diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7bfd521a..704b5cce 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -15,11 +15,14 @@ lint-jsonnet:
 validate-schemas:
 	./scripts/validate_schemas.sh
 
-translate-schemas:
+eq-translations-check:
+	pipenv run python -m scripts.eq_translations_check
+
+translate-schemas: eq-translations-check
 	pipenv run python -m scripts.translate_schemas
 
-translation-templates:
+translation-templates: eq-translations-check
 	pipenv run python -m scripts.extract_translation_templates
 
-test-translation-templates:
+test-translation-templates: eq-translations-check
 	pipenv run python -m scripts.extract_translation_templates --test
diff --git a/Pipfile b/Pipfile
index 3e2e92e0..1da08c76 100644
--- a/Pipfile
+++ b/Pipfile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ verify_ssl = true
 coloredlogs = "*"
 
 [packages]
-eq-translations = {editable = true,git = "https://github.com/ONSDigital/eq-translations.git",ref = "master"}
+eq-translations = {editable = true,git = "https://github.com/ONSDigital/eq-translations.git",ref = "v2.0.0"}
 
 [requires]
 python_version = "3.8"
diff --git a/Pipfile.lock b/Pipfile.lock
index 4012207e..13e04454 100644
--- a/Pipfile.lock
+++ b/Pipfile.lock
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "_meta": {
         "hash": {
-            "sha256": "583a4890b94f6e0d4204d5572708bb961e439c6dc06cff950efb564e5a79138d"
+            "sha256": "b0e79a188d47e3837729c16237a40901797b579328bcc598d1fc695570458aa3"
         },
         "pipfile-spec": 6,
         "requires": {
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
         "eq-translations": {
             "editable": true,
             "git": "https://github.com/ONSDigital/eq-translations.git",
-            "ref": "88cc5756ddf6166653f2c5695370f6727facd62c"
+            "ref": "002886e15594a3042f478250a6fbf290c7ca38b3"
         },
         "idna": {
             "hashes": [
@@ -78,10 +78,10 @@
         },
         "tqdm": {
             "hashes": [
-                "sha256:0d8b5afb66e23d80433102e9bd8b5c8b65d34c2a2255b2de58d97bd2ea8170fd",
-                "sha256:f35fb121bafa030bd94e74fcfd44f3c2830039a2ddef7fc87ef1c2d205237b24"
+                "sha256:00339634a22c10a7a22476ee946bbde2dbe48d042ded784e4d88e0236eca5d81",
+                "sha256:ea9e3fd6bd9a37e8783d75bfc4c1faf3c6813da6bd1c3e776488b41ec683af94"
             ],
-            "version": "==4.43.0"
+            "version": "==4.45.0"
         },
         "urllib3": {
             "hashes": [
diff --git a/scripts/eq_translations_check.py b/scripts/eq_translations_check.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f791d72e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/eq_translations_check.py
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import logging
+import requests
+import sys
+
+import eq_translations
+
+from requests.exceptions import RequestException
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+try:
+    response = requests.get(
+        "https://api.github.com/repos/ONSdigital/eq-translations/releases"
+    )
+    if response.status_code == 200:
+        version = f'v{eq_translations.__version__}'
+        latest_tag = response.json()[0]["tag_name"]
+        if latest_tag != version:
+            logger.error(
+                f'eq-translations is out of date. Update using: "pipenv install -e git+https://github.com/ONSDigital'
+                f'/eq-translations.git@{version}#egg=eq_translations". '
+            )
+            sys.exit(1)
+    else:
+        logger.error("Can't check eq-translations version")
+        sys.exit(0)
+
+except RequestException:
+    logger.error("Can't check eq-translations version")
+    sys.exit(0)
diff --git a/scripts/extract_translation_templates.py b/scripts/extract_translation_templates.py
index 7ea5a203..f7115c1d 100644
--- a/scripts/extract_translation_templates.py
+++ b/scripts/extract_translation_templates.py
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
-
 import os
 import sys
-import subprocess
 import tempfile
 import logging
 import argparse
@@ -60,7 +58,10 @@ def compare_files(source_dir, target_dir, filename):
 
     if not contents_match:
         diff_results = difflib.unified_diff(
-            source_contents, target_contents, fromfile=source_file, tofile=target_file
+            source_contents,
+            target_contents,
+            fromfile=source_file,
+            tofile=target_file,
         )
         logger.info("".join(list(diff_results)))
 
@@ -90,11 +91,14 @@ def check_schema_templates(source_dir, target_dir):
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
+
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
         description="Extract translation templates from runner"
     )
     parser.add_argument(
-        "--test", help="Test the templates without making changes", action="store_true"
+        "--test",
+        help="Test the templates without making changes",
+        action="store_true",
     )
 
     args = parser.parse_args()