diff --git a/addons/web/tooling/hooks/pre-commit b/addons/web/tooling/hooks/pre-commit
index ab12d71189b..a2264ad1679 100755
--- a/addons/web/tooling/hooks/pre-commit
+++ b/addons/web/tooling/hooks/pre-commit
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/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 [[ $(git branch --show-current) == master* || $(git branch --show-current) == 16.0* ]]; then
     tooling_dir=$(cd -- "$(dirname "$0")" &> /dev/null && cd .. && pwd)
     if ! cmp -s -- "$tooling_dir/_package.json" package.json; then
         echo "Your package.json is out of date, reloading the tooling using the reload script"