diff --git a/hack/release.sh b/hack/release.sh
index 4b57ba10dfe..930adca962d 100755
--- a/hack/release.sh
+++ b/hack/release.sh
@@ -1,17 +1,35 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -euo pipefail
 # run hack/release.sh from the project root directory to publish the release
-DOCS_DIR="../docs"
+DOCS_DIR="$(realpath $(dirname $0)/../../docs)"
+
+DRY_RUN=0
+if [ ${1:-} == "--dry-run" ]; then
+  DRY_RUN=1
+fi
 
 echo "check status of last commit build"
 commit=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
-check_status=$(curl https://api.github.com/repos/kubeovn/kube-ovn/commits/$commit/check-runs)
-if ! echo $check_status | grep -q '"conclusion": "failure"'; then
-    echo "last commit build successed"
-else
-    echo "last commit build failed"
-    exit 1
+# FIXME: get all runs by setting parameter page and per_page if there are more than 100 runs
+# Reference: https://docs.github.com/en/rest/checks/runs?apiVersion=2022-11-28#list-check-runs-for-a-git-reference
+check_status=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/kubeovn/kube-ovn/commits/$commit/check-runs?per_page=100)
+if echo $check_status | grep -q '"status": "queued"'; then
+  echo "last commit build is queued"
+  exit 1
+fi
+if echo $check_status | grep -q '"status": "in_progress"'; then
+  echo "last commit build is in progress"
+  exit 1
+fi
+if echo $check_status | grep -q '"conclusion": "failure"'; then
+  echo "last commit build failed"
+  exit 1
 fi
+if echo $check_status | grep -q '"conclusion": "cancelled"'; then
+  echo "last commit build was cancelled"
+  exit 1
+fi
+echo "last commit build successed"
 
 
 echo "tag and push image"
@@ -33,9 +51,11 @@ docker manifest create kubeovn/kube-ovn:${VERSION} kubeovn/kube-ovn:${VERSION}-x
 docker manifest create kubeovn/vpc-nat-gateway:${VERSION} kubeovn/vpc-nat-gateway:${VERSION}-x86 kubeovn/vpc-nat-gateway:${VERSION}-arm
 docker manifest create kubeovn/kube-ovn:${VERSION}-debug kubeovn/kube-ovn:${VERSION}-debug-x86 kubeovn/kube-ovn:${VERSION}-debug-arm
 
-docker manifest push kubeovn/kube-ovn:${VERSION}
-docker manifest push kubeovn/vpc-nat-gateway:${VERSION}
-docker manifest push kubeovn/kube-ovn:${VERSION}-debug
+if [ $DRY_RUN -eq 0 ]; then
+  docker manifest push kubeovn/kube-ovn:${VERSION}
+  docker manifest push kubeovn/vpc-nat-gateway:${VERSION}
+  docker manifest push kubeovn/kube-ovn:${VERSION}-debug
+fi
 
 NEXT_VERSION=$(cat VERSION | awk -F '.' '{print $1"."$2"."$3+1}')
 echo "create and push base images for the next version ${NEXT_VERSION}"
@@ -53,10 +73,13 @@ docker manifest create kubeovn/kube-ovn-base:${NEXT_VERSION} kubeovn/kube-ovn-ba
 docker manifest create kubeovn/kube-ovn-base:${NEXT_VERSION}-debug kubeovn/kube-ovn-base:${VERSION}-debug-amd64 kubeovn/kube-ovn-base:${VERSION}-debug-arm64
 docker tag kubeovn/kube-ovn-base:${VERSION}-amd64-legacy kubeovn/kube-ovn-base:${NEXT_VERSION}-amd64-legacy
 docker tag kubeovn/kube-ovn-base:${VERSION}-dpdk kubeovn/kube-ovn-base:${NEXT_VERSION}-dpdk
-docker manifest push kubeovn/kube-ovn-base:${NEXT_VERSION}
-docker manifest push kubeovn/kube-ovn-base:${NEXT_VERSION}-debug
-docker push kubeovn/kube-ovn-base:${NEXT_VERSION}-amd64-legacy
-docker push kubeovn/kube-ovn-base:${NEXT_VERSION}-dpdk
+
+if [ $DRY_RUN -eq 0 ]; then
+  docker manifest push kubeovn/kube-ovn-base:${NEXT_VERSION}
+  docker manifest push kubeovn/kube-ovn-base:${NEXT_VERSION}-debug
+  docker push kubeovn/kube-ovn-base:${NEXT_VERSION}-amd64-legacy
+  docker push kubeovn/kube-ovn-base:${NEXT_VERSION}-dpdk
+fi
 
