diff --git a/scripts/package_release.py b/scripts/package_release.py
index 6db2c7bbb419c2735c23fc2a5bee904857365a17..2726273afd8624796afc72f648877816e71c84e6 100755
--- a/scripts/package_release.py
+++ b/scripts/package_release.py
@@ -28,7 +28,12 @@ def generate_md5sums_file(input_files: list[str], output_file: str):
     """
     md5sums = {}
     for f in input_files:
-        md5sums[os.path.basename(f)] = md5(f)
+        # This might should be used somewhere before,
+        # but the previous state was not to fail when a file in
+        # the list did not exist, like in copy files
+        if os.path.exists(f):
+            md5sums[os.path.basename(f)] = md5(f)
+
     output_dir = os.path.dirname(output_file)
     if output_dir:
         os.makedirs(output_dir, exist_ok=True)