diff --git a/contrib/fedora/rpm/release.sh b/contrib/fedora/rpm/release.sh
index 8da554fa4d..3ee9c68e3a 100755
--- a/contrib/fedora/rpm/release.sh
+++ b/contrib/fedora/rpm/release.sh
@@ -380,7 +380,8 @@ fi
 
 if [ "$ALLOW_LOCAL_BRANCHES" != 1 ]; then
     # The release process changed a bit in nm-1-50, so previous versions has to be compared to nm-1-48, not to main
-    cmp <(git show "$ORIGIN/nm-1-48:contrib/fedora/rpm/release.sh") "$BASH_SOURCE_ABSOLUTE" || die "$BASH_SOURCE is not identical to \`git show \"$ORIGIN/nm-1-48:contrib/fedora/rpm/release.sh\"\`"
+    # Before nm-1-48 the build was done with autotools, not meson. There are small differences because of that, so compare to nm-1-46.
+    cmp <(git show "$ORIGIN/nm-1-46:contrib/fedora/rpm/release.sh") "$BASH_SOURCE_ABSOLUTE" || die "$BASH_SOURCE is not identical to \`git show \"$ORIGIN/nm-1-46:contrib/fedora/rpm/release.sh\"\`"
 fi
 
 if ! check_news "$RELEASE_MODE" "@{VERSION_ARR[@]}" ; then
@@ -669,4 +670,4 @@ fi
 
 if [[ $CREATE_RELEASE_FAIL == 1 ]]; then
     die "failed creating the release at gitlab.freedesktop.org. This was the last step, create it manually from the web UI"
-fi
\ No newline at end of file
+fi