diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-automation.yaml b/.github/workflows/release-automation.yaml
index abfb26dc1..89e8a6c0e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-automation.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-automation.yaml
@@ -99,8 +99,12 @@ jobs:
             git checkout ${RELEASE_BRANCH}
           fi
 
-      - name: Gradle Release
-        run: ./gradlew release -Pversion=${{ env.VERSION }}
+      # task is currently failing due to needing credentials.username for PublishToMavenRepository task
+      #- name: Gradle Release
+      #  run: ./gradlew release -Pversion=${{ env.VERSION }}
+
+      - name: Bump Version
+        run: ./gradlew bumpVersion -Pversion=${{ env.VERSION }}
 
       - name: Close the Milestone
         if: ${{ steps.version_parser.outputs.prerelease