diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 49e9509a9..b2cbb3780 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 plugins {
     id 'base'
     id 'net.researchgate.release' version '2.6.0'
-    id 'com.github.breadmoirai.github-release' version '2.2.1'
+    id 'com.github.breadmoirai.github-release' version '2.2.9'
 }
 
 tasks.findByName('release').dependsOn project.getTasksByName('test', true)
@@ -10,9 +10,12 @@ githubRelease {
     token project.'githubToken'
     owner project.'githubOwner'
     repo project.'githubRepo'
-    releaseAssets project('backend').artifacts { it }
+    releaseAssets project('backend').getTasksByName('bootWar', false).outputs, project('backend').getTasksByName('bootJar', false).outputs
+    overwrite true
 }
 
+afterReleaseBuild.dependsOn githubRelease
+
 task wrapper(type: Wrapper) {
     gradleVersion = '4.8.1'
 }
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 69ad3999b..a887380a3 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -13,6 +13,6 @@ lucene.version=7.2.1
 
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx4g -XX:-UseGCOverheadLimit
 
-githubToken= // set in personal global 
+githubToken= # set in personal global 
 githubOwner=scalding
 githubRepo=shib-idp-up