diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/minor_release.md b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/release.md
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index f4c4be4a..5f992e43 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/minor_release.md
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/release.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
-name: Minor Release
-about: Create a new minor release [for release managers only]
-title: 'Release MAJOR.MINOR+1.0'
+name: Release
+about: Create a new release [for release managers only]
+title: 'Release MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH'
 labels: 'release'
 assignees: ''
 ---
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ assignees: ''
 3. - [ ] Update the API docs to reflect the changes in the API
 4. - [ ] Delete the `target` directory in bdk-ffi and all previous artifacts to make sure you're building the library from scratch.
 5. - [ ] Build the library and run the tests, and adjust if necessary.
+1. - [ ] Delete the `target` directory in bdk-ffi and all `build` directories (in root, `lib`, and `plugins`) in bdk-android directory to make sure you're building the library from scratch.
+2. - [ ] Build the library and run the offline and live tests, and adjust them if necessary (note that you'll need an Android emulator running).
 ```shell
 # start an emulator prior to running the tests
 cd ./bdk-android/
@@ -23,26 +25,32 @@ cd ./bdk-android/
 ./gradlew connectedAndroidTest
 ```
 6. - [ ] Update the readme if necessary
+1. - [ ] Update the readme if necessary
 #### _JVM_
 7. - [ ] Update the API docs to reflect the changes in the API
 8. - [ ] Delete the `target` directory in bdk-ffi and all previous artifacts to make sure you're building the library from scratch
 9. - [ ] Build the library and run the tests, and adjust if necessary
+2. - [ ] Delete the `target` directory in bdk-ffi and all `build` directories (in root, `lib`, and `plugins`) in bdk-android directory to make sure you're building the library from scratch.
+3. - [ ] Build the library and run the tests, and adjust if necessary
 ```shell
 cd ./bdk-jvm/
 ./gradlew buildJvmLib
 ./gradlew test
 ```
 10. - [ ] Update the readme if necessary
+1.  - [ ] Update the readme if necessary
 #### _Swift_
 11. - [ ] Run the tests and adjust if necessary
+1.  - [ ] Run the tests and adjust if necessary
 ```shell
 ./bdk-swift/build-local-swift.sh
 cd ./bdk-swift/
 swift test
 ```
 12. - [ ] Update the readme if necessary
+1.  - [ ] Update the readme if necessary
 #### _Python_
-13. - [ ] Delete the `.tox`, `dist`, `build`, and `bdkpython.egg-info` and rust `target` directories to make sure you are building the library from scratch without any caches
+13. - [ ] Delete the `dist`, `build`, and `bdkpython.egg-info` and rust `target` directories to make sure you are building the library from scratch without any caches
 14. - [ ] Build the library
 ```shell
 cd ./bdk-python/
@@ -50,12 +58,12 @@ pip3 install --requirement requirements.txt
 bash ./scripts/generate-macos-arm64.sh # run the script for your particular platform
 python3 setup.py --verbose bdist_wheel
 ```
-15. - [ ] Run the tests and adjust if necessary
+1.  - [ ] Run the tests and adjust if necessary
 ```shell
 pip3 install ./dist/bdkpython-<yourversion>-py3-none-any.whl --force-reinstall
-python -m unittest --verbose tests/test_bdk.py
+python -m unittest --verbose
 ```
-16. - [ ] Update the readme and `setup.py` if necessary
+1.  - [ ] Update the readme and `setup.py` if necessary
 
 ### Release Workflow
 17. - [ ] Update the Android, JVM, Python, and Swift libraries as per the _Specific Libraries' Workflows_ section above. Open a single PR on master for all of these changes called `Prepare language bindings libraries for 0.X release`. See [example PR here](https://github.com/bitcoindevkit/bdk-ffi/pull/315).
@@ -77,11 +85,5 @@ git push upstream v0.6.0
 29. - [ ] Apply changes to the minor_release and patch_release issue templates if they need any
 30. - [ ] Open a PR on master with the changes in steps 29, 30, and 31. See [example PR here](https://github.com/bitcoindevkit/bdk-ffi/pull/317). Get a review and merge the PR.
 31. - [ ] Make release on GitHub (set as pre-release and generate auto release notes between the previous tag and the new one)
-32. - [ ] Build and publish API docs for JVM, Android, and Java on the website
-```shell
-./gradlew dokkaHtml    # bdk-jvm (Dokka)
-./gradlew dokkaJavadoc # bdk-jvm (java-style documentation)
-./gradlew dokkaHtml    # bdk-android (Dokka)
-```
-33. - [ ] Post in the announcement channel
-34. - [ ] Tweet about the library
+32. - [ ] Post in the announcement channel
+33. - [ ] Tweet about the library