diff --git a/RELEASE.md b/RELEASE.md
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index 00000000..64bcba19
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@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# Release workflow
+
+## PyPI
+
+1. Draft a new release on github with a new tag (create on publish) in the style `vMajor.Minor.Patch`, where `Major`, `Minor`, and `Patch` are integers according to semnatic versioning
+1. Use the autogenerated changelog to update `CHANGELOG.md` in main
+1. Update the version and release date in `CITATION.cff`
+1. Copy the modified changelog from the file to the github release draft
+1. Release the new version on github
+1. Approve the release run in the actions tab
+1. Verify that the upload to PyPI succeeded
+
+
+## Conda-forge
+
+1. Do the PyPI release first
+1. Rebase the `conda-forge-release` branch on the latest release
+1. Ensure correct `pyproject.toml`:
+   * State the version explicitly (`version = "1.2.3"` instead of `dynamic = ["version"]`) 
+   * Comment out the `openrpc` dependency
+   * Comment out the section section (including header!) `[tool.setuptools_scm]`
+1. Create a tag with `vMajor.Minor.Patch-cf` at the head of that branch
+1. Update the conda-forge repository with the version and checksum of the tar.gz archive of that tag:
+   * On windows use `certUtil --hashfile pyleco-1.2.3-cf.tar.gz SHA256` (adjust the version) to generate the SHA256 hash
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
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--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ proxy_server = "pyleco.coordinators.proxy_server:main"
 starter = "pyleco.management.starter:main"
 
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=61.0", "wheel", "setuptools_scm>=7.0"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=61.0", "wheel", "setuptools_scm>=8.1.0"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [tool.setuptools_scm]