diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e9aed5025e..e622c93863 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -113,6 +113,8 @@
     "test:typecheck": "tsc",
     "test:update": "yarn test:app --updateSnapshot --watchAll=false",
     "test": "yarn test:app",
-    "autorelease": "node scripts/autorelease.js"
+    "autorelease": "node scripts/autorelease.js",
+    "prerelease": "node scripts/prerelease.js",
+    "release": "node scripts/release.js"
   }
 }
diff --git a/scripts/prerelease.js b/scripts/prerelease.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..25e9ddf837
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/prerelease.js
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+const fs = require("fs");
+const util = require("util");
+const exec = util.promisify(require("child_process").exec);
+const updateChangelog = require("./updateChangelog");
+
+const excalidrawDir = `${__dirname}/../src/packages/excalidraw`;
+const excalidrawPackage = `${excalidrawDir}/package.json`;
+
+const updatePackageVersion = (nextVersion) => {
+  const pkg = require(excalidrawPackage);
+  pkg.version = nextVersion;
+  const content = `${JSON.stringify(pkg, null, 2)}\n`;
+  fs.writeFileSync(excalidrawPackage, content, "utf-8");
+};
+
+const prerelease = async (nextVersion) => {
+  try {
+    await updateChangelog(nextVersion);
+    updatePackageVersion(nextVersion);
+    await exec(`git add -u`);
+    await exec(
+      `git commit -m "docs: release @excalidraw/excalidraw@${nextVersion}  🎉"`,
+    );
+
+    console.info("Done!");
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error(error);
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+};
+
+const nextVersion = process.argv.slice(2)[0];
+if (!nextVersion) {
+  console.error("Pass the next version to release!");
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+prerelease(nextVersion);
diff --git a/scripts/release.js b/scripts/release.js
index 479593f940..986eadc2a3 100644
--- a/scripts/release.js
+++ b/scripts/release.js
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 const fs = require("fs");
-const util = require("util");
-const exec = util.promisify(require("child_process").exec);
-const updateChangelog = require("./updateChangelog");
+const { execSync } = require("child_process");
 
 const excalidrawDir = `${__dirname}/../src/packages/excalidraw`;
 const excalidrawPackage = `${excalidrawDir}/package.json`;
+const pkg = require(excalidrawPackage);
+
 const originalReadMe = fs.readFileSync(`${excalidrawDir}/README.md`, "utf8");
 
 const updateReadme = () => {
@@ -17,35 +17,28 @@ const updateReadme = () => {
   fs.writeFileSync(`${excalidrawDir}/README.md`, data, "utf8");
 };
 
-const updatePackageVersion = (nextVersion) => {
-  const pkg = require(excalidrawPackage);
-  pkg.version = nextVersion;
-  const content = `${JSON.stringify(pkg, null, 2)}\n`;
-  fs.writeFileSync(excalidrawPackage, content, "utf-8");
-};
-
-const release = async (nextVersion) => {
+const publish = () => {
   try {
-    updateReadme();
-    await updateChangelog(nextVersion);
-    updatePackageVersion(nextVersion);
-    await exec(`git add -u`);
-    await exec(
-      `git commit -m "docs: release @excalidraw/excalidraw@${nextVersion}  🎉"`,
-    );
-    // revert readme after release
-    fs.writeFileSync(`${excalidrawDir}/README.md`, originalReadMe, "utf8");
-
-    console.info("Done!");
+    execSync(`yarn  --frozen-lockfile`);
+    execSync(`yarn --frozen-lockfile`, { cwd: excalidrawDir });
+    execSync(`yarn run build:umd`, { cwd: excalidrawDir });
+    execSync(`yarn --cwd ${excalidrawDir} publish`);
   } catch (error) {
     console.error(error);
     process.exit(1);
   }
 };
 
-const nextVersion = process.argv.slice(2)[0];
-if (!nextVersion) {
-  console.error("Pass the next version to release!");
-  process.exit(1);
-}
-release(nextVersion);
+const release = () => {
+  updateReadme();
+  console.info("Note for stable readme removed");
+
+  publish();
+  console.info(`Published ${pkg.version}!`);
+
+  // revert readme after release
+  fs.writeFileSync(`${excalidrawDir}/README.md`, originalReadMe, "utf8");
+  console.info("Readme reverted");
+};
+
+release();
diff --git a/src/packages/excalidraw/README.md b/src/packages/excalidraw/README.md
index c11966e8cb..6c5f98205c 100644
--- a/src/packages/excalidraw/README.md
+++ b/src/packages/excalidraw/README.md
@@ -1341,3 +1341,23 @@ You can create a test release by posting the below comment in your pull request
 ```
 
 Once the version is released `@excalibot` will post a comment with the release version.
+
+#### Creating a production release
+
+To release the next stable version follow the below steps
+
+```
+yarn prerelease version
+```
+
+You need to pass the `version` for which you want to create the release. This will make the changes needed before making the release like updating `package.json`, `changelog` and more.
+
+The next step is to run the `release` script
+
+```
+yarn release
+```
+
+This will publish the package.
+
+Right now there are two steps to create a production release but once this works fine these scripts will be combined and more automation will be done.