diff --git a/release-tool b/release-tool
index 351630694..c3fa84d3d 100755
--- a/release-tool
+++ b/release-tool
@@ -257,7 +257,30 @@ checkChangeLog() {
     
     grep -qPzo "${RELEASE_NAME} \(\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}\)\n=+\n" CHANGELOG
     if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-        exitError "CHANGELOG does not contain any information about the '${RELEASE_NAME}' release!"
+        exitError "'CHANGELOG' has not been updated to the '${RELEASE_NAME}' release!"
+    fi
+}
+
+checkAppStreamInfo() {
+    if [ ! -f share/linux/org.keepassxc.appdata.xml ]; then
+        exitError "No AppStream info file found!"
+    fi
+
+    grep -qPzo "<release version=\"${RELEASE_NAME}\" date=\"\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}\">" share/linux/org.keepassxc.appdata.xml
+    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+        exitError "'share/linux/org.keepassxc.appdata.xml' has not been updated to the '${RELEASE_NAME}' release!"
+    fi
+}
+
+checkSnapcraft() {
+    if [ ! -f snapcraft.yaml ]; then
+        echo "No snapcraft file found!"
+        return
+    fi
+
+    grep -qPzo "version: ${RELEASE_NAME}" snapcraft.yaml
+    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+        exitError "'snapcraft.yaml' has not been updated to the '${RELEASE_NAME}' release!"
     fi
 }
 
@@ -273,18 +296,6 @@ checkTransifexCommandExists() {
     fi
 }
 
-checkSnapcraft() {
-    if [ ! -f snapcraft.yaml ]; then
-        echo "No snapcraft file found!"
-        return
-    fi
-
-    grep -qPzo "version: ${RELEASE_NAME}" snapcraft.yaml
-    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-        exitError "snapcraft.yaml has not been updated to the '${RELEASE_NAME}' release!"
-    fi
-}
-
 performChecks() {
     logInfo "Performing basic checks..."
     
@@ -309,6 +320,7 @@ performChecks() {
 
     checkVersionInCMake
     checkChangeLog
+    checkAppStreamInfo
     checkSnapcraft
     
     logInfo "\e[1m\e[32mAll checks passed!\e[0m"