diff --git a/scripts/deploy-communal-api3readerproxyv1.js b/scripts/deploy-communal-api3readerproxyv1.js
index c022601..28a1d46 100644
--- a/scripts/deploy-communal-api3readerproxyv1.js
+++ b/scripts/deploy-communal-api3readerproxyv1.js
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 const hre = require('hardhat');
 const api3Contracts = require('@api3/contracts');
+const { validateDapiName } = require('./utils');
 
 async function main() {
   const dapiName = process.env.DAPI_NAME;
   if (!dapiName) {
     throw new Error('Environment variable DAPI_NAME is not defined');
   }
+  validateDapiName(dapiName);
   const chainId = hre.network.config.chainId;
   const api3ReaderProxyV1Address = api3Contracts.computeCommunalApi3ReaderProxyV1Address(chainId, dapiName);
   if ((await hre.ethers.provider.getCode(api3ReaderProxyV1Address)) === '0x') {
diff --git a/scripts/deploy-dapp-specific-api3readerproxyv1-unsafe.js b/scripts/deploy-dapp-specific-api3readerproxyv1-unsafe.js
index 18e4d7c..75f7504 100644
--- a/scripts/deploy-dapp-specific-api3readerproxyv1-unsafe.js
+++ b/scripts/deploy-dapp-specific-api3readerproxyv1-unsafe.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 // proxies with arbirary dApp aliases to be deployed.
 const hre = require('hardhat');
 const api3Contracts = require('@api3/contracts');
+const { validateDapiName } = require('./utils');
 
 // Unlike the `@api3/contracts` version, the below does not throw due to
 // `dappAlias` not being recognized
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ async function main() {
   if (!dapiName) {
     throw new Error('Environment variable DAPI_NAME is not defined');
   }
+  validateDapiName(dapiName);
   const dappAlias = process.env.DAPP_ALIAS;
   if (!dappAlias) {
     throw new Error('Environment variable DAPP_ALIAS is not defined');
diff --git a/scripts/deploy-dapp-specific-api3readerproxyv1.js b/scripts/deploy-dapp-specific-api3readerproxyv1.js
index 60d7a7b..7ef5010 100644
--- a/scripts/deploy-dapp-specific-api3readerproxyv1.js
+++ b/scripts/deploy-dapp-specific-api3readerproxyv1.js
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 const hre = require('hardhat');
 const api3Contracts = require('@api3/contracts');
+const { validateDapiName } = require('./utils');
 
 async function main() {
   const dapiName = process.env.DAPI_NAME;
   if (!dapiName) {
     throw new Error('Environment variable DAPI_NAME is not defined');
   }
+  validateDapiName(dapiName);
   const dappAlias = process.env.DAPP_ALIAS;
   if (!dappAlias) {
     throw new Error('Environment variable DAPP_ALIAS is not defined');
diff --git a/scripts/print-communal-api3readerproxyv1-address.js b/scripts/print-communal-api3readerproxyv1-address.js
index 83d9752..1b59e31 100644
--- a/scripts/print-communal-api3readerproxyv1-address.js
+++ b/scripts/print-communal-api3readerproxyv1-address.js
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 const hre = require('hardhat');
 const api3Contracts = require('@api3/contracts');
+const { validateDapiName } = require('./utils');
 
 async function main() {
   const dapiName = process.env.DAPI_NAME;
   if (!dapiName) {
     throw new Error('Environment variable DAPI_NAME is not defined');
   }
+  validateDapiName(dapiName);
   const chainId = hre.network.config.chainId;
   const api3ReaderProxyV1Address = api3Contracts.computeCommunalApi3ReaderProxyV1Address(chainId, dapiName);
   console.log(`The address of the communal Api3ReaderProxyV1 for ${dapiName} is ${api3ReaderProxyV1Address}`);
diff --git a/scripts/print-dapp-specific-api3readerproxyv1-address.js b/scripts/print-dapp-specific-api3readerproxyv1-address.js
index 6914d75..6b589af 100644
--- a/scripts/print-dapp-specific-api3readerproxyv1-address.js
+++ b/scripts/print-dapp-specific-api3readerproxyv1-address.js
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 const hre = require('hardhat');
 const api3Contracts = require('@api3/contracts');
+const { validateDapiName } = require('./utils');
 
 async function main() {
   const dapiName = process.env.DAPI_NAME;
   if (!dapiName) {
     throw new Error('Environment variable DAPI_NAME is not defined');
   }
+  validateDapiName(dapiName);
   const dappAlias = process.env.DAPP_ALIAS;
   if (!dappAlias) {
     throw new Error('Environment variable DAPP_ALIAS is not defined');
diff --git a/scripts/utils.js b/scripts/utils.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..508851b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/utils.js
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+const api3DapiManagement = require('@api3/dapi-management');
+
+module.exports = {
+  validateDapiName: (dapiName) => {
+    const dapi = api3DapiManagement.dapis.find((dapi) => dapi.name === dapiName);
+    if (!dapi) {
+      throw new Error(`dAPI with name ${dapiName} does not exist`);
+    }
+    if (dapi.stage === 'deprecated') {
+      console.warn(`dAPI with name ${dapiName} is deprecated`);
+    } else if (dapi.stage !== 'active') {
+      throw new Error(`dAPI with name ${dapiName} is not active, its current state is ${dapi.stage}`);
+    }
+  },
+};