diff --git a/.github/workflows/_release.yml b/.github/workflows/_release.yml
index 097d60c2716..28427ca5835 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/_release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/_release.yml
@@ -638,8 +638,9 @@ jobs:
       - test-pypi-publish
       - pre-release-checks
       - test-dependents
-      # - test-prior-published-packages-against-new-core
-      # Run if all needed jobs succeeded or were skipped (test-dependents only runs for core/langchain_v1)
+      - test-prior-published-packages-against-new-core
+      # Run if all needed jobs succeeded or were skipped (test-dependents and
+      # test-prior-published-packages-against-new-core only run for core/langchain_v1)
     if: ${{ !cancelled() && !failure() }}
     environment: Release
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest