diff --git a/operatorcert/static_tests/common/bundle.py b/operatorcert/static_tests/common/bundle.py
index edc656a53..19c7f5429 100644
--- a/operatorcert/static_tests/common/bundle.py
+++ b/operatorcert/static_tests/common/bundle.py
@@ -248,6 +248,13 @@ def check_replaces_availability(bundle: Bundle) -> Iterator[CheckResult]:
     delimiter = ".v" if ".v" in replaces else "."
     replaces_version = replaces.split(delimiter, 1)[1]
 
+    if replaces_version == bundle.csv_operator_version:
+        yield Fail(
+            f"{bundle} attempts to replace itself. Please set "
+            "'spec.replaces' field to a different version in the CSV."
+        )
+        return
+
     ver_to_dir = {
         x.csv_operator_version: x.operator_version
         for x in bundle.operator.all_bundles()
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 1fefc4036..cf891a488 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 2.3.4 and should not be changed by hand.
+# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 2.3.3 and should not be changed by hand.
 
 [[package]]
 name = "annotated-types"
@@ -1075,21 +1075,21 @@ smmap = ">=3.0.1,<6"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gitpython"
-version = "3.1.46"
+version = "3.1.50"
 description = "GitPython is a Python library used to interact with Git repositories"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.7"
 groups = ["main"]
 files = [
-    {file = "gitpython-3.1.46-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:79812ed143d9d25b6d176a10bb511de0f9c67b1fa641d82097b0ab90398a2058"},
-    {file = "gitpython-3.1.46.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:400124c7d0ef4ea03f7310ac2fbf7151e09ff97f2a3288d64a440c584a29c37f"},
+    {file = "gitpython-3.1.50-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:d352abe2908d07355014abdd21ddf798c2a961469239afec4962e9da884858f9"},
+    {file = "gitpython-3.1.50.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:80da2d12504d52e1f998772dc5baf6e553f8d2fcfe1fcc226c9d9a2ee3372dcc"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
 gitdb = ">=4.0.1,<5"
 
 [package.extras]
-doc = ["sphinx (>=7.1.2,<7.2)", "sphinx-autodoc-typehints", "sphinx_rtd_theme"]
+doc = ["sphinx (>=7.4.7,<8)", "sphinx-autodoc-typehints", "sphinx_rtd_theme"]
 test = ["coverage[toml]", "ddt (>=1.1.1,!=1.4.3)", "mock ; python_version < \"3.8\"", "mypy (==1.18.2) ; python_version >= \"3.9\"", "pre-commit", "pytest (>=7.3.1)", "pytest-cov", "pytest-instafail", "pytest-mock", "pytest-sugar", "typing-extensions ; python_version < \"3.11\""]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/tests/static_tests/common/test_bundle.py b/tests/static_tests/common/test_bundle.py
index bda75f1dd..794935aee 100644
--- a/tests/static_tests/common/test_bundle.py
+++ b/tests/static_tests/common/test_bundle.py
@@ -804,6 +804,19 @@ def test_check_operator_version_directory_name(
             },
             id="Nonexistent replaces version",
         ),
+        pytest.param(
+            None,
+            None,
+            "hello.v0.0.2",
+            [],
+            {
+                Fail(
+                    "Bundle(hello/0.0.2) attempts to replace itself. Please set "
+                    "'spec.replaces' field to a different version in the CSV."
+                )
+            },
+            id="Bundle attempts to replace itself",
+        ),
     ],
 )
 @patch("operatorcert.static_tests.common.bundle.utils.get_ocp_supported_versions")