {rst}")