diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 73aeec6..00122af 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -8,3 +8,5 @@ tag = False
 [bumpversion:file:Cargo.lock]
 
 [bumpversion:file:.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml]
+
+[bumpversion:file:.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/release.md]
diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/release.md b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/release.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c1799ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/release.md
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+---
+name: Release checklist
+about: '[for maintainer use]'
+title: 'Release 0.3.0'
+labels: ''
+assignees: 'joaander'
+
+---
+
+- [ ] Run *bumpversion*.
+- [ ] Run `cargo update`
+- [ ] Run `cargo bundle-licenses --format yaml --output THIRDPARTY.yaml`
+- [ ] Check for new or duplicate contributors since the last release:
+  `comm -13 (git log $(git describe --tags --abbrev=0) --format="%aN <%aE>" | sort | uniq | psub) (git log --format="%aN <%aE>" | sort | uniq | psub)`.
+  Add entries to `.mailmap` to remove duplicates.
+- [ ] Add release date and highlights to release notes.
+- [ ] Check readthedocs build, especially release notes formatting.
+- [ ] Tag and push.
+- [ ] Update conda-forge recipe.