diff --git a/metadata/im.vector.app.yml b/metadata/im.vector.app.yml
index 2f2298faf2..13cba07a8d 100644
--- a/metadata/im.vector.app.yml
+++ b/metadata/im.vector.app.yml
@@ -455,6 +455,7 @@ Builds:
     ndk: r21e
 
 MaintainerNotes: |-
+    Do not update unless requested by the Element team! The Element team will ping us whenever they feel a new release is ready. See https://github.com/vector-im/element-android/issues/3728 as an example of their release process.
     build.gradle file is scanignored because upstream builds and publishes a libre build of the jitsi sdk in a custom maven repo.
     The repo can be recreated by using tools/jitsi/build_jitsi_libs.sh
     We use that build instead of doing our own for now as jitsi embeds a timstamp in the version number and it's a major pain to maintain.