diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d5d4db4..86fcf51 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 - Support overriding `$ARGS` from `abra.sh` custom commands and error out correctly when these commands fail ([#1](https://github.com/Coop-Cloud/peertube/issues/1))
 - Add `abra <app> restart <service>` to support restarting individual services ([#200](https://git.autonomic.zone/coop-cloud/abra/issues/200))
 - Output changes when asking to commit during release logic ([3f0a907b5](https://git.autonomic.zone/coop-cloud/rocketchat/commit/3f0a907b57acf960d6befab3d943982d956e2474))
+- Add validation for generated output when making new release labels ([#186](https://git.autonomic.zone/coop-cloud/abra/issues/186))
 
 # abra 9.0.0 (2021-06-10)
 
diff --git a/abra b/abra
index ab5d0bc..e43c195 100755
--- a/abra
+++ b/abra
@@ -2283,6 +2283,11 @@ sub_recipe_release() {
     error "Hmm, something went wrong generating a new version number.."
   fi
 
+  local -a expected_format="^coop-cloud.[a-z]*.[a-z]*.[a-z]*=v\\d*.\\d*.\\d*-\\S{8}"
+  if [[ ! "$new_version" =~ $expected_format ]]; then
+    error "'$new_version' does not match the expected label format, bailing out..."
+  fi
+
   success "All compose files updated; new version is $new_version"
 
   if [ "$abra___no_prompt" = "false" ] && [ "$bump" = "false" ]; then