diff --git a/.github/workflows/go-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/go-ci.yml
index e82a3ed..3f90c29 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/go-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/go-ci.yml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ jobs:
         go: [ '1.21', '1.22' ]
         os: [ 'ubuntu-latest', 'windows-latest', 'macos-latest' ]
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - name: Install Go
       uses: actions/setup-go@v4
       with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/rc.yml b/.github/workflows/rc.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5a407d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/rc.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+name: RC
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - '**'
+      - '!dependabot/**'
+    tags:
+      - '*-rc*'
+  pull_request:
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.repository }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.sha }}-${{ github.workflow }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  archive:
+    name: Archive
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 5
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Prepare for tag
+        if: github.ref_type == 'tag'
+        run: |
+          version=${GITHUB_REF_NAME%-rc}
+          version=${version#v}
+          rc=${GITHUB_REF_NAME#*-rc}
+          echo "VERSION=${version}" >> ${GITHUB_ENV}
+          echo "RC=${rc}" >> ${GITHUB_ENV}
+      - name: Prepare for branch
+        if: github.ref_type == 'branch'
+        run: |
+          rc=100
+          echo "VERSION=${version}" >> ${GITHUB_ENV}
+          echo "RC=${rc}" >> ${GITHUB_ENV}
+      - name: Archive
+        run: |
+          id="apache-iceberg-go-${VERSION}"
+          tar_gz="${id}.tar.gz"
+          echo "TAR_GZ=${tar_gz}" >> ${GITHUB_ENV}
+          git archive HEAD --prefix "${id}/" --output "${tar_gz}"
+          sha256sum "${tar_gz}" > "${tar_gz}.sha256"
+          sha512sum "${tar_gz}" > "${tar_gz}.sha512"
+      - name: Audit
+        run: |
+          dev/release/run_rat.sh "${TAR_GZ}"
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: archive
+          path: |
+            apache-iceberg-go-*
+  
+  verify:
+    name: Verify
+    needs:
+      - archive
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        os:
+          - macos-latest
+          - ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: archive
+      - name: Verify
+        run: |
+          tar_gz=$(echo apache-iceberg-go-*.tar.gz)
+          version=${tar_gz#apache-iceberg-go-}
+          version=${version%.tar.gz}
+          if [ "${GITHUB_REF_TYPE}" = "tag" ]; then
+            rc="${GITHUB_REF_NAME#*-rc}"
+          else
+            rc=100
+          fi
+          VERIFY_DEFAULT=0 dev/release/verify_rc.sh "${version}" "${rc}"
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+  upload:
+    name: upload
+    if: github.ref_type == 'tag'
+    needs:
+      - verify
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: archive
+      - name: Upload
+        run: |
+          # TODO: Add support for release notes
+          gh release create ${GITHUB_REF_NAME} \
+            --prerelease \
+            --title "Apache Iceberg Go ${GITHUB_REF_NAME}" \
+            --verify-tag \
+            apache-iceberg-go-*.tar.gz \
+            apache-iceberg-go-*.tar.gz.sha*
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8b398c6..99c3976 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -49,4 +49,10 @@ lib/
 
 # local catalog environment via docker
 dev/notebooks
-dev/warehouse
\ No newline at end of file
+dev/warehouse
+
+/apache-iceberg-go-*.tar.gz
+/apache-iceberg-go-*.tar.gz.asc
+/dev/release/apache-rat-*.jar
+/dev/release/filtered_rat.txt
+/dev/release/rat.xml
diff --git a/dev/.rat-excludes b/dev/.rat-excludes
deleted file mode 100644
index e947260..0000000
--- a/dev/.rat-excludes
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-.gitignore
-.rat-excludes
-LICENSE
-NOTICE
-go.sum
-build
-rat-results.txt
-operation_string.go
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dev/check-license b/dev/check-license
index 23d22f7..7ba2d9a 100755
--- a/dev/check-license
+++ b/dev/check-license
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ mkdir -p "$FWDIR"/lib
 }
 
 mkdir -p build
-$java_cmd -jar "$rat_jar" -E "$FWDIR"/dev/.rat-excludes -d "$FWDIR" > build/rat-results.txt
+$java_cmd -jar "$rat_jar" -E "$FWDIR"/dev/release/rat_exclude_files.txt -d "$FWDIR" > build/rat-results.txt
 
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
    echo "RAT exited abnormally"
diff --git a/dev/release/README.md b/dev/release/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1f9285f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev/release/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+<!---
+  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  distributed with this work for additional information
+  regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  under the License.
