diff --git a/releasing/README.md b/releasing/README.md
index b9088b30b..609d21542 100644
--- a/releasing/README.md
+++ b/releasing/README.md
@@ -51,8 +51,9 @@ Undraft the release on the [kustomize repo release page].
 ```
 cd ../cli-utils
 
-# Pin to the most recent kyaml.
-gorepomod pin kyaml
+# Pin to the most recent kyaml, e.g.
+go mod edit -require sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml@v0.9.0
+go test ./...
 
 # Merge these changes to upstream (make a PR, merge it)