diff --git a/Releasing.main.kts b/Releasing.main.kts
index 38e13808..5948e485 100755
--- a/Releasing.main.kts
+++ b/Releasing.main.kts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 @file:Repository("https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/")
 //@file:Repository("https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots")
 //@file:Repository("file:///Users/louiscad/.m2/repository")
-@file:DependsOn("com.louiscad.incubator:lib-publishing-helpers:0.2.2")
+@file:DependsOn("com.louiscad.incubator:lib-publishing-helpers:0.2.3")
 
 import Releasing_main.CiReleaseFailureCause.*
 import java.io.File
@@ -288,6 +288,10 @@ fun CliUi.runReleaseStep(step: ReleaseStep): Unit = when (step) {
     }
     `Request PR merge` -> {
         requestManualAction("Merge the pull request for the new version on GitHub.")
+        printInfo("Now that the pull request has been merged into the release branch on GitHub,")
+        printInfo("we are going to update our local release branch")
+        requestUserConfirmation("Ready?")
+        git.updateBranchFromOrigin(targetBranch = "release")
     }
     `Request GitHub release publication` -> {
         requestManualAction("Publish release on GitHub with the changelog.")