 current_branch=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
 if [ "$current_branch" != "master" ]; then
@@ -66,22 +89,36 @@ if [ "$current_branch" != "master" ]; then
   sed -i 's/tag:\ .*/tag:\ '"${VERSION}"'/' charts/kube-ovn/values.yaml
   sed -i 's/version:\ .*/version:\ '"${VERSION}"'/' charts/kube-ovn/Chart.yaml
   sed -i 's/appVersion:\ .*/appVersion:\ "'"${VERSION#v}"'"/' charts/kube-ovn/Chart.yaml
+  if [ -f charts/kube-ovn-v2/values.yaml ]; then
+    sed -i 's/tag:\ .*/tag:\ '"${VERSION}"'/' charts/kube-ovn-v2/values.yaml
+    sed -i 's/version:\ .*/version:\ '"${VERSION}"'/' charts/kube-ovn-v2/Chart.yaml
+    sed -i 's/appVersion:\ .*/appVersion:\ "'"${VERSION#v}"'"/' charts/kube-ovn-v2/Chart.yaml
+  fi
+  sed -i '/image:/s/v(\d+\.){2}\d+/'"${VERSION}/" yamls/webhook.yaml
 
   echo "commit, tag and push"
   git add dist/images/install.sh
   git add charts/kube-ovn/values.yaml
   git add charts/kube-ovn/Chart.yaml
+  if [ -f charts/kube-ovn-v2/values.yaml ]; then
+    git add charts/kube-ovn-v2/values.yaml
+    git add charts/kube-ovn-v2/Chart.yaml
+  fi
   git commit -m "release ${VERSION}"
   git tag ${VERSION}
-  git push
-  git push origin --tags
+  if [ $DRY_RUN -eq 0 ]; then
+    git push
+    git push origin --tags
+  fi
 
   echo "modify version to next patch number"
   NEXT_VERSION=$(cat VERSION | awk -F '.' '{print $1"."$2"."$3+1}')
   echo ${NEXT_VERSION} > VERSION
   git add VERSION
   git commit -m "prepare for next release"
-  git push
+  if [ $DRY_RUN -eq 0 ]; then
+    git push
+  fi
 
   echo "Modify the doc version number"
   cd ${DOCS_DIR}
@@ -90,7 +127,9 @@ if [ "$current_branch" != "master" ]; then
   sed -i "s/version: .*/version: ${VERSION}/" mkdocs.yml
   git add mkdocs.yml
   git commit -m "update version to ${VERSION}"
-  git push
+  if [ $DRY_RUN -eq 0 ]; then
+    git push
+  fi
 
   echo "clean up images"
   docker rmi kubeovn/kube-ovn:${VERSION}-x86 \
@@ -112,9 +151,13 @@ else
   echo "push tag and create new release branch"
   git tag ${VERSION}
   RELEASE_BRANCH=release-$(echo ${VERSION} | sed 's/v\([0-9]*\.[0-9]*\).*/\1/')
-  git push origin --tags
+  if [ $DRY_RUN -eq 0 ]; then
+    git push origin --tags
+  fi
   git checkout -b $RELEASE_BRANCH
-  git push --set-upstream origin $RELEASE_BRANCH
+  if [ $DRY_RUN -eq 0 ]; then
+    git push --set-upstream origin $RELEASE_BRANCH
+  fi
 
