diff --git a/recipe/magento2.php b/recipe/magento2.php
index c41b6691c..c533944ea 100644
--- a/recipe/magento2.php
+++ b/recipe/magento2.php
@@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ function magentoDeployAssetsSplit(string $area): void
  */
 desc('Remove cron from crontab and kill running cron jobs');
 task('magento:cron:stop', function () {
-    if (has('previous_release')) {
+    if (has('previous_release') && test("[ -f {{previous_release}}/{{magento_dir}}/bin/magento ]")) {
         run('{{bin/php}} {{previous_release}}/{{magento_dir}}/bin/magento cron:remove');
     }