diff --git a/.github/workflows/selfdrive_tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/selfdrive_tests.yaml
index 9606c05631..d4971a4339 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/selfdrive_tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/selfdrive_tests.yaml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ jobs:
         cp .pylintrc $STRIPPED_DIR
         cp mypy.ini $STRIPPED_DIR
         cd $STRIPPED_DIR
-        ${{ env.RUN }} "pre-commit run --all"
+        ${{ env.RUN }} "SKIP=test_translations pre-commit run --all"
 
   build_all:
     name: build all
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index b1696e823c..25b8490f92 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -70,3 +70,10 @@ repos:
         - --quiet
         - --force
         - -j8
+-   repo: local
+    hooks:
+    -   id: test_translations
+        name: test translations
+        entry: selfdrive/ui/tests/test_translations.py
+        language: script
+        pass_filenames: false
diff --git a/release/files_common b/release/files_common
index 5783edd070..0c341eb3f6 100644
--- a/release/files_common
+++ b/release/files_common
@@ -305,6 +305,8 @@ selfdrive/ui/soundd/soundd
 selfdrive/ui/soundd/.gitignore
 selfdrive/ui/translations/*.ts
 selfdrive/ui/translations/languages.json
+selfdrive/ui/update_translations.py
+selfdrive/ui/tests/test_translations.py
 
 selfdrive/ui/qt/*.cc
 selfdrive/ui/qt/*.h