diff --git a/addons/web/tooling/hooks/pre-commit b/addons/web/tooling/hooks/pre-commit
index b6f58d2cbde..92791d94e30 100755
--- a/addons/web/tooling/hooks/pre-commit
+++ b/addons/web/tooling/hooks/pre-commit
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # run tooling only on branches that start with master to avoid linting noise in stable
 if [[ $(git branch --show-current) == master* ]]; then
+    if ! cmp -s -- addons/web/tooling/_package.json package.json; then
+        echo "Your package.json is out of date, reload the tooling using the reload script"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+    if
+        ! cmp -s -- addons/web/tooling/_eslintignore .eslintignore ||
+        ! cmp -s -- addons/web/tooling/_prettierignore .prettierignore ||
+        ! cmp -s -- addons/web/tooling/_eslintrc.json .eslintrc.json ||
+        ! cmp -s -- addons/web/tooling/_prettierrc.json .prettierrc.json
+    then
+        echo "Some of your eslint/prettier config files are out of date, refresh them using the refresh script"
+        exit 1
+    fi
     npm run format-staged
 fi