diff --git a/dev-tools/release/utils/check_release.py b/dev-tools/release/utils/check_release.py
index 215b9421f843effad87683ea5115edb7d8029733..716334040688aa33f851503a42d0b14c41e78472 100644
--- a/dev-tools/release/utils/check_release.py
+++ b/dev-tools/release/utils/check_release.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ def check_tarball():
     run_command(cmd)
     cmd = "cd %s/build; cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=../installed ../BornAgain-%s; make -j8; make check; make install" % (get_checktarball_dir(), get_version())
     run_command(cmd)
-    cmd = "source %s/installed/bin/thisbornagain.sh; python -c \"from libBornAgainCore import *; print GetVersionNumber()\"" % (get_checktarball_dir())
+    cmd = "cd %s/installed/lib; python -c \"from libBornAgainCore import *; print GetVersionNumber()\"" % (get_checktarball_dir())
     print cmd
     result = subprocess.check_output(cmd, shell=True)
     received_version = result.split("\n")[0]
diff --git a/dev-tools/release/utils/finalize_release.py b/dev-tools/release/utils/finalize_release.py
index 4af9a47d46099502436d342b3bc71127fd28047d..2d18dcf4406f4eb9968c4ec69da10650b05cd888 100644
--- a/dev-tools/release/utils/finalize_release.py
+++ b/dev-tools/release/utils/finalize_release.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ def finalize_git():
     run_command(cmd)
 
     # master branch
-    cmd = "cd %s; git checkout master" % get_source_dir()
+    cmd = "cd %s; git checkout master; git pull" % get_source_dir()
     run_command(cmd)
 
     cmd = "cd %s; git merge --no-ff %s -m \"Merge %s\"" % (get_source_dir(), get_branch_name(), get_version())
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ def finalize_git():
     run_command(cmd)
 
     # develop branch
-    cmd = "cd %s; git checkout develop" % get_source_dir()
+    cmd = "cd %s; git checkout develop; git pull" % get_source_dir()
     run_command(cmd)
 
     cmd = "cd %s; git merge --no-ff %s -m \"Merge %s\"" % (get_source_dir(), get_branch_name(), get_version())