diff --git a/GeoIP2.UnitTests/TestData/MaxMind-DB b/GeoIP2.UnitTests/TestData/MaxMind-DB
index 468d69db..226a134d 160000
--- a/GeoIP2.UnitTests/TestData/MaxMind-DB
+++ b/GeoIP2.UnitTests/TestData/MaxMind-DB
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 468d69dbd042ed27fc2ab68300a58bfa707528d4
+Subproject commit 226a134d68779477a18a5696632df45d708f2ce5
diff --git a/dev-bin/release.sh b/dev-bin/release.sh
index c6be972f..c5420895 100755
--- a/dev-bin/release.sh
+++ b/dev-bin/release.sh
@@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ set -e
 
 VERSION=$(perl -MFile::Slurp::Tiny=read_file -MDateTime <<EOF
 use v5.16;
+my \$today = DateTime->now->ymd;
 my \$log = read_file(q{releasenotes.md});
-\$log =~ /\n(\d+\.\d+\.\d+(?:-\w+)) \((\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2})\)\n/;
-die 'Release time is not today!' unless DateTime->now->ymd eq \$2;
+\$log =~ /\n(\d+\.\d+\.\d+(?:-\w+)?) \((\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2})\)\n/;
+die "Release time is not today! Release: \$2 Today: \$today"
+    unless \$today eq \$2;
 say \$1;
 EOF
 )