diff --git a/bench/utils/__init__.py b/bench/utils/__init__.py
index d0bb0383..613a1b2d 100644
--- a/bench/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/bench/utils/__init__.py
@@ -74,6 +74,15 @@ def is_valid_frappe_branch(frappe_path:str, frappe_branch:str):
 					frappe_branch,
 				),
 				encoding="UTF-8",
+			) or subprocess.check_output(
+				(
+					"git",
+					"ls-remote",
+					"--tags",
+					frappe_path,
+					frappe_branch,
+				),
+				encoding="UTF-8",
 			)
 			if not ret:
 				raise InvalidRemoteException(