diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 057c08a3fb..44a0a6a7f2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -82,6 +82,10 @@ terraform-fmt:
 	@terraform fmt -recursive
 .PHONY: terraform-fmt
 
+# Check for hashicorppreview containers
+check-preview-containers:
+	@source $(CURDIR)/control-plane/build-support/scripts/check-hashicorppreview.sh
+
 
 # ===========> CLI Targets
 cli-dev:
@@ -200,7 +204,7 @@ aks-test-packages:
 check-env:
 	@printenv | grep "CONSUL_K8S"
 
-prepare-release: ## Sets the versions, updates changelog to prepare this repository to release
+prepare-release-script: ## Sets the versions, updates changelog to prepare this repository to release
 ifndef CONSUL_K8S_RELEASE_VERSION
 	$(error CONSUL_K8S_RELEASE_VERSION is required)
 endif
@@ -213,7 +217,9 @@ endif
 ifndef CONSUL_K8S_CONSUL_VERSION
 	$(error CONSUL_K8S_CONSUL_VERSION is required)
 endif
-	source $(CURDIR)/control-plane/build-support/scripts/functions.sh; prepare_release $(CURDIR) $(CONSUL_K8S_RELEASE_VERSION) "$(CONSUL_K8S_RELEASE_DATE)" $(CONSUL_K8S_LAST_RELEASE_GIT_TAG) $(CONSUL_K8S_CONSUL_VERSION) $(CONSUL_K8S_CONSUL_DATAPLANE_VERSION) $(CONSUL_K8S_PRERELEASE_VERSION)
+	@source $(CURDIR)/control-plane/build-support/scripts/functions.sh; prepare_release $(CURDIR) $(CONSUL_K8S_RELEASE_VERSION) "$(CONSUL_K8S_RELEASE_DATE)" $(CONSUL_K8S_LAST_RELEASE_GIT_TAG) $(CONSUL_K8S_CONSUL_VERSION) $(CONSUL_K8S_CONSUL_DATAPLANE_VERSION) $(CONSUL_K8S_PRERELEASE_VERSION); \
+
+prepare-release: prepare-release-script check-preview-containers
 
 prepare-dev:
 ifndef CONSUL_K8S_RELEASE_VERSION
diff --git a/control-plane/build-support/scripts/check-hashicorppreview.sh b/control-plane/build-support/scripts/check-hashicorppreview.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..cd694dad93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/control-plane/build-support/scripts/check-hashicorppreview.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Copyright (c) HashiCorp, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
+echo "Checking charts for hashicorpreview images. . ."
+if grep -rnw -e 'hashicorppreview'  './charts'; then
+    echo Charts contain hashicorppreview images. If this is intended for release, please remove the preview images.
+else
+    echo Charts do not contain hashicorpreview images, ready for release!
+fi
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