diff --git a/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md b/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
index e8fbd18c..b2d09907 100644
--- a/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -17,17 +17,24 @@ Then, to generate, run the ./gen.sh file in the java repo. This will generate th
 ./tools/gen.sh
 ```
 
-Observe the new files in `google-cloudevent-types/src/`.
+Observe the new files in `src/`.
 
 ## Test
   
-Run tests in the `google-cloudevent-types` :
+Run tests:
 
 ```sh
-cd google-cloudevent-types
 mvn test
 ```
 
+## Prepublish Checklist
+
+Install the library to ensure it builds correctly:
+
+```
+mvn install -Dclirr.skip
+```
+
 ## How to Contribute
 
 We'd love to accept your patches and contributions to this project. There are
diff --git a/.kokoro/release/stage.sh b/.kokoro/release/stage.sh
index 3c482cbc..c0c88d1f 100755
--- a/.kokoro/release/stage.sh
+++ b/.kokoro/release/stage.sh
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ create_settings_xml_file "settings.xml"
 mvn clean install deploy -B \
   --settings ${MAVEN_SETTINGS_FILE} \
   -DskipTests=true \
+  -Dclirr.skip \ # Ignore running clirr for breaking changes. See #43
   -DperformRelease=true \
   -Dgpg.executable=gpg \
   -Dgpg.passphrase=${GPG_PASSPHRASE} \