diff --git a/contrib/jenkins.sh b/contrib/jenkins.sh
index a8426bd4..3ed1345d 100755
--- a/contrib/jenkins.sh
+++ b/contrib/jenkins.sh
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ mkdir "$deps" || true
 
 osmo-build-dep.sh libosmocore "" '--disable-doxygen --enable-gnutls'
 
+# verify only after building the dependency (to ensure we have most recent source of dependency)
+verify_value_string_arrays_are_terminated.py $(find . -name "*.[hc]")
+
 export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$inst/lib/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH"
 export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$inst/lib"