diff --git a/ci/check_runtime_requirements.sh b/ci/check_runtime_requirements.sh
index a4452e2..244e3c1 100755
--- a/ci/check_runtime_requirements.sh
+++ b/ci/check_runtime_requirements.sh
@@ -46,6 +46,14 @@ if [ "${tag_runtime}" != "${runtime}" ]; then
   fn_die "ERROR: Runtime in the tag (${tag_runtime}) does not match the expected runtime (${runtime}). Exiting ..."
 fi
 
+if [[ "${runtime}" = "zkverify" && -z "${version_ext}" ]]; then
+  log_info "INFO: checking that zkverify and volta production release tags point to the same commit..."
+  volta_tag="rt-volta-${version}"
+  if [ "$(git_tag_commit "${github_tag}")" != "$(git_tag_commit "${volta_tag}")" ]; then
+    fn_die "ERROR: commit pointed to by zkverify tag (${github_tag}) does not match commit of volta tag (${volta_tag}). Exiting..."
+  fi
+fi
+
 # Checking if it is a release build
 if git branch -r --contains "${github_tag}" | grep -xqE ". origin\/${release_branch}\/rt-${runtime}\/${version_str}$"; then
   IS_A_RELEASE="true"
diff --git a/ci/common.sh b/ci/common.sh
index 3de65ae..f489dbd 100644
--- a/ci/common.sh
+++ b/ci/common.sh
@@ -147,3 +147,8 @@ check_signed_tag() {
     IS_A_RELEASE="false"
   fi
 }
+
+function git_tag_commit {
+  local tag="$1"
+  git rev-list -n 1 "${tag}"
+}
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