diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index a20ee779c87b..989c7d27f761 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@ jobs:
       - *yarn_install
 
       - run: yarn gulp ci:build-release-packages
+      - run: yarn check-release-output
 
       # Store the release output in the workspace storage. This means that other jobs
       # in the same workflow can attach the release output to their job.
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8987d3a1dd71..2aa67c3e27cb 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
     "gulp": "gulp",
     "stage-release": "ts-node --project tools/release/ tools/release/stage-release.ts",
     "publish-release": "ts-node --project tools/release/ tools/release/publish-release.ts",
+    "check-release-output": "ts-node --project tools/release tools/release/check-release-output.ts",
     "preinstall": "node ./tools/npm/check-npm.js"
   },
   "version": "7.2.0",
diff --git a/tools/release/check-release-output.ts b/tools/release/check-release-output.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..02c20b77b12d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/release/check-release-output.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import {green, red} from 'chalk';
+import {join} from 'path';
+import {checkReleasePackage} from './release-output/check-package';
+import {releasePackages} from './release-output/release-packages';
+
+/**
+ * Checks the release output by running the release-output validations for each
+ * release package.
+ */
+export function checkReleaseOutput(releaseOutputDir: string) {
+  let hasFailed = false;
+
+  releasePackages.forEach(packageName => {
+    if (!checkReleasePackage(releaseOutputDir, packageName)) {
+      hasFailed = true;
+    }
+  });
+
+  // In case any release validation did not pass, abort the publishing because
+  // the issues need to be resolved before publishing.
+  if (hasFailed) {
+    console.error(red(`  ✘   Release output does not pass all release validations. Please fix ` +
+      `all failures or reach out to the team.`));
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+
+  console.info(green(`  ✓   Release output passed validation checks.`));
+}
+
+
+if (require.main === module) {
+  checkReleaseOutput(join(__dirname, '../../dist/releases'));
+}
diff --git a/tools/release/publish-release.ts b/tools/release/publish-release.ts
index 15fe05c9bb29..53355964238b 100644
--- a/tools/release/publish-release.ts
+++ b/tools/release/publish-release.ts
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ import {execSync} from 'child_process';
 import {readFileSync} from 'fs';
 import {join} from 'path';
 import {BaseReleaseTask} from './base-release-task';
+import {checkReleaseOutput} from './check-release-output';
 import {extractReleaseNotes} from './extract-release-notes';
 import {GitClient} from './git/git-client';
 import {getGithubReleasesUrl} from './git/github-urls';
 import {isNpmAuthenticated, runInteractiveNpmLogin, runNpmPublish} from './npm/npm-client';
 import {promptForNpmDistTag} from './prompt/npm-dist-tag-prompt';
-import {checkReleasePackage} from './release-output/check-packages';
 import {releasePackages} from './release-output/release-packages';
 import {CHANGELOG_FILE_NAME} from './stage-release';
 import {parseVersionName, Version} from './version-name/parse-version';
@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@ class PublishReleaseTask extends BaseReleaseTask {
     this.buildReleasePackages();
     console.info(green(`  ✓   Built the release output.`));
 
-    this.checkReleaseOutput();
-    console.info(green(`  ✓   Release output passed validation checks.`));
+    // Checks all release packages against release output validations before releasing.
+    checkReleaseOutput(this.releaseOutputPath);
 
     // Extract the release notes for the new version from the changelog file.
     const releaseNotes = extractReleaseNotes(
@@ -145,25 +145,6 @@ class PublishReleaseTask extends BaseReleaseTask {
       spawnOptions);
   }
 
-  /** Checks the release output by running the release-output validations. */
-  private checkReleaseOutput() {
-    let hasFailed = false;
-
-    releasePackages.forEach(packageName => {
-      if (!checkReleasePackage(this.releaseOutputPath, packageName)) {
-        hasFailed = true;
-      }
-    });
-
-    // In case any release validation did not pass, abort the publishing because
-    // the issues need to be resolved before publishing.
-    if (hasFailed) {
-      console.error(red(`  ✘   Release output does not pass all release validations. Please fix ` +
-        `all failures or reach out to the team.`));
-      process.exit(1);
-    }
-  }
-
   /**
    * Prompts the user whether they are sure that the current stable version should be
    * released to the "next" NPM dist-tag.
diff --git a/tools/release/release-output/check-packages.ts b/tools/release/release-output/check-package.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/release/release-output/check-packages.ts
rename to tools/release/release-output/check-package.ts