diff --git a/pages/builders/chain-operators/deploy/genesis.mdx b/pages/builders/chain-operators/deploy/genesis.mdx
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--- a/pages/builders/chain-operators/deploy/genesis.mdx
+++ b/pages/builders/chain-operators/deploy/genesis.mdx
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ located in the monorepo to generate an "L2 state dump" and then pass this into t
 The foundry script can be found at
 [packages/contracts-bedrock/scripts/L2Genesis.s.sol](https://github.com/ethereum-optimism/optimism/blob/develop/packages/contracts-bedrock/scripts/L2Genesis.s.sol).
 
+<Callout type="info">
+When generating the genesis file, please use the same `op-contracts/vX.Y.Z` release commit used for L1 contract deployments.
+</Callout>
+
 ### Configuration
 
 Create or modify a file `<network-name>.json` inside the `deploy-config`