diff --git a/howto/release/components/index.rst b/howto/release/components/index.rst
index f13b276..b859afe 100644
--- a/howto/release/components/index.rst
+++ b/howto/release/components/index.rst
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
 .. toctree::
 
    onos_dependencies
+   voltha-protos
 
    voltctl/index
    voltctl/install
diff --git a/howto/release/components/onos_dependencies.rst b/howto/release/components/onos_dependencies.rst
index 2d0d8c8..5068cd3 100644
--- a/howto/release/components/onos_dependencies.rst
+++ b/howto/release/components/onos_dependencies.rst
@@ -151,3 +151,12 @@
 .. code:: XML
 
    <sadis.api.version>5.10.0</sadis.api.version>
+
+maclearner
+^^^^^^^^^^
+
+pppoeagent
+^^^^^^^^^^
+
+segmentrouting
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
diff --git a/howto/release/components/voltha-lib-go.rst b/howto/release/components/voltha-lib-go.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..da1b057
--- /dev/null
+++ b/howto/release/components/voltha-lib-go.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+VOLTHA Components: voltha-protos
+================================
+
+Dependencies
+------------
+
+- update go.mod
+
+  - voltha-protos
+
+
+Validate
+--------
+
+Versioning
+----------
+
+- Based on VERSION file contents in root directory of the repository.
+
+Release
+-------
+
+- Bump VERSION file to a non-dev semantic version.
+- See Validate above
+- Commit and approve to trigger a build
diff --git a/howto/release/components/voltha-protos.rst b/howto/release/components/voltha-protos.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9de5270
--- /dev/null
+++ b/howto/release/components/voltha-protos.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+VOLTHA Components: voltha-protos
+================================
+
+Dependencies
+------------
+
+- google-api library version
+
+Validate
+--------
+
+- make lint
+- make test
+
+Versioning
+----------
+
+- Based on VERSION file contents in root directory of the repository.
+
+Release
+-------
+
+- Bump VERSION file to a non-dev semantic version.
+- See Validate above
+- Commit and approve to trigger a build