diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 66ee3474c..479d6f5d5 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -25,11 +25,13 @@ buildscript {
         classpath "io.github.gradle-nexus:publish-plugin:$nexusPublishPluginVersion"
         classpath "com.adarshr:gradle-test-logger-plugin:$testLoggerPluginVersion"
         classpath "se.ascp.gradle:gradle-versions-filter:$versionsFilterPluginVersion"
+        classpath "pl.allegro.tech.build:axion-release-plugin:$axionReleasePluginVersion"
     }
 }
 
 apply from: "${rootProject.projectDir}/gradle/versions.gradle"
 apply from: "${rootProject.projectDir}/gradle/publish.gradle"
+apply from: "${rootProject.projectDir}/gradle/release.gradle"
 
 group = 'io.etcd'
 
@@ -43,8 +45,8 @@ allprojects {
 subprojects {
     apply from: "${rootProject.projectDir}/gradle/style.gradle"
     apply from: "${rootProject.projectDir}/gradle/quality.gradle"
-    apply from: "${rootProject.projectDir}/gradle/release.gradle"
-    apply from: "${rootProject.projectDir}/gradle/release-tasks.gradle"
+    apply from: "${rootProject.projectDir}/gradle/publishing-release.gradle"
+    apply from: "${rootProject.projectDir}/gradle/publishing-release-tasks.gradle"
 
     apply plugin: 'java-library'
     apply plugin: "com.adarshr.test-logger"
@@ -68,3 +70,4 @@ subprojects {
 }
 
 
+
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 9b267bdcb..71741e917 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #
 # project
 #
-version     = 999-SNAPSHOT
 gitProject  = 'https://github.com/etcd-io/jetcd'
 gitURL      = 'git@github.com/etcd-io/jetcd.git'
 
@@ -22,6 +21,7 @@ shadowPluginVersion =  7.1.0
 testLoggerPluginVersion = 3.1.0
 protobufPluginVersion = 0.8.18
 nexusPublishPluginVersion = 1.1.0
+axionReleasePluginVersion = 1.13.6
 
 #
 # gradle
diff --git a/gradle/release-tasks.gradle b/gradle/publishing-release-tasks.gradle
similarity index 100%
rename from gradle/release-tasks.gradle
rename to gradle/publishing-release-tasks.gradle
diff --git a/gradle/publishing-release.gradle b/gradle/publishing-release.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c7d5839ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle/publishing-release.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2016-2021 The jetcd authors
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ */
+
+apply plugin: 'java-library'
+apply plugin: 'maven-publish'
+apply plugin: 'signing'
+
+java {
+    withJavadocJar()
+    withSourcesJar()
+}
+
+publishing {
+    publications {
+        "${project.name}"(MavenPublication) {
+            groupId = rootProject.group
+
+            from components.java
+
+            pom {
+                name = project.name
+                description = project.name
+                url = "${gitProject}"
+
+                scm {
+                    url = "${gitProject}"
+                    connection = "scm:${gitProject}"
+                    developerConnection = "scm:${gitURL}"
+                }
+
+                licenses {
+                    license {
+                        name = 'The Apache Software License, Version 2.0'
+                        url = 'http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt'
+                        distribution = 'repo'
+                    }
+                }
+
+                developers {
+                    developer {
+                        id = 'lburgazzoli'
+                        name = 'Luca Burgazzoli'
+                        organization = 'Red Hat'
+                        organizationUrl = 'http://redhat.com'
+                    }
+                    developer {
+                        name = 'Fanmin Shi'
+                        organization = 'CoreOS'
+                        organizationUrl = 'http://coreos.com'
+                    }
+                    developer {
+                        name = 'Xiang Li'
+                        organization = 'CoreOS'
+                        organizationUrl = 'http://coreos.com'
+                    }
+                    developer {
+                        name = 'Anthony Romano'
+                        organization = 'CoreOS'
+                        organizationUrl = 'http://coreos.com'
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+signing {
+    required {
+        !version.endsWith('SNAPSHOT')
+    }
+
+    if (!version.endsWith('SNAPSHOT')) {
+        useGpgCmd()
+    }
+
+    sign publishing.publications."${project.name}"
+}
+
+javadoc {
+    if(JavaVersion.current().isJava9Compatible()) {
+        options.addBooleanOption('html5', true)
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/gradle/release.gradle b/gradle/release.gradle
index c7d5839ca..ad2593557 100644
--- a/gradle/release.gradle
+++ b/gradle/release.gradle
@@ -14,84 +14,15 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-apply plugin: 'java-library'
-apply plugin: 'maven-publish'
-apply plugin: 'signing'
+apply plugin: "pl.allegro.tech.build.axion-release"
 
-java {
-    withJavadocJar()
-    withSourcesJar()
-}
-
-publishing {
-    publications {
-        "${project.name}"(MavenPublication) {
-            groupId = rootProject.group
-
-            from components.java
-
-            pom {
-                name = project.name
-                description = project.name
-                url = "${gitProject}"
-
-                scm {
-                    url = "${gitProject}"
-                    connection = "scm:${gitProject}"
-                    developerConnection = "scm:${gitURL}"
-                }
-
-                licenses {
-                    license {
-                        name = 'The Apache Software License, Version 2.0'
-                        url = 'http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt'
-                        distribution = 'repo'
-                    }
-                }
-
-                developers {
-                    developer {
-                        id = 'lburgazzoli'
-                        name = 'Luca Burgazzoli'
-                        organization = 'Red Hat'
-                        organizationUrl = 'http://redhat.com'
-                    }
-                    developer {
-                        name = 'Fanmin Shi'
-                        organization = 'CoreOS'
-                        organizationUrl = 'http://coreos.com'
-                    }
-                    developer {
-                        name = 'Xiang Li'
-                        organization = 'CoreOS'
-                        organizationUrl = 'http://coreos.com'
-                    }
-                    developer {
-                        name = 'Anthony Romano'
-                        organization = 'CoreOS'
-                        organizationUrl = 'http://coreos.com'
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-signing {
-    required {
-        !version.endsWith('SNAPSHOT')
-    }
-
-    if (!version.endsWith('SNAPSHOT')) {
-        useGpgCmd()
-    }
-
-    sign publishing.publications."${project.name}"
-}
 
-javadoc {
-    if(JavaVersion.current().isJava9Compatible()) {
-        options.addBooleanOption('html5', true)
+scmVersion {
+    tag {
+        prefix = 'jetcd-'
     }
 }
 
+allprojects {
+    project.version = scmVersion.version
+}
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