diff --git a/RELEASE_GUIDELINES.md b/RELEASE_GUIDELINES.md
index 58484d51565a87d98929a37e842c7040fc08cabf..1b5ae48906d4e8328064ecaf7e7c4f7a4a2bd20f 100644
--- a/RELEASE_GUIDELINES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_GUIDELINES.md
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ guidelines of the CaosDB Project
   * [pom.xml](./pom.xml) (probably this means to remove the `-SNAPSHOT`)
   * `src/doc/conf.py`
   * `CHANGELOG.md`
+  * `CITATION.cff` (update version and date)
 
 5. Merge the release branch into the main branch.