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 At all stages here it is assumed you have a copy of the joomla-cms repo downloaded. Your release branch is clean and in the code snippets below that you have two remotes - an `upstream` remote that points to this repo and a `security` remote which points to the security private repository. You should also ensure all your commits and tags are signed by a GPG key that GitHub recognises.
 
+## Checklist (Beta 1 - Preparation)
+
+- [ ] Update Composer dependencies to their latest version
+- [ ] Update NPM dependencies to their latest version
+
 ## Checklist (Release Candidate - Preparation)
 
 - [ ] Agree Stable Announcement URL with the marketing team