+-->
+
+# Release
+
+## Overview
+
+    1. Test the revision to be released
+    2. Prepare RC and vote (detailed later)
+    3. Publish (detailed later)
+
+### Prepare RC and vote
+
+Run `dev/release/release_rc.sh` on a working copy of 
+`git@github.com:apache/iceberg-go` not from your fork:
+
+```console
+$ git clone git@github.com:apache/iceberg-go.git
+$ dev/release/release_rc.sh ${VERSION} ${RC}
+(Send a vote email to dev@iceberg.apache.org.
+ You can use a draft shown by release_rc.sh for the email.)
+```
+
+Here is an example to release RC1:
+
+```console
+$ GH_TOKEN=${YOUR_GITHUB_TOKEN} dev/release/release_rc.sh 1.0.0 1
+```
+
+The arguments of `release_rc.sh` are the version and the RC number. If RC1 has a problem, we'll increment the RC number such as RC2, RC3 and so on.
+
+Requirements to run `release_rc.sh`:
+
+    * You must be an Apache Iceberg committer or PMC member
+    * You must prepare your PGP key for signing
+
+If you don't have a PGP key, https://infra.apache.org/release-signing.html#generate
+may be helpful.
+
+Your PGP key must be registered to the following:
+
+    * https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/iceberg/KEYS
+    * https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/iceberg/KEYS
+
+See the header comment of them for how to add a PGP key.
+
+Apache Iceberg committers can update them by Subversion client with their ASF account.
+e.g.:
+
+```console
+$ svn co https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/iceberg
+$ cd iceberg
+$ editor KEYS
+$ svn ci KEYS
+```
+
+### Publish
+
+We need to do the following to publish a new release:
+
+    * Publish to apache.org
+
+Run `dev/release/release.sh` to publish to apache.org:
+
+```console
+$ GH_TOKEN=${YOUR_GITHUB_TOKEN} dev/release/release.sh ${VERSION} ${RC}
+```
+
+Add the release to ASF's report database via [Apache Committee Report Helper](https://reporter.apache.org/addrelease.html?iceberg)
+
+### Verify
+
+We have a script for verifying a RC.
+
+You must install the following to run the script:
+
+    * `curl`
+    * `gpg`
+    * `shasum` or `sha256sum`/`sha512sum`
+    * `tar`
+
+You don't need to have Go installed, if it isn't on the system the latest Go will be
+automatically downloaded and used only for verification.
+
+To verify a RC, run the following:
+
+```console
+$ dev/release/verify_rc.sh ${VERSION} ${RC}
+```
+
+If the verification is successful, the message `RC looks good!` is shown.
