diff --git a/RELEASE b/RELEASE
index dd94a89..78b15db 100644
--- a/RELEASE
+++ b/RELEASE
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-git flow feature start x.y.z
+git flow release start x.y.z
 bump __version__ in sshkey/__init__.py
+git add sshkey/__init__.py
+git ci -m 'bump version'
 python setup.py sdist
-git flow feature finish x.y.z
+git flow release finish x.y.z
 git push origin x.y.z