diff --git a/docs/RELEASE.md b/docs/RELEASE.md
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@@ -16,12 +16,13 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
 7. [RC1] Rename `.github/pull_request_template.md.disabled` to `.github/pull_request_template.md` to display the warning about soft-freeze for new features
 8. [FINAL] Rename `.github/pull_request_template.md` to `.github/pull_request_template.md.disabled` to hide the warning about soft-freeze for new features
 9. Check dbus docs with `ninja -C build update-dbus-docs`
-10. Tag the release: `version=vXXX-rcY && git tag -s "${version}" -m "systemd ${version}"`
-11. Do `ninja -C build`
-12. Make sure that the version string and package string match: `build/systemctl --version`
-13. Upload the documentation: `ninja -C build doc-sync`
-14. [FINAL] Close the github milestone and open a new one (https://github.com/systemd/systemd/milestones)
-15. "Draft" a new release on github (https://github.com/systemd/systemd/releases/new), mark "This is a pre-release" if appropriate.
-16. Check that announcement to systemd-devel, with a copy&paste from NEWS, was sent. This should happen automatically.
-17. Update IRC topic (`/msg chanserv TOPIC #systemd Version NNN released`)
-18. [FINAL] Push commits to stable, create an empty -stable branch: `git push systemd-stable --atomic origin/main:main origin/main:refs/heads/${version}-stable`, and change the default branch to latest release (https://github.com/systemd/systemd-stable/settings/branches).
+10. Update translation strings (`cd build`, `meson compile systemd-pot`, `meson compile systemd-update-po`) - drop the header comments from `systemd.pot` + re-add SPDX before committing.
+11. Tag the release: `version=vXXX-rcY && git tag -s "${version}" -m "systemd ${version}"`
+12. Do `ninja -C build`
+13. Make sure that the version string and package string match: `build/systemctl --version`
+14. Upload the documentation: `ninja -C build doc-sync`
+15. [FINAL] Close the github milestone and open a new one (https://github.com/systemd/systemd/milestones)
+16. "Draft" a new release on github (https://github.com/systemd/systemd/releases/new), mark "This is a pre-release" if appropriate.
+17. Check that announcement to systemd-devel, with a copy&paste from NEWS, was sent. This should happen automatically.
+18. Update IRC topic (`/msg chanserv TOPIC #systemd Version NNN released`)
+19. [FINAL] Push commits to stable, create an empty -stable branch: `git push systemd-stable --atomic origin/main:main origin/main:refs/heads/${version}-stable`, and change the default branch to latest release (https://github.com/systemd/systemd-stable/settings/branches).