diff --git a/docker/README.md b/docker/README.md
index c73b24feb..d1fc53765 100644
--- a/docker/README.md
+++ b/docker/README.md
@@ -147,9 +147,3 @@ from the project checkout, and mounts it at `/opt/trino/gateway-ha-config.yml`.
 By default the container health check uses the file `docker/bin/health-check`
 mounted at `/usr/lib/trino/bin/health-check`. The scripts expects a 2XX response
 from the server at `/api/public/backends`.
-
-## Release
-
-After the container images are built locally, a maintainer can login to
-Docker Hub and use the `release-docker.sh` script to publish the locally built
-images.
diff --git a/docker/release-docker.sh b/docker/release-docker.sh
index 0c3dad85f..75567da6a 100755
--- a/docker/release-docker.sh
+++ b/docker/release-docker.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ REPO=trinodb/trino-gateway
 IMAGE=trino-gateway:$VERSION
 TARGET=$REPO:$VERSION
 
-docker/build.sh -r "$VERSION"
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd)"
+
+$SCRIPT_DIR/build.sh -r "$VERSION"
 
 architectures=(amd64 arm64 ppc64le)
 
diff --git a/docs/development.md b/docs/development.md
index 72d443d62..c5b830cb4 100644
--- a/docs/development.md
+++ b/docs/development.md
@@ -109,3 +109,42 @@ for more details.
 
 Want to help build Trino Gateway? Check out our [contributing
 documentation](../.github/CONTRIBUTING.md)
+
+
+## Release process
+
+A full release process consists of the following steps:
+
+Merge the pull request for the release notes and pull the changes locally:
+
+```shell
+cd trino-gateway
+git checkout main
+git pull
+```
+
+Run a Maven release build:
+
+```shell
+./mvnw clean release:prepare release:perform
+```
+
+A successful release build performs the necessary commits, and pushes the
+binaries to Maven Central staging.
+
+Close and release the staging repository, and wait until the sync to Central is
+completed. Confirm the presence of the artifacts at
+[https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/io/trino/gateway/gateway-ha/](https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/io/trino/gateway/gateway-ha/).
+
+Ensure that you are logged into Docker Hub  with suitable permissions, and run
+the container release script with the version  number that was just released, 
+for example `6`:
+
+```shell
+docker/release-docker.sh 6
+```
+
+Once completed, verify the availability at
+[https://hub.docker.com/r/trinodb/trino-gateway](https://hub.docker.com/r/trinodb/trino-gateway).
+
+Announce the release on Trino Slack and LinkedIn.