diff --git a/docs/releases.md b/docs/releases.md
index 5175551d9..3779960e1 100644
--- a/docs/releases.md
+++ b/docs/releases.md
@@ -16,9 +16,37 @@ latest Docker image which is not a nightly is tagged with `latest`.
 
 ### Update dependencies
 
-Dependencies should be updated in the following order:
+Dependencies should be updated in the order described below. The instructions
+assume that this repository and the other Conduit repositories are all cloned in
+the same directory.
+
 1. https://github.com/ConduitIO/conduit-commons/
-  * 
+    * Run `scripts/get-compare-link.sh ../conduit-commons/` to compare the latest tag and the `main` branch.
+    * If the changes should be released/tagged, push a new tag.
+2. https://github.com/conduitio/conduit-connector-protocol
+    * Update `conduit-commons` if needed
+    * Run `scripts/get-compare-link.sh ../conduit-connector-protocol/` to compare the latest tag and the `main` branch.
+    * If the changes should be released/tagged, push a new tag.
+3. https://github.com/ConduitIO/conduit-connector-sdk
+    * Update `conduit-commons` if needed
+    * Update `conduit-connector-protocol` if needed
+    * Run `scripts/get-compare-link.sh ../conduit-connector-sdk/` to compare the latest tag and the `main` branch.
+    * If the changes should be released/tagged, push a new tag.
+4. https://github.com/ConduitIO/conduit-processor-sdk
+    * Update `conduit-commons` if needed
+    * Run `scripts/get-compare-link.sh ../conduit-processor-sdk/` to compare the latest tag and the `main` branch.
+    * If the changes should be released/tagged, push a new tag.
+5. Bump the Connector SDK in all the built-in connectors: `scripts/bump-sdk-in-connectors.sh vX.Y.Z`
+6. For each of the built-in connectors (file, kafka, generator, s3, postgres, log):
+    * Run `scripts/get-compare-link.sh ../conduit-processor-sdk/` to compare the latest tag and the `main` branch.
+    * If the changes should be released/tagged, push a new tag.
+7. Bump the built-in connectors: `scripts/bump-builtin-connectors.sh`
+8. Conduit itself
+    * Update `conduit-connector-sdk` if needed
+    * Update `conduit-processor-sdk` if needed
+    * Update `conduit-connector-protocol` if needed
+    * Update `conduit-commons` if needed
+    * Release Conduit (see instructions below)
 
 ## How to release a new version
 
diff --git a/scripts/bump-sdk-in-connectors.sh b/scripts/bump-sdk-in-connectors.sh
index 108a4bb8a..0d55dd303 100755
--- a/scripts/bump-sdk-in-connectors.sh
+++ b/scripts/bump-sdk-in-connectors.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ SDK_V=$1
 
 for conn in 'file' 'kafka' 'generator' 's3' 'postgres' 'log'
 do
-	cd ../conduit-connector-$conn
+	cd ../conduit-connector-$conn || exit
 
 	echo
 	echo "Working on conduit-connector-$conn"
@@ -36,5 +36,5 @@ do
 
 	gh pr create --fill --head bump-sdk-version-$SDK_V
 
-	cd ../conduit
+	cd ../conduit || exit
 done
diff --git a/scripts/get-compare-link.sh b/scripts/get-compare-link.sh
index 3252b67f5..5fdaccccf 100755
--- a/scripts/get-compare-link.sh
+++ b/scripts/get-compare-link.sh
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ cd "$1" || { echo "Failed to move into repository directory"; exit 1; }
 # Fetch tags
 git fetch --tags || { echo "Failed to fetch tags"; exit 1; }
 
-# Get the latest tag
-latest_tag=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0) || { echo "Failed to get latest tag"; exit 1; }
+# Get the latest tag across all branches
+latest_tag=$(git describe --tags "$(git rev-list --tags --max-count=1)") || { echo "Failed to get latest tag"; exit 1; }
 
 # Get the owner and repository name from the remote URL
 repo_url=$(git config --get remote.origin.url)