diff --git a/dev/README_RELEASE_AIRFLOW.md b/dev/README_RELEASE_AIRFLOW.md
index 70bd555df1541..79d3439b7d533 100644
--- a/dev/README_RELEASE_AIRFLOW.md
+++ b/dev/README_RELEASE_AIRFLOW.md
@@ -728,12 +728,12 @@ Optionally you can use the `breeze release-management check-release-files` comma
 present in SVN. This command may also help with verifying installation of the packages.
 
 ```shell script
-breeze release-management check-release-files airflow --version ${VERSION_RC}
+breeze release-management check-release-files airflow --version ${VERSION_RC} --path-to-airflow-svn "${PATH_TO_AIRFLOW_SVN}"
 ```
 
 
 ```shell script
-breeze release-management check-release-files task-sdk --version ${TASK_SDK_VERSION_RC}
+breeze release-management check-release-files task-sdk --version ${TASK_SDK_VERSION_RC} --path-to-airflow-svn "${PATH_TO_AIRFLOW_SVN}/task-sdk"
 ```
 
 ## Licence check
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diff --git a/dev/breeze/doc/images/output_release-management_check-release-files.txt b/dev/breeze/doc/images/output_release-management_check-release-files.txt
index 9fc21be66ca74..8992bd6747a4d 100644
--- a/dev/breeze/doc/images/output_release-management_check-release-files.txt
+++ b/dev/breeze/doc/images/output_release-management_check-release-files.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-11b529b25ad8eac330722da830792bfb
+bf055c022b0dc0ff31cbb59f9094ca8a
diff --git a/dev/breeze/src/airflow_breeze/commands/release_management_commands.py b/dev/breeze/src/airflow_breeze/commands/release_management_commands.py
index 3f78a043bdc2b..08086dbf0da70 100644
--- a/dev/breeze/src/airflow_breeze/commands/release_management_commands.py
+++ b/dev/breeze/src/airflow_breeze/commands/release_management_commands.py
@@ -4117,9 +4117,8 @@ def version_check(
 @click.option(
     "--packages-file",
     type=click.Path(exists=True, file_okay=True, dir_okay=False, resolve_path=True, path_type=Path),
-    default="packages.txt",
     show_default=True,
-    help="File containing list of packages to check (for providers only).",
+    help="File containing list of packages to check (for providers only). use path to local packages.txt for providers releases.",
 )
 @click.argument(
     "release_type",
@@ -4132,7 +4131,7 @@ def check_release_files(
     path: Path,
     version: str | None,
     release_date: str | None,
-    packages_file: Path,
+    packages_file: Path | None,
     release_type: str,
 ):
     """
@@ -4198,6 +4197,9 @@ def check_release_files(
     missing_files = []
 
     if release_type == "providers":
+        if not packages_file:
+            console.print(f"[error]--packages-file is required for {release_type}[/]")
+            sys.exit(1)
         packages = get_packages(packages_file)
         missing_files = check_providers(files, release_date, packages)
         pips = [f"{name}=={ver}" for name, ver in packages]