diff --git a/contrib/fedora/rpm/release.sh b/contrib/fedora/rpm/release.sh
index f4ee4cb65d..de011a136c 100755
--- a/contrib/fedora/rpm/release.sh
+++ b/contrib/fedora/rpm/release.sh
@@ -368,7 +368,8 @@ if [ -n "$RELEASE_BRANCH" ]; then
 fi
 
 if [ "$ALLOW_LOCAL_BRANCHES" != 1 ]; then
-    cmp <(git show "$ORIGIN/main:contrib/fedora/rpm/release.sh") "$BASH_SOURCE_ABSOLUTE" || die "$BASH_SOURCE is not identical to \`git show \"$ORIGIN/main:contrib/fedora/rpm/release.sh\"\`"
+    # The release process changed a bit in nm-1-50, so previous versions has to be compared to nm-1-48, not to main
+    cmp <(git show "$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\"\`"
 fi
 
 if ! check_news "$RELEASE_MODE" "@{VERSION_ARR[@]}" ; then