diff --git a/RELEASE_GUIDELINES.md b/RELEASE_GUIDELINES.md
index 48eb270e6f5dc29b4d9ee85d275d6fe7eba1ffd6..44dda026601ed21cbb03e5ee1cda10adf0f5bae7 100644
--- a/RELEASE_GUIDELINES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_GUIDELINES.md
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ guidelines of the CaosDB Project
 
 6. Delete the release branch.
 
-7. Publish the release by executing `./release.sh` with uploads the caosdb
+7. Remove possibly existing `./dist` directory with old release.
+
+8. Publish the release by executing `./release.sh` with uploads the caosdb
    module to the Python Package Index [pypi.org](https://pypi.org).
 
-8. Merge the master branch back into the dev branch.
+9. Merge the master branch back into the dev branch.