diff --git a/.github/scripts/check_prerelease_dependencies.py b/.github/scripts/check_prerelease_dependencies.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1d4703e48a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/scripts/check_prerelease_dependencies.py
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import sys
+import tomllib
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    # Get the TOML file path from the command line argument
+    toml_file = sys.argv[1]
+
+    # read toml file
+    with open(toml_path, "rb") as file:
+        toml_data = tomllib.load(file)
+
+    # see if we're releasing an rc
+    version = toml_data["tool"]["poetry"]["version"]
+    releasing_rc = "rc" in version
+
+    # if not, iterate through dependencies and make sure none allow prereleases
+    if not releasing_rc:
+        dependencies = toml_data["tool"]["poetry"]["dependencies"]
+        for lib in dependencies:
+            dep_version = dependencies[lib]
+            dep_version_string = (
+                dep_version["version"] if isinstance(dep_version, dict) else dep_version
+            )
+
+            if "rc" in dep_version_string:
+                raise ValueError(
+                    f"Dependency {lib} has a prerelease version. Please remove this."
+                )
+
+            if isinstance(dep_version, dict) and dep_version.get(
+                "allow-prereleases", False
+            ):
+                raise ValueError(
+                    f"Dependency {lib} has allow-prereleases set to true. Please remove this."
+                )
diff --git a/.github/workflows/_release.yml b/.github/workflows/_release.yml
index b24d5f39f2..c9cdd23700 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/_release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/_release.yml
@@ -221,6 +221,11 @@ jobs:
         run: make tests
         working-directory: ${{ inputs.working-directory }}
 
+      - name: Check for prerelease versions
+        working-directory: ${{ inputs.working-directory }}
+        run: |
+          poetry run python $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/.github/scripts/check_prerelease_dependencies.py pyproject.toml
+
       - name: Get minimum versions
         working-directory: ${{ inputs.working-directory }}
         id: min-version