diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 35c76077..fea0b842 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 group=com.tersesystems.echopraxia
 
-version=4.0.0-SNAPSHOT
+version=4.0.0
 
 org.gradle.jvmargs=--add-exports jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.api=ALL-UNNAMED \
   --add-exports jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.file=ALL-UNNAMED \
diff --git a/gradle/release.gradle b/gradle/release.gradle
index 6ba18f64..17f8cc49 100644
--- a/gradle/release.gradle
+++ b/gradle/release.gradle
@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
 apply plugin: "io.github.gradle-nexus.publish-plugin" //https://github.com/gradle-nexus/publish-plugin/
+
 nexusPublishing {
     repositories {
-        if (System.getenv("SONATYPE_PWD")) {
-            sonatype {
-                username = System.getenv("SONATYPE_USER")
-                password = System.getenv("SONATYPE_PWD")
-            }
-        }
+        sonatype()
     }
 }