   echo "create and push base images for the master branch"
   git checkout master
@@ -128,10 +171,12 @@ else
   docker manifest create kubeovn/kube-ovn-base:${NEXT_VERSION}-debug kubeovn/kube-ovn-base:${VERSION}-debug-amd64 kubeovn/kube-ovn-base:${VERSION}-debug-arm64
   docker tag kubeovn/kube-ovn-base:${VERSION}-amd64-legacy kubeovn/kube-ovn-base:${NEXT_VERSION}-amd64-legacy
   docker tag kubeovn/kube-ovn-base:${VERSION}-dpdk kubeovn/kube-ovn-base:${NEXT_VERSION}-dpdk
-  docker manifest push kubeovn/kube-ovn-base:${NEXT_VERSION}
-  docker manifest push kubeovn/kube-ovn-base:${NEXT_VERSION}-debug
-  docker push kubeovn/kube-ovn-base:${NEXT_VERSION}-amd64-legacy
-  docker push kubeovn/kube-ovn-base:${NEXT_VERSION}-dpdk
+  if [ $DRY_RUN -eq 0 ]; then
+    docker manifest push kubeovn/kube-ovn-base:${NEXT_VERSION}
+    docker manifest push kubeovn/kube-ovn-base:${NEXT_VERSION}-debug
+    docker push kubeovn/kube-ovn-base:${NEXT_VERSION}-amd64-legacy
+    docker push kubeovn/kube-ovn-base:${NEXT_VERSION}-dpdk
+  fi
 
   echo "prepare next release in master branch"
   echo ${NEXT_VERSION} > VERSION
@@ -139,19 +184,27 @@ else
   sed -i 's/tag:\ .*/tag:\ '"${NEXT_VERSION}"'/' charts/kube-ovn/values.yaml
   sed -i 's/version:\ .*/version:\ '"${NEXT_VERSION}"'/' charts/kube-ovn/Chart.yaml
   sed -i 's/appVersion:\ .*/appVersion:\ "'"${NEXT_VERSION#v}"'"/' charts/kube-ovn/Chart.yaml
+  sed -i 's/tag:\ .*/tag:\ '"${NEXT_VERSION}"'/' charts/kube-ovn-v2/values.yaml
+  sed -i 's/version:\ .*/version:\ '"${NEXT_VERSION}"'/' charts/kube-ovn-v2/Chart.yaml
+  sed -i 's/appVersion:\ .*/appVersion:\ "'"${NEXT_VERSION#v}"'"/' charts/kube-ovn-v2/Chart.yaml
   sed -ri 's#(\s+)(- master)#\1\2\n\1- '$RELEASE_BRANCH'#' .github/workflows/build-kube-ovn-base.yaml
   sed -ri 's#(\s+)(- master)#\1\2\n\1- '$RELEASE_BRANCH'#' .github/workflows/build-kube-ovn-base-dpdk.yaml
   sed -ri 's#(\s+)(- master)#\1\2\n\1- '$RELEASE_BRANCH'#' .github/workflows/scheduled-e2e.yaml
+  sed -i '/image:/s/v(\d+\.){2}\d+/'"${NEXT_VERSION}/" yamls/webhook.yaml
 
   git add dist/images/install.sh
   git add charts/kube-ovn/values.yaml
   git add charts/kube-ovn/Chart.yaml
+  git add charts/kube-ovn-v2/values.yaml
+  git add charts/kube-ovn-v2/Chart.yaml
   git add VERSION
   git add .github/workflows/build-kube-ovn-base.yaml
   git add .github/workflows/build-kube-ovn-base-dpdk.yaml
   git add .github/workflows/scheduled-e2e.yaml
   git commit -m "prepare for next release"
-  git push
+  if [ $DRY_RUN -eq 0 ]; then
+    git push
+  fi
 
   echo "prepare next release in release branch"
   git checkout $RELEASE_BRANCH
@@ -159,7 +212,9 @@ else
   echo ${NEXT_VERSION} > VERSION
   git add VERSION
   git commit -m "prepare for next release"
-  git push
+  if [ $DRY_RUN -eq 0 ]; then
+    git push
+  fi
 
   echo "need manual update the docs to create a new branch"
 fi