diff --git a/docs/process/release.adoc b/docs/process/release.adoc
index 764bc25914..cf508dc824 100644
--- a/docs/process/release.adoc
+++ b/docs/process/release.adoc
@@ -345,7 +345,8 @@ Hydra will spur into action when `stable` advances, so if the branch is already
 [source, nix-shell]
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 pushd $(mktemp -d)
-cp -R $agent_js_rc/. ./
+tar -xvf "$agent_js_rc_npm_packed"
+cd package
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 . Change the package.json's `version` property: