git clone https://github.com/cilium/release.git "$(go env GOPATH)/src/github.com/cilium/release"
cd $(go env GOPATH)/src/github.com/cilium/release
git checkout master && git pull && make
sudo install release /usr/local/bin

export NEW_RELEASE=1.16.1
export PREVIOUS_RELEASE=1.16.0

git checkout main
git pull origin main
git switch -c pr/$USER/v$NEW_RELEASE-prep

 curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cilium/cilium/$NEW_RELEASE/go.mod

go get github.com/cilium/cilium@${NEW_RELEASE}
go mod tidy && go mod vendor && go mod verify
git add go.mod go.sum vendor

GITHUB_TOKEN=$(gh auth token) release changelog --base v$PREVIOUS_RELEASE --head v$NEW_RELEASE --repo cilium/cilium --label-filter hubble-cli

$EDITOR CHANGELOG.md
...
git add CHANGELOG.md

 git commit -s -m "Prepare for v$NEW_RELEASE release"
 git push

git checkout main
git pull origin main

export COMMIT_SHA=<commit-sha-to-release>

export COMMIT_SHA=$(git rev-parse origin/main)

git tag -s -a "v$NEW_RELEASE" -m "v$NEW_RELEASE" $COMMIT_SHA

git show "v$NEW_RELEASE"

git push origin "v$NEW_RELEASE"

Hubble CLI v0.8.2 is released 
Release notes and binaries: https://github.com/cilium/hubble/releases/tag/v0.8.2
Notable changes:
- Change 1
- ...

git switch -c pr/$USER/update-stable main
echo v$NEW_RELEASE > stable.txt
git add README.md stable.txt
git commit -s -m "Update stable release to $NEW_RELEASE"
git push origin pr/$USER/update-stable