diff --git a/doc/contributing/releases.md b/doc/contributing/releases.md
index adbe8c80c3d806..81ab323ec89b44 100644
--- a/doc/contributing/releases.md
+++ b/doc/contributing/releases.md
@@ -314,14 +314,14 @@ git checkout -b v1.2.3-proposal upstream/v1.x-staging
 You can also run:
 
 ```bash
-git node release -S --prepare --security --filterLabel vX.x
+git node release -S --prepare --security=../vulnerabilities.json --filterLabel vX.x
 ```
 
 Example:
 
 ```bash
 git checkout v20.x
-git node release -S --prepare --security --filterLabel v20.x
+git node release -S --prepare --security=../vulnerabilities.json --filterLabel v20.x
 ```
 
 to automate the remaining steps until step 6 or you can perform it manually
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ following the below steps. For semver-minors, you can pass the new version
 explicitly with `--newVersion` arg:
 
 ```bash
-git node release -S --prepare --security --filterLabel v20.x --newVersion 20.20.0
+git node release -S --prepare --security=../vulnerabilities.json --filterLabel v20.x --newVersion 20.20.0
 ```
 
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