diff --git a/website/src/release.md b/website/src/release.md
index 7549b8ef4d..4f4043b8f3 100644
--- a/website/src/release.md
+++ b/website/src/release.md
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ Bump all components' version in the project to the new iceberg version.
 Please note that this version is the exact version of the release, not the release candidate version.
 
 - rust core: bump version in `Cargo.toml`
+- python binding: bump version in `bindings/python/Cargo.toml`
 
 ### Update docs