diff --git a/dev/release/check_rat_report.py b/dev/release/check_rat_report.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..c45baa0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev/release/check_rat_report.py
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+import fnmatch
+import re
+import sys
+import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
+
+if len(sys.argv) != 3:
+    sys.stderr.write("Usage: %s exclude_globs.lst rat_report.xml\n" %
+                     sys.argv[0])
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+exclude_globs_filename = sys.argv[1]
+xml_filename = sys.argv[2]
+
+globs = [line.strip() for line in open(exclude_globs_filename, "r")]
+
+tree = ET.parse(xml_filename)
+root = tree.getroot()
+resources = root.findall('resource')
+
+all_ok = True
+for r in resources:
+    approvals = r.findall('license-approval')
+    if not approvals or approvals[0].attrib['name'] == 'true':
+        continue
+    clean_name = re.sub('^[^/]+/', '', r.attrib['name'])
+    excluded = False
+    for g in globs:
+        if fnmatch.fnmatch(clean_name, g):
+            excluded = True
+            break
+    if not excluded:
+        sys.stdout.write("NOT APPROVED: %s (%s): %s\n" % (
+            clean_name, r.attrib['name'], approvals[0].attrib['name']))
+        all_ok = False
+
+if not all_ok:
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+print('OK')
+sys.exit(0)
diff --git a/dev/release/rat_exclude_files.txt b/dev/release/rat_exclude_files.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..08ab050
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev/release/rat_exclude_files.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+.gitignore
+LICENSE
+NOTICE
+go.sum
+build
+rat-results.txt
+operation_string.go
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dev/release/release.sh b/dev/release/release.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..d67264e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev/release/release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+set -eu
+
+if [ "$#" -ne 2 ]; then
+  echo "Usage: $0 <version> <rc>"
+  echo " e.g.: $0 1.0.0 1"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+version=$1
+rc=$2
+
+git_origin_url="$(git remote get-url origin)"
+repository="${git_origin_url#*github.com?}"
+repository="${repository%.git}"
+if [ "${git_origin_url}" != "git@github.com:apache/iceberg-go.git" ]; then
+  echo "This script must be ran with a working copy of apache/iceberg-go."
+  echo "The origin's URL: ${git_origin_url}"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+tag="v${version}"
+rc_tag="${tag}-rc${rc}"
+echo "Tagging for release: ${tag}"
+git tag "${tag}" "${rc_tag}"
+git push origin "${tag}"
+
+dist_url="https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/iceberg"
+dist_dir="dev/release/dist"
+echo "Checking out ${dist_url}"
+rm -rf "${dist_dir}"
+svn co --depth=empty "${dist_url}" "${dist_dir}"
+gh release download "${rc_tag}" \
+  --repo "${repository}" \
+  --dir "${dist_dir}" \
+  --skip-existing
+
+release_id="apache-iceberg-go-${version}"
+echo "Uploading to release/"
+pushd "${dist_dir}"
+svn add .
+svn ci -m "Apache Iceberg Go ${version}"
+popd
+rm -rf "${dist_dir}"
+
+echo "Keep only the latest versions"
+old_releases=$(
+  svn ls https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/iceberg/ |
+  grep -E '^apache-iceberg-go-' |
+  sort --version-sort --reverse |
+  tail -n +2
+)
+for old_release_version in ${old_releases}; do
+  echo "Remove old release ${old_release_version}"
+  svn \
+    delete \
+    -m "Remove old Apache Iceberg Go release: ${old_release_version}" \
+    "https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/iceberg/${old_release_version}"
+done
+
+echo "Success! The release is available here:"
+echo "  https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/iceberg/${release_id}"
+echo
+echo "Add this release to ASF's report database:"
+echo "  https://reporter.apache.org/addrelease.html?iceberg"
diff --git a/dev/release/release_rc.sh b/dev/release/release_rc.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..3c93f84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev/release/release_rc.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+set -eu
+
+SOURCE_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+SOURCE_TOP_DIR="$(cd "${SOURCE_DIR}/../../" && pwd)"
+
+if [ "$#" -ne 1 ]; then
+  echo "Usage: $0 <version> <rc>"
+  echo " e.g.: $0 1.0.0 1"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# TODO: possibly use go-semantic-release to auto generate the version?
+version=$1
+rc=$2
+
+: "${RELEASE_DEFAULT:=1}"
+: "${RELEASE_PULL:=${RELEASE_DEFAULT}}"
+: "${RELEASE_PUSH_TAG:=${RELEASE_DEFAULT}}"
+: "${RELEASE_SIGN:=${RELEASE_DEFAULT}}"
+: "${RELEASE_UPLOAD:=${RELEASE_DEFAULT}}"
+
+
+cd "${SOURCE_TOP_DIR}"
+
+if [ "${RELEASE_PULL}" -gt 0 ] || [ "${RELEASE_PUSH_TAG}" -gt 0 ]; then
+  git_origin_url="$(git remote get-url origin)"
+  if [ "${git_origin_url}" != "git@github.com:apache/iceberg-go.git" ]; then
+    echo "This script must be ran with working copy of apache/iceberg-go."
