diff --git a/utils/mergedb.sh b/utils/mergedb.sh
index 391d3e40..848d50f3 100755
--- a/utils/mergedb.sh
+++ b/utils/mergedb.sh
@@ -71,6 +71,6 @@ esac
 
 touch "$db"
 sort -u "$tmp1" "$db" | grep -v '<.*>' > "$tmp2" || true
-mv "$tmp2" "$db"
+${XRAY_PARSEDB} --strict "$tmp2" "$db"
 rm -f "$tmp1"