diff --git a/jiri-test/internal/test/release_kube.go b/jiri-test/internal/test/release_kube.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8c10423
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jiri-test/internal/test/release_kube.go
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+// Copyright 2015 The Vanadium Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package test
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+
+	"v.io/jiri"
+	"v.io/jiri/collect"
+	"v.io/x/devtools/internal/test"
+)
+
+func vanadiumReleaseKubeStaging(jirix *jiri.X, testName string, opts ...Opt) (_ *test.Result, e error) {
+	version := os.Getenv("SNAPSHOT_MANIFEST")
+	if version == "" {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("SNAPSHOT_MANIFEST environment variable not set")
+	}
+	return vanadiumReleaseKubeCommon(jirix, testName, "staging", version)
+}
+
+func vanadiumReleaseKubeProduction(jirix *jiri.X, testName string, opts ...Opt) (_ *test.Result, e error) {
+	return vanadiumReleaseKubeCommon(jirix, testName, "production", "")
+}
+
+func vanadiumReleaseKubeCommon(jirix *jiri.X, testName, updateType, version string) (_ *test.Result, e error) {
+	cleanup, err := initTest(jirix, testName, []string{"v23:base"})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, newInternalError(err, "Init")
+	}
+	defer collect.Error(func() error { return cleanup() }, &e)
+
+	// Build and run vprodupdater.
+	s := jirix.NewSeq()
+	if err := s.Last("jiri", "go", "install", "v.io/infrastructure/vprodupdater/"); err != nil {
+		return nil, newInternalError(err, "Build vprodupdater")
+	}
+	vprodupdaterBin := filepath.Join(jirix.Root, "infrastructure", "go", "bin", "vprodupdater")
+	args := []string{
+		fmt.Sprintf("-type=%s", updateType),
+	}
+	if version != "" {
+		args = append(args, fmt.Sprintf("-tag=%s", version))
+	}
+	if err := s.Last(vprodupdaterBin, args...); err != nil {
+		return nil, newInternalError(err, "Run vprodupdater")
+	}
+	return &test.Result{Status: test.Passed}, nil
+}
diff --git a/jiri-test/internal/test/run.go b/jiri-test/internal/test/run.go
index d855c88..d9ec6b7 100644
--- a/jiri-test/internal/test/run.go
+++ b/jiri-test/internal/test/run.go
@@ -138,6 +138,8 @@
 	"vanadium-release-candidate":              vanadiumReleaseCandidate,
 	"vanadium-release-candidate-snapshot":     vanadiumReleaseCandidateSnapshot,
 	"vanadium-release-production":             vanadiumReleaseProduction,
+	"vanadium-release-kube-staging":           vanadiumReleaseKubeStaging,
+	"vanadium-release-kube-production":        vanadiumReleaseKubeProduction,
 	"vanadium-signup-github":                  vanadiumSignupGithub,
 	"vanadium-signup-github-new":              vanadiumSignupGithubNew,
 	"vanadium-signup-group":                   vanadiumSignupGroup,