diff --git a/.github/actions/check_deployment/action.yml b/.github/actions/check_deployment/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..708f4913c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/check_deployment/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+name: Check deployment
+description: Check deployment
+inputs:
+  version:
+    description: The version to check for
+    required: true
+  origin:
+    description: The origin of the deployment
+    required: true
+runs:
+  using: composite
+  steps:
+    - name: Check deployment
+      shell: python
+      run: |
+        from json import loads
+        from sys import exit, stderr
+        from time import sleep
+        from traceback import print_exc
+        from urllib.request import urlopen
+
+        REQUEST_URL="${{ inputs.origin }}/api/version"
+        VERSION="${{ inputs.version }}"
+
+        print("REQUEST_URL =", REQUEST_URL, file=stderr)
+        print("VERSION     =", VERSION, file=stderr)
+
+        def get_running_version():
+          try:
+            json = urlopen(REQUEST_URL).read()
+            return loads(json)["version"]
+          except Exception:
+            print_exc(1)
+
+        for i in range(10):
+          sleep(i)
+          version = get_running_version()
+          if version == VERSION:
+            print(version)
+            exit(0)
+          print(i, "failed, got", version, file=stderr)
+        exit(1)
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
index b98323ce8..35190fd82 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -209,32 +209,10 @@ jobs:
           curl -sSf -T *.whl https://asozial.org/api/update/ \
             -H "Authorization: ${{ secrets.UPDATE_API_SECRET }}"
       - name: Check deployment
-        shell: python
-        run: |
-          from json import loads
-          from sys import exit, stderr
-          from time import sleep
-          from traceback import print_exc
-          from urllib.request import urlopen
-
-          REQUEST_URL="https://asozial.org/api/version"
-          VERSION="${{ needs.test-wheel.outputs.version }}"
-
-          def get_running_version():
-            try:
-              json = urlopen(REQUEST_URL).read()
-              return loads(json)["version"]
-            except Exception:
-              print_exc(1)
-
-          for i in range(10):
-            sleep(i)
-            version = get_running_version()
-            if version == VERSION:
-              print(version)
-              exit(0)
-            print(i, version, "!=", VERSION, file=stderr)
-          exit(1)
+        uses: ./.github/actions/check_deployment
+        with:
+          origin: https://asozial.org
+          version: ${{ needs.test-wheel.outputs.version }}
 
   github-pages:
     name: GitHub Pages
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 8093325fc..7b77a5716 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ jobs:
         python-version:
           - 3.12
           - 3.13
+    outputs:
+      version: ${{ steps.get-version.outputs.an-website-version }}
     steps:
       - name: Setup Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
@@ -74,6 +76,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Test starting
         timeout-minutes: 1
         run: python -m an_website -c
+      - name: Get version
+        id: get-version
+        timeout-minutes: 1
+        run: echo "an-website-version=$(python -c 'print(__import__("an_website").VERSION)')" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
   tests:
     name: Run tests
@@ -284,6 +290,11 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           curl -sSf -T *.whl https://asozial.org/api/update/ \
             -H "Authorization: ${{ secrets.UPDATE_API_SECRET }}"
+      - name: Check deployment
+        uses: ./.github/actions/check_deployment
+        with:
+          origin: https://asozial.org
+          version: ${{ needs.test-wheel.outputs.version }}
 
   github-pages:
     name: GitHub Pages