+    echo "The origin's URL: ${git_origin_url}"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+fi
+
+if [ "${RELEASE_PULL}" -gt 0 ]; then
+  echo "Ensure using the latest commit"
+  git checkout main
+  git pull --rebase --prune
+fi
+
+rc_tag="v${version}-rc${rc}"
+if [ "${RELEASE_PUSH_TAG}" -gt 0 ]; then
+  echo "Tagging for RC: ${rc_tag}"
+  git tag -a -m "${version} RC${rc}" "${rc_tag}"
+  git push origin "${rc_tag}"
+fi
+
+rc_hash="$(git rev-list --max-count=1 "${rc_tag}")"
+
+id="apache-iceberg-go-${version}"
+tar_gz="${id}.tar.gz"
+
+if [ "${RELEASE_SIGN}" -gt 0 ]; then
+  git_origin_url="$(git remote get-url origin)"
+  repository="${git_origin_url#*github.com?}"
+  repository="${repository%.git}"
+
+  echo "Looking for GitHub Actions workflow on ${repository}:${rc_tag}"
+  run_id=""
+  while [ -z "${run_id}" ]; do
+    echo "Waiting for run to start..."
+    run_id=$(gh run list \
+      --repo "${repository}" \
+      --workflow=rc.yml \
+      --json 'databaseId,event,headBranch,status' \
+      --jq ".[] | select(.event == \"push\" and .headBranch == \"${rc_tag}\") | .databaseId")
+    sleep 1
+  done
+
+  echo "Found GitHub Actions workflow with ID: ${run_id}"
+  gh run watch --repo "${repository}" --exit-status "${run_id}"
+
+  echo "Downloading .tar.gz from GitHub Releases"
+  gh release download "${rc_tag}" \
+    --dir . \
+    --pattern "${tar_gz}" \
+    --repo "${repository}" \
+    --skip-existing
+
+  echo "Signing tar.gz and creating checksums"
+  gpg --armor --output "${tar_gz}.asc" --detach-sig "${tar_gz}"
+fi
+
+if [ "${RELEASE_UPLOAD}" -gt 0 ]; then
+  echo "Uploading signature"
+  gh release upload "${rc_tag}" \
+    --clobber \
+    --repo "${repository}" \
+    "${tar_gz}.asc"
+fi
+
+echo "Draft email for dev@iceberg.apache.org mailing list"
+echo ""
+echo "---------------------------------------------------------"
+cat <<MAIL
+To: dev@iceberg.apache.org
+Subject: [VOTE][Go] Release Apache Iceberg Go ${version} RC${rc}
+
+Hi,
+
+I would like to propose the following release candidate (RC${rc}) of
+Apache Iceberg Go version ${version}.
+
+This release candidate is based on commit:
+${rc_hash} [1]
+
+The source release rc${rc} is hosted at [2].
+
+Please download, verify checksums and signatures, run the unit tests,
+and vote on the release. See [3] for how to validate a release candidate.
+
+The vote will be open for at least 72 hours.
+
+[ ] +1 Release this as Apache Iceberg Go ${version}
+[ ] +0
+[ ] -1 Do not release this as Apache Iceberg Go ${version} because...
