diff --git a/RELEASE_GUIDELINES.md b/RELEASE_GUIDELINES.md
index 85e166492e56e0c6c4e7787c95a5194b65fa0f52..30610b6858d494c9b669a6394e740417e493a7d2 100644
--- a/RELEASE_GUIDELINES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_GUIDELINES.md
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ guidelines of the CaosDB Project
 10. After the merge of main to dev, start a new development version by increasing at least the
     `MICRO` version.
     1. Re-add an *Unreleased* section to the CHANGELOG.md, with all subsections.
-    2. Increase version number in `doc/conf.py`
+    2. Increase version number in `doc/conf.py` and `DESCRIPTION`
 
 ## Upstream package ##