diff --git a/docs/releases.md b/docs/releases.md
index 8b6ab8105..3a3451b54 100644
--- a/docs/releases.md
+++ b/docs/releases.md
@@ -12,7 +12,49 @@ A Conduit release has the following parts:
 - a GitHub package, which is the official Docker image for Conduit. It's available on GitHub's Container Registry. The
 latest Docker image which is not a nightly is tagged with `latest`.
 
-## How to release a new version
+## Before a release
+
+### Update dependencies
+
+Dependencies should be updated in the order described below. The instructions
+assume that this repository and the other Conduit repositories are all cloned in
+the same directory.
+
+1. [`conduit-commons`](https://github.com/ConduitIO/conduit-commons)
+    - Run `scripts/get-compare-link.sh ../conduit-commons/` to compare the latest tag and the `main` branch.
+    - If the changes should be released/tagged, push a new tag.
+2. [`conduit-connector-protocol`](https://github.com/conduitio/conduit-connector-protocol)
+    - Update `conduit-commons` if needed: `go get github.com/conduitio/conduit-commons@vX.Y.Z`
+    - Run `scripts/get-compare-link.sh ../conduit-connector-protocol/` to compare the latest tag and the `main` branch.
+    - If the changes should be released/tagged, push a new tag.
+3. [`conduit-connector-sdk`](https://github.com/ConduitIO/conduit-connector-sdk)
+    - Update `conduit-commons` if needed: `go get github.com/conduitio/conduit-commons@vX.Y.Z`
+    - Update `conduit-connector-protocol` if needed: `go get github.com/conduitio/conduit-connector-protocol@vX.Y.Z`
+    - Run `scripts/get-compare-link.sh ../conduit-connector-sdk/` to compare the latest tag and the `main` branch.
+    - If the changes should be released/tagged, push a new tag.
+4. [`conduit-processor-sdk`](https://github.com/ConduitIO/conduit-processor-sdk)
+    - Update `conduit-commons` if needed: `go get github.com/conduitio/conduit-commons@vX.Y.Z`
+    - Run `scripts/get-compare-link.sh ../conduit-processor-sdk/` to compare the latest tag and the `main` branch.
+    - If the changes should be released/tagged, push a new tag.
+5. Bump the Connector SDK in all the built-in connectors: `scripts/bump-sdk-in-connectors.sh vX.Y.Z`
+6. For each of the built-in connectors (file, kafka, generator, s3, postgres, log):
+    - Run `scripts/get-compare-link.sh ../conduit-processor-sdk/` to compare the latest tag and the `main` branch.
+    - If the changes should be released/tagged, push a new tag.
+7. Bump the built-in connectors: `scripts/bump-builtin-connectors.sh`
+8. Conduit itself
+    - Update `conduit-connector-sdk` if needed
+    - Update `conduit-processor-sdk` if needed
+    - Update `conduit-connector-protocol` if needed
+    - Update `conduit-commons` if needed
+    - Release Conduit (see instructions below)
+
+## Documentation
+
+1. Write a blog post.
+2. Regenerate processor documentation on [`conduit-site`](https://github.com/ConduitIO/conduit-site).
+3. Update banner on the web-site ([example](https://github.com/ConduitIO/conduit-site/pull/47/files#diff-cc8abb6104e21d495dc8f64639c7b03419226d920d1c545df51be9b0b73b2784)).
+
+## Releasing Conduit
 
 A release is triggered by pushing a new tag which starts with `v` (for example `v1.2.3`). Everything else is then
 handled by GoReleaser and GitHub actions. To push a new tag, please use the script [scripts/tag.sh](https://github.com/ConduitIO/conduit/blob/main/scripts/tag.sh),
diff --git a/scripts/bump-sdk-in-connectors.sh b/scripts/bump-sdk-in-connectors.sh
index 108a4bb8a..0d55dd303 100755
--- a/scripts/bump-sdk-in-connectors.sh
+++ b/scripts/bump-sdk-in-connectors.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ SDK_V=$1
 
 for conn in 'file' 'kafka' 'generator' 's3' 'postgres' 'log'
 do
-	cd ../conduit-connector-$conn
+	cd ../conduit-connector-$conn || exit
 
 	echo
 	echo "Working on conduit-connector-$conn"
@@ -36,5 +36,5 @@ do
 
 	gh pr create --fill --head bump-sdk-version-$SDK_V
 
-	cd ../conduit
+	cd ../conduit || exit
 done
diff --git a/scripts/get-compare-link.sh b/scripts/get-compare-link.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..5fdaccccf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/get-compare-link.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Check if the correct number of arguments are provided
+if [ "$#" -ne 1 ]; then
+    echo "Usage: $0 <repository_directory>"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Move into the repository directory
+cd "$1" || { echo "Failed to move into repository directory"; exit 1; }
+
+# Fetch tags
+git fetch --tags || { echo "Failed to fetch tags"; exit 1; }
+
+# Get the latest tag across all branches
+latest_tag=$(git describe --tags "$(git rev-list --tags --max-count=1)") || { echo "Failed to get latest tag"; exit 1; }
+
+# Get the owner and repository name from the remote URL
+repo_url=$(git config --get remote.origin.url)
+IFS='/' read -ra parts <<< "$repo_url"
+owner="${parts[-2]}"
+repo="${parts[-1]%.git}" # Remove the .git extension if it exists
+
+# Create a link to compare the latest tag and the main branch
+comparison_link="https://github.com/$owner/$repo/compare/$latest_tag...main"
+
+echo "Comparison Link: $comparison_link"