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@@ -137,3 +137,11 @@ You can run the whole suite of tests with the following command:
 ```sh
 poetry run pytest
 ```
+
+### Making a release
+
+Run `poetry version $new_version` to bump the version number in
+`pyproject.toml`. Commit the changes.
+Now we set a tag using `git tag v$(poetry version -s)` and push everything to
+the repository with `git push --tags && git push`. CI will take care for
+publishing the new package version to pypi.