diff --git a/release-stage-1.sh b/release-stage-1.sh
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+++ b/release-stage-1.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+################################################################################
+#
+#    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+#    contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+#    this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+#    The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+#    (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+#    the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#    WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#    See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#    limitations under the License.
+#
+################################################################################
+if [ $# -eq 0 ]
+  then
+    echo "Please use arguments RELEASE_VERSION RELEASE_BRANCH. Ex: ./release-stage-1.sh 2.1.0 master"
+    exit 1
+fi
+set -e
+# keep track of the last executed command
+trap 'last_command=$current_command; current_command=$BASH_COMMAND' DEBUG
+# echo an error message before exiting
+trap 'echo "\"${last_command}\" command filed with exit code $?."' EXIT
+export RELEASE_VERSION=$1
+export RELEASE_BRANCH=$2
+echo Prepare staging 1 of release process for version $RELEASE_VERSION in branch $RELEASE_BRANCH...
+mkdir -p target/release/$RELEASE_VERSION
+pushd target/release/$RELEASE_VERSION
+git clone https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/unomi.git unomi-$RELEASE_VERSION
+cd unomi-$RELEASE_VERSION
+git checkout $RELEASE_BRANCH
+mvn clean install -P apache-release,integration-tests,docker
+mvn clean install -DskipITs=true -DskipTests=true -P integration-tests,rat,apache-release,docker,\!run-tests
+
+pushd target
+gpg --verify unomi-root-$RELEASE_VERSION-SNAPSHOT-source-release.zip.asc unomi-root-$RELEASE_VERSION-SNAPSHOT-source-release.zip
+shasum -a 512 unomi-root-$RELEASE_VERSION-SNAPSHOT-source-release.zip
+cat unomi-root-$RELEASE_VERSION-SNAPSHOT-source-release.zip.sha512
+unzip unomi-root-$RELEASE_VERSION-SNAPSHOT-source-release.zip
+cd unomi-root-$RELEASE_VERSION-SNAPSHOT
+mvn clean install
+popd
+
+mvn release:prepare -DskipITs=true -DskipTests=true -Drelease.arguments="-Papache-release,integration-tests,\!run-tests -DskipITs=true -DskipTests=true" -DdryRun=true -P apache-release,integration-tests,docker,\!run-tests
+mvn deploy -DskipITs=true -DskipTests=true -Drelease.arguments="-Papache-release,integration-tests,\!run-tests -DskipITs=true -DskipTests=true" -P \!run-tests
+rm release.properties
+mvn -DskipITs=true -DskipTests=true -Drelease.arguments="-Papache-release,integration-tests,\!run-tests -DskipITs=true -DskipTests=true" -P apache-release,integration-tests,docker,\!run-tests release:prepare
+mvn -DskipITs=true -DskipTests=true -Drelease.arguments="-Papache-release,integration-tests,\!run-tests -DskipITs=true -DskipTests=true" -P integration-tests,docker,\!run-tests release:perform
+popd
diff --git a/release-stage-2.sh b/release-stage-2.sh
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index 000000000..6cb9245b9
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+++ b/release-stage-2.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+################################################################################
+#
+#    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+#    contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+#    this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+#    The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+#    (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+#    the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#    WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#    See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#    limitations under the License.
+#
+################################################################################
+echo Prepare staging 2 of release process...
+if [ $# -eq 0 ]
+  then
+    echo "Please use arguments RELEASE_VERSION NEXUS_REPOSITORY_ID. Ex: ./release-stage-2.sh 2.1.0 orgapacheunomi-1033"
+    exit 1
+fi
+set -e
+# keep track of the last executed command
+trap 'last_command=$current_command; current_command=$BASH_COMMAND' DEBUG
+# echo an error message before exiting
+trap 'echo "\"${last_command}\" command filed with exit code $?."' EXIT
+
+export RELEASE_VERSION=$1
+export REPO_ID=$2
+pushd target/release/$RELEASE_VERSION
+svn checkout https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/unomi unomi-dev
+cd unomi-dev
+mkdir $RELEASE_VERSION
+cd $RELEASE_VERSION
+
+wget https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/$REPO_ID/org/apache/unomi/unomi-root/$RELEASE_VERSION/unomi-root-$RELEASE_VERSION-source-release.zip
+wget https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/$REPO_ID/org/apache/unomi/unomi-root/$RELEASE_VERSION/unomi-root-$RELEASE_VERSION-source-release.zip.asc
+wget https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/$REPO_ID/org/apache/unomi/unomi/$RELEASE_VERSION/unomi-$RELEASE_VERSION.tar.gz
+wget https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/$REPO_ID/org/apache/unomi/unomi/$RELEASE_VERSION/unomi-$RELEASE_VERSION.tar.gz.asc
+wget https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/$REPO_ID/org/apache/unomi/unomi/$RELEASE_VERSION/unomi-$RELEASE_VERSION.zip
+wget https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/$REPO_ID/org/apache/unomi/unomi/$RELEASE_VERSION/unomi-$RELEASE_VERSION.zip.asc
+
+mv unomi-root-$RELEASE_VERSION-source-release.zip unomi-$RELEASE_VERSION-src.zip
+mv unomi-root-$RELEASE_VERSION-source-release.zip.asc unomi-$RELEASE_VERSION-src.zip.asc
+shasum -a 512 unomi-$RELEASE_VERSION-src.zip > unomi-$RELEASE_VERSION-src.zip.sha512
+
+mv unomi-$RELEASE_VERSION.zip unomi-$RELEASE_VERSION-bin.zip
+mv unomi-$RELEASE_VERSION.zip.asc unomi-$RELEASE_VERSION-bin.zip.asc
+shasum -a 512 unomi-$RELEASE_VERSION-bin.zip > unomi-$RELEASE_VERSION-bin.zip.sha512
+
+mv unomi-$RELEASE_VERSION.tar.gz unomi-$RELEASE_VERSION-bin.tar.gz
+mv unomi-$RELEASE_VERSION.tar.gz.asc unomi-$RELEASE_VERSION-bin.tar.gz.asc
+shasum -a 512 unomi-$RELEASE_VERSION-bin.tar.gz > unomi-$RELEASE_VERSION-bin.tar.gz.sha512
+
+cd ..
+svn add $RELEASE_VERSION
+
+svn commit -m "Apache $RELEASE_VERSION Release (for PMC voting)"
+popd