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new 4307c8c2766 Update release process
4307c8c2766 is described below
commit 4307c8c27668f6d21d8993b4fb357e558282e254
Author: Lari Hotari <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Wed Sep 24 00:28:39 2025 +0300
Update release process
---
contribute/release-process.md | 15 +++++++++++----
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/contribute/release-process.md b/contribute/release-process.md
index 802ee6780a6..62c51f21e76 100644
--- a/contribute/release-process.md
+++ b/contribute/release-process.md
@@ -53,11 +53,18 @@ To verify the release branch is not broken, you should
trigger a Pulsar CI build
## Set environment variables to be used across the commands {#env-vars}
```shell
-export VERSION_RC=3.0.4-candidate-1
+export VERSION_RC=4.0.7-candidate-1
export VERSION_WITHOUT_RC=${VERSION_RC%-candidate-*}
-export NEXT_VERSION_WITHOUT_RC=3.0.5
-export VERSION_BRANCH=branch-3.0
+export NEXT_VERSION_WITHOUT_RC=4.0.8
+export VERSION_BRANCH=branch-4.0
export UPSTREAM_REMOTE=origin
+export SDKMAN_JAVA_VERSION=21
+```
+
+for 3.x releases, use Java 17:
+
+```shell
+# for 3.x releases, use Java 17 instead of Java 21
export SDKMAN_JAVA_VERSION=17
```
@@ -453,7 +460,7 @@ Set these shell variables
DOCKER_USER=<your-dockerhub-username>
STAGING_REPO="<enter staging repo from
https://repository.apache.org/#stagingRepositories>"
MY_NAME="Firstname Lastname"
-PREVIOUS_VERSION_WITHOUT_RC="3.0.3"
+PREVIOUS_VERSION_WITHOUT_RC="4.0.6"
```
```shell
