diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ff126ff3b04d1baec72a6c6d5cb7c4f8aff77e3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+cff-version: 1.2.0
+message: "If you use this software, please cite it as below."
+authors:
+  - family-names: Fitschen
+    given-names: Timm
+    orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4022-432X
+  - family-names: Schlemmer
+    given-names: Alexander
+    orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4124-9649
+  - family-names: Hornung
+    given-names: Daniel
+    orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7846-6375
+  - family-names: tom Wörden
+    given-names: Henrik
+    orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5549-578X
+  - family-names: Parlitz
+    given-names: Ulrich
+    orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3058-1435
+  - family-names: Luther
+    given-names: Stefan
+    orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7214-8125
+title: "CaosDB - Server"
+version: 0.8.1
+doi: 10.3390/data4020083
+date-released: 2022-11-07
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diff --git a/RELEASE_GUIDELINES.md b/RELEASE_GUIDELINES.md
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--- 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.