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+---
+name: VRL minor release
+about: Use this template for a new minor release.
+title: "VRL [version] release"
+labels: "domain: releasing"
+---
+
+- [ ] Create release preparation PR
+  - [ ] Bump [Cargo.toml](https://github.com/vectordotdev/vrl/blob/main/Cargo.toml#L3) version and commit the change.
+  - [ ] Run `cargo check` to update `Cargo.lock`.
+  - [ ] Run the [./scripts/generate_release_changelog.sh](https://github.com/vectordotdev/vrl/blob/main/scripts/generate_release_changelog.sh) script
+    and commit the changes.
+- [ ] After the above PR is merged, run the [./scripts/publish.py](https://github.com/vectordotdev/vrl/blob/main/scripts/publish.py) script.
+  - [ ] Confirm that the new tag was created: https://github.com/vectordotdev/vrl/tags
+  - [ ] Confirm that the new VRL release was published: https://crates.io/crates/vrl