diff --git a/crates/tui/src/tui/ui.rs b/crates/tui/src/tui/ui.rs
index 20f62652..8ce5e01d 100644
--- a/crates/tui/src/tui/ui.rs
+++ b/crates/tui/src/tui/ui.rs
@@ -8393,10 +8393,7 @@ fn release_has_uploaded_asset(json: &serde_json::Value, required: &str) -> bool
     };
     assets.iter().any(|asset| {
         asset.get("name").and_then(serde_json::Value::as_str) == Some(required)
-            && matches!(
-                asset.get("state").and_then(serde_json::Value::as_str),
-                None | Some("uploaded")
-            )
+            && asset.get("state").and_then(serde_json::Value::as_str) == Some("uploaded")
     })
 }
 
diff --git a/crates/tui/src/tui/ui/tests.rs b/crates/tui/src/tui/ui/tests.rs
index d70bb848..466bffce 100644
--- a/crates/tui/src/tui/ui/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/tui/src/tui/ui/tests.rs
@@ -2470,6 +2470,23 @@ fn version_hint_requires_complete_release_assets() {
         version_hint_from_release_json(&missing_manifest, "0.8.46").is_none(),
         "do not advertise a release before checksums are uploaded"
     );
+
+    let mut pending_asset = complete_release_json("v0.8.47");
+    pending_asset["assets"].as_array_mut().expect("assets")[0]["state"] = serde_json::json!("open");
+    assert!(
+        version_hint_from_release_json(&pending_asset, "0.8.46").is_none(),
+        "do not advertise a release before every asset is uploaded"
+    );
+
+    let mut missing_state = complete_release_json("v0.8.47");
+    missing_state["assets"].as_array_mut().expect("assets")[0]
+        .as_object_mut()
+        .expect("asset object")
+        .remove("state");
+    assert!(
+        version_hint_from_release_json(&missing_state, "0.8.46").is_none(),
+        "do not accept malformed asset state as uploaded"
+    );
 }
 
 #[test]