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+---
+title: Releasing Velero plugins
+layout: docs
+toc: "true"
+---
+
+Velero plugins maintained by the core maintainers do not have any shipped binaries, only container images, so there is no need to invoke a GoReleaser script.
+Container images are built via a CI job on git push.
+
+Plugins the Velero core team is responsible include all those listed in [the Velero-supported providers list](supported-providers.md) _except_ the vSphere plugin.
+
+1. Update the README.md file to update the compatibility matrix and `velero install` instructions with the expected version number and open a PR.
+  1. Determining the version number is based on semantic versioning and whether the plugin uses any newly introduced, changed, or removed methods or variables from Velero.
+1. Once the updated README.md PR is merged, checkout the upstream `main` branch. `git checkout upstream/main`.
+1. Tag the git version - `git tag v<version>`.
+1. Push the git tag - `git push --tags <upstream remote name>`
+1. Wait for the container images to build
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 - Run `export HOMEBREW_GITHUB_API_TOKEN=your_token_here` on your command line to make sure that `brew` can work on GitHub on your behalf.
 - Run `hack/release-tools/brew-update.sh`. This script will download the necessary files, do the checks, and invoke the brew helper to submit the PR, which will open in your browser.
 - Update Windows Chocolatey version. From a Windows computer, follow the step-by-step instructions to [create the Windows Chocolatey package for Velero CLI](https://github.com/adamrushuk/velero-choco/blob/main/README.md)
+-
+### Plugins
+
+To release plugins maintained by the core team, follow the [plugin release instructions](plugin-release-instructions.md).
 
 ## How to write and release a blog post
 What to include in a release blog: