diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index d94526e..9634e38 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.12.11
+2.12.12
diff --git a/howto/release/components/voltha-lib-go.rst b/howto/release/components/voltha-lib-go.rst
index 22ec852..0dd0300 100644
--- a/howto/release/components/voltha-lib-go.rst
+++ b/howto/release/components/voltha-lib-go.rst
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-VOLTHA Components: voltha-protos
+VOLTHA Components: voltha-lib-go
 ================================
 
 Dependencies
diff --git a/howto/release/components/voltha-protos.rst b/howto/release/components/voltha-protos.rst
index 9de5270..6e4e108 100644
--- a/howto/release/components/voltha-protos.rst
+++ b/howto/release/components/voltha-protos.rst
@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@
 Validate
 --------
 
+- make help
 - make lint
+- make protos
+- make build
 - make test
 
 Versioning
@@ -17,9 +20,49 @@
 
 - Based on VERSION file contents in root directory of the repository.
 
-Release
--------
+Release Preparation
+-------------------
+
+- Create a jira ticket for tracking the repo:voltha-protos upgrade.
+- Update copyright notice in source to span the current year.
+- Regenerate voltha.pb file:
+
+  - make clean
+  - make voltha.pb
+  - voltha.pb is checked in, should it be ?!?
+  - File is .PHONY, always rebuilt, is a static copy needed for usage or bootstrapping ?
 
 - Bump VERSION file to a non-dev semantic version.
 - See Validate above
 - Commit and approve to trigger a build
+
+Release Branching and Tagging
+-----------------------------
+
+- Create and tag release branch (voltha-2.12)
+- Update .gitreview file contents to checkin on the release branch:
+
+  - defaultbranch=voltha-2.12
+
+- Commit and merge after jenkins job passes.
+
+Post Release Action
+===================
+
+- Clone master branch from repository.
+- Bump VERSION file to next minor version with a ``*-dev`` suffix.
+
+  - ie {major}.{minor+1}.0.``-dev``
+
+- Future checkins on master must not conflict with release branch versioning.
+
+Jira Tickets
+============
+
+- Create a jira ticket for tracking the repo:voltha-protos upgrade.
+- Create sub-tasks attached to the jira ticket to track jenkins job failures.
+- Close the ticket after
+
+  - Release branch created
+  - VERSION file edit on master has bumped version to {major}.{minor+1}.0.``-dev``
+  - All jenkins jobs for repo:voltha-protos reports PASS.