diff --git a/howto/release/repositories/voltha-lib-go/misc.rst b/howto/release/repositories/voltha-lib-go/misc.rst
index f1ae52c..90260f4 100644
--- a/howto/release/repositories/voltha-lib-go/misc.rst
+++ b/howto/release/repositories/voltha-lib-go/misc.rst
@@ -2,12 +2,23 @@
 ===============
 
 - Update copyright notices
-- find . ! -path './vendor/\*' -print | xargs -n1 gofmt -s -w
+- find . ! -path './vendor/\*' -print | xargs -n1 gofmt -s -e -w
 - go.mod
 
   - Update module versions for voltha/onos components
   - make mod-update
 
+- Build
+
+  - make help
+  - make LOCAL_FIX_PERMS=1 lint
+  - make distclean
+  - make LOCAL_FIX_PERMS=1 mod-update
+  - make LOCAL_FIX_PERMS=1 build
+  - make LOCAL_FIX_PERMS=1 test
+
+    - Cannot test locally: cannot access data directory: mkdir volthalib.db.kvstore
+
 - Chart.yaml
 
   - Update version string(s) for voltha-lib-go.
diff --git a/howto/release/repositories/voltha-lib-go/release.rst b/howto/release/repositories/voltha-lib-go/release.rst
index dd91ad8..83cf628 100644
--- a/howto/release/repositories/voltha-lib-go/release.rst
+++ b/howto/release/repositories/voltha-lib-go/release.rst
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 =========================
 
 - Tag and branch repositories (order is important)
-- Update .gitreview, set defaultbranch=voltha-2.12-beta for commits
-- Update VERSION file to prevent future conflicts.
+- Update .gitreview, set defaultbranch=voltha-2.12 for commits
+- Update VERSION file to prevent future conflicts: {major}.{minor+1}.0
 
 
 Release branching and tagging