+
+[1]: https://github.com/apache/iceberg-go/tree/${rc_hash}
+[2]: https://github.com/apache/iceberg-go/releases/${rc_tag}
+[3]: https://github.com/apache/iceberg-go/blob/main/dev/release/README.md#verify
+MAIL
+echo "---------------------------------------------------------"
diff --git a/dev/release/run_rat.sh b/dev/release/run_rat.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..2104369
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev/release/run_rat.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+set -eu
+
+RELEASE_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+
+RAT_VERSION=0.16.1
+
+RAT_JAR="${RELEASE_DIR}/apache-rat-${RAT_VERSION}.jar"
+if [ ! -f "${RAT_JAR}" ]; then
+  curl \
+    --fail \
+    --output "${RAT_JAR}" \
+    --show-error \
+    --silent \
+    https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/rat/apache-rat/${RAT_VERSION}/apache-rat-${RAT_VERSION}.jar
+fi
+
+RAT_XML="${RELEASE_DIR}/rat.xml"
+java \
+  -jar "${RAT_JAR}" \
+  --out "${RAT_XML}" \
+  --xml \
+  "$1"
+FILTERED_RAT_TXT="${RELEASE_DIR}/filtered_rat.txt"
+if ${PYTHON:-python3} \
+  "${RELEASE_DIR}/check_rat_report.py" \
+  "${RELEASE_DIR}/rat_exclude_files.txt" \
+  "${RAT_XML}" > \
+  "${FILTERED_RAT_TXT}"; then
+  echo "No unapproved licenses"
+else
+  cat "${FILTERED_RAT_TXT}"
+  N_UNAPPROVED=$(grep -c "NOT APPROVED" "${FILTERED_RAT_TXT}")
+  echo "${N_UNAPPROVED} unapproved licenses. Check Rat report: ${RAT_XML}"
+  exit 1
+fi
diff --git a/dev/release/verify_rc.sh b/dev/release/verify_rc.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a84af66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev/release/verify_rc.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,206 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+set -eu
+
+SOURCE_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+TOP_SOURCE_DIR="$(dirname "$(dirname "${SOURCE_DIR}")")"
+
+if [ "$#" -ne 2 ]; then
+  echo "Usage: $0 <version> <rc>"
+  echo " e.g.: $0 18.0.0 1"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+set -o pipefail
+set -x
+
+VERSION="$1"
+RC="$2"
+
+ICEBERG_DIST_BASE_URL="https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/iceberg"
+DOWNLOAD_RC_BASE_URL="https://github.com/apache/iceberg-go/releases/download/v${VERSION}-rc${RC}"
+ARCHIVE_BASE_NAME="apache-iceberg-go-${VERSION}"
+
+: "${VERIFY_DEFAULT:=1}"
+: "${VERIFY_DOWNLOAD:=${VERIFY_DEFAULT}}"
+: "${VERIFY_FORCE_USE_GO_BINARY:=0}"
+: "${VERIFY_SIGN:=${VERIFY_DEFAULT}}"
+
+VERIFY_SUCCESS=no
+
+setup_tmpdir() {
+  cleanup() {
+    go clean -modcache || :
+    if [ "${VERIFY_SUCCESS}" = "yes" ]; then
+      rm -rf "${VERIFY_TMPDIR}"
+    else
+      echo "Failed to verify release candidate. See ${VERIFY_TMPDIR} for details."
