diff --git a/RELEASE_GUIDELINES.md b/RELEASE_GUIDELINES.md
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--- a/RELEASE_GUIDELINES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_GUIDELINES.md
@@ -41,3 +41,7 @@ guidelines of the CaosDB Project
 11. After the merge of main to dev, start a new development version by
     setting `ISRELEASED` to `False` and by increasing at least the `MICRO`
     version in [setup.py](./setup.py) and preparing CHANGELOG.md.
+
+12. Create releases on gitlab.com and gitlab.indiscale.com that contain (at
+    least) the most recent section of the CHANGELOG as the description and link
+    to the PyPi package.