diff --git a/requirements/requirements.txt b/requirements/requirements.txt
index f0aeebb551..881c7d6262 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements.txt
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ django==4.2.6
     #   djangorestframework
     #   drf-spectacular
     #   social-auth-app-django
+    # via -r /awx_devel/requirements/requirements_git.txt
 django-auth-ldap==4.1.0
     # via
     #   -r /awx_devel/requirements/requirements.in
diff --git a/requirements/requirements_git.txt b/requirements/requirements_git.txt
index d4820f02d0..fdcab86c47 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements_git.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements_git.txt
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ git+https://github.com/ansible/ansible-runner.git@devel#egg=ansible-runner
 # specifically need https://github.com/robgolding/django-radius/pull/27
 git+https://github.com/ansible/django-radius.git@develop#egg=django-radius
 git+https://github.com/ansible/python3-saml.git@devel#egg=python3-saml
-git+https://github.com/ansible/django-ansible-base.git@devel#egg=django-ansible-base
\ No newline at end of file
+git+https://github.com/ansible/django-ansible-base.git@devel#egg=django-ansible-base
diff --git a/requirements/updater.sh b/requirements/updater.sh
index 6f96a840e5..3650033ce4 100755
--- a/requirements/updater.sh
+++ b/requirements/updater.sh
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ main() {
       echo ""
       NEEDS_HELP=1
     ;;
-  esac 
+  esac
 
   if [[ "$NEEDS_HELP" == "1" ]] ; then
     echo "This script generates requirements.txt from requirements.in and requirements_git.in"
@@ -76,6 +76,12 @@ main() {
       exit
   fi
 
+  if [[ ! -z "$(tail -c 1 "${requirements_git}")" ]]
+  then
+      echo "No newline at end of ${requirements_git}, please add one"
+      exit
+  fi
+
   cp -vf requirements.txt "${_tmp}"
   cd "${_tmp}"