+    fi
+  }
+
+  if [ -z "${VERIFY_TMPDIR:-}" ]; then
+    VERIFY_TMPDIR="$(mktemp -d -t "$1.XXXXX")"
+    trap cleanup EXIT
+  else
+    mkdir -p "${VERIFY_TMPDIR}"
+  fi
+}
+
+download() {
+  curl \
+    --fail \
+    --location \
+    --remote-name \
+    --show-error \
+    --silent \
+    "$1"
+}
+
+download_rc_file() {
+  if [ "${VERIFY_DOWNLOAD}" -gt 0 ]; then
+    download "${DOWNLOAD_RC_BASE_URL}/$1"
+  else
+    cp "${TOP_SOURCE_DIR}/$1" "$1"
+  fi
+}
+
+import_gpg_keys() {
+  if [ "${VERIFY_SIGN}" -gt 0 ]; then
+    download "${ICEBERG_DIST_BASE_URL}/KEYS"
+    gpg --import KEYS
+  fi
+}
+
+if type shasum >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  sha256_verify="shasum -a 256 -c"
+  sha512_verify="shasum -a 512 -c"
+else
+  sha256_verify="sha256sum -c"
+  sha512_verify="sha512sum -c"
+fi
+
+fetch_archive() {
+  download_rc_file "${ARCHIVE_BASE_NAME}.tar.gz"
+  if [ "${VERIFY_SIGN}" -gt 0 ]; then
+    download_rc_file "${ARCHIVE_BASE_NAME}.tar.gz.asc"
+    gpg --verify "${ARCHIVE_BASE_NAME}.tar.gz.asc" "${ARCHIVE_BASE_NAME}.tar.gz"
+  fi
+  download_rc_file "${ARCHIVE_BASE_NAME}.tar.gz.sha256"
+  ${sha256_verify} "${ARCHIVE_BASE_NAME}.tar.gz.sha256"
+  download_rc_file "${ARCHIVE_BASE_NAME}.tar.gz.sha512"
+  ${sha512_verify} "${ARCHIVE_BASE_NAME}.tar.gz.sha512"
+}
+
+ensure_source_directory() {
+  tar xf "${ARCHIVE_BASE_NAME}".tar.gz
+}
+
+latest_go_version() {
+  local -a options
+  options=(
+    --fail
+    --location
+    --show-error
+    --silent
+  )
+  if [ -n "${GITHUB_TOKEN:-}" ]; then
+    options+=("--header" "Authorization: Bearer ${GITHUB_TOKEN}")
+  fi
+  curl \
+    "${options[@]}" \
+    https://api.github.com/repos/golang/go/git/matching-refs/tags/go |
+    grep -o '"ref": "refs/tags/go.*"' |
+    tail -n 1 |
+    sed \
+      -e 's,^"ref": "refs/tags/go,,g' \
+      -e 's/"$//g'
+}
+
+ensure_go() {
+  if [ "${VERIFY_FORCE_USE_GO_BINARY}" -le 0 ]; then
+    if go version; then
+      GOPATH="${VERIFY_TMPDIR}/gopath"
+      export GOPATH
+      mkdir -p "${GOPATH}"
+      return
+    fi
+  fi
+
+ local go_version
+  go_version=$(latest_go_version)
+  local go_os
+  go_os="$(uname)"
+  case "${go_os}" in
+  Darwin)
+    go_os="darwin"
+    ;;
+  Linux)
+    go_os="linux"
+    ;;
+  esac
+  local go_arch
+  go_arch="$(arch)"
+  case "${go_arch}" in
+  i386 | x86_64)
+    go_arch="amd64"
+    ;;
+  aarch64)
+    go_arch="arm64"
+    ;;
+  esac
+  local go_binary_tar_gz
+  go_binary_tar_gz="go${go_version}.${go_os}-${go_arch}.tar.gz"
+  local go_binary_url
+  go_binary_url="https://go.dev/dl/${go_binary_tar_gz}"
+  curl \
+    --fail \
+    --location \
+    --output "${go_binary_tar_gz}" \
+    --show-error \
+    --silent \
+    "${go_binary_url}"
+  tar xf "${go_binary_tar_gz}"
+  GOROOT="$(pwd)/go"
+  export GOROOT
+  GOPATH="$(pwd)/gopath"
+  export GOPATH
+  mkdir -p "${GOPATH}"
+  PATH="${GOROOT}/bin:${GOPATH}/bin:${PATH}"
+}
+
+test_source_distribution() {
+  go test -v ./...
+  # TODO: run integration tests
+}
+
+setup_tmpdir "iceberg-go-${VERSION}-${RC}"
+echo "Working in sandbox ${VERIFY_TMPDIR}"
+cd "${VERIFY_TMPDIR}"
+
+import_gpg_keys
+fetch_archive
+ensure_source_directory
+ensure_go
+pushd "${ARCHIVE_BASE_NAME}"
+test_source_distribution
+popd
+
+VERIFY_SUCCESS=yes
+echo "RC looks good!"