diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1893761b3..23500e01a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -215,6 +215,23 @@ Then perform the release:
 ./mvnw release:perform -Prelease
 ```
 
+Go to https://repository.apache.org/ and close the staging repository.
+
+A URL will be generated for the repository, like: https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachecamel-xxxx. The URL needs to be communicated during the voting process.
+
+Now run:
+
+```
+cd release-utils/scripts/
+./upload-sources.sh $CAMEL_KAMELET_VERSION $CAMEL_KAMELET_VERSION
+```
+
+You'll be requested to insert the password to unlock the secret key to sign the artifacts and after uploading to nexus dev repository.
+
+You could verify the result at the following URL:
+
+https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/camel/camel-kamelets/<$CAMEL_KAMELET_VERSION> 
+
 Restore Kamelets:
 
 ```
@@ -228,3 +245,5 @@ git commit -am "Restore Kamelets for development"
 
 git push upstream main
 ```
+
+Send an email to dev mailing list to start the vote.
diff --git a/release-utils/scripts/sign.sh b/release-utils/scripts/sign.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..cdd8b47b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release-utils/scripts/sign.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+# contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+# this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+# The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+# (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+# the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# This is a utility script to sign and sha512 all files in the given directory.
+
+if [ "$#" -ne 1 ]; then
+    echo "usage: $0 dir"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+dir=$1
+
+pushd . && cd $dir
+
+for f in $(ls | grep -e ".*tar.gz$");
+do
+    sha512sum -b $f > $f.sha512
+    gpg --output $f.asc --armor --detach-sig $f
+done
+
+popd
diff --git a/release-utils/scripts/upload-source.sh b/release-utils/scripts/upload-source.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..4ab9cf9c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release-utils/scripts/upload-source.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+# contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+# this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+# The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+# (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+# the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+set -e
+
+if [ "$#" -lt 2 ]; then
+    echo "usage: $0 upload-sources release-version destination-version"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+location=$(dirname $0)
+version=$1
+
+mkdir $1/
+cd $1/
+
+wget https://github.com/apache/camel-kamelets/archive/refs/tags/v$1.tar.gz -O camel-kamelets-sources-$1.tar.gz
+cd ../
+./sign.sh $1/
+svn import $1/ https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/camel/camel-kamelets/$2/ -m "Import camel-kamelets release"
+
+rm -rf $1/