diff --git a/hack/jenkins/release_update_brew.sh b/hack/jenkins/release_update_brew.sh
index 2dd6ddcc4aae38cb445e698b62226f5cf4d1d177..4ae92239b5902b9811d27c561e2e5a05264e3b99 100755
--- a/hack/jenkins/release_update_brew.sh
+++ b/hack/jenkins/release_update_brew.sh
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ readonly NEW_SHA256=$(awk '{ print $1 }' "${REPO_DIR}/out/minikube-darwin-amd64.
 readonly BUILD_DIR=$(mktemp -d)
 readonly GITHUB_USER="minikube-bot"
 
+if ! [[ "${VERSION_BUILD}" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]]; then
+  echo "NOTE: ${NEW_VERSION} appears to be a non-standard release, not updating releases.json"
+  exit 0
+fi
+
 if [ -z "${NEW_SHA256}" ]; then
   echo "SHA256 is empty :("
   exit 1
diff --git a/hack/jenkins/release_update_releases_json.sh b/hack/jenkins/release_update_releases_json.sh
index ab9988437fc74ac412920d6b1a4f7fc1cc9f661d..ca5bf04d3e6d094c1d5207a784f7b794a3c6835f 100755
--- a/hack/jenkins/release_update_releases_json.sh
+++ b/hack/jenkins/release_update_releases_json.sh
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ export DARWIN_SHA256=$(cat out/minikube-darwin-amd64.sha256)
 export LINUX_SHA256=$(cat out/minikube-linux-amd64.sha256)
 export WINDOWS_SHA256=$(cat out/minikube-windows-amd64.exe.sha256)
 
+if ! [[ "${VERSION_BUILD}" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]]; then
+  echo "NOTE: ${TAGNAME} appears to be a non-standard release, not updating releases.json"
+  exit 0
+fi
+
 # Update releases.json w/ new release in gcs and github
 git config user.name "minikube-bot"
 git config user.email "minikube-bot@google.com"