diff --git a/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-3.4.md b/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-3.4.md
index c9f72b04414..6619cc2805d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-3.4.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-3.4.md
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ Previous change logs can be found at [CHANGELOG-3.3](https://github.com/etcd-io/
 ### Package `clientv3`
 - Fix [runtime panic that occurs when KeepAlive is called with a Context implemented by an uncomparable type](https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/pull/18936)
 
+### Dependencies
+- Compile binaries using [go 1.22.10](https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/pull/19005)
+  
 <hr>
 
 ## v3.4.35 (2024-11-12)
diff --git a/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-3.5.md b/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-3.5.md
index c5b57f57bb2..36cbd20b21e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-3.5.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-3.5.md
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ Previous change logs can be found at [CHANGELOG-3.4](https://github.com/etcd-io/
 ### Package `clientv3`
 - Fix [runtime panic that occurs when KeepAlive is called with a Context implemented by an uncomparable type](https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/pull/18937)
 
+## Dependencies
+- Compile binaries using [go 1.22.10](https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/pull/19004).
+
 ### etcd grpc-proxy
 - Add [`tls min/max version to grpc proxy`](https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/pull/18829) to support setting TLS min and max version.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/contributor-guide/release.md b/Documentation/contributor-guide/release.md
index ebf0d4d3f0b..266b500d1c4 100644
--- a/Documentation/contributor-guide/release.md
+++ b/Documentation/contributor-guide/release.md
@@ -84,6 +84,10 @@ which don't need to be executed before releasing each version.
    - `git clone --branch release-3.X git@github.com:etcd-io/etcd.git`
 6. Run the release script under the repository's root directory, replacing `${VERSION}` with a value without the `v` prefix, i.e. `3.5.13`.
    - `DRY_RUN=false ./scripts/release.sh ${VERSION}`
+   - **NOTE:** When doing a pre-release (i.e., a version from the main branch, 3.6.0-alpha.2), you will need to explicitly set the branch to main:
+     ```
+     DRY_RUN=false BRANCH=main ./scripts/release.sh ${VERSION}
+     ```
 
    It generates all release binaries under the directory `/tmp/etcd-release-${VERSION}/etcd/release/` and images. Binaries are pushed to the Google Cloud bucket
    under project `etcd-development`, and images are pushed to `quay.io` and `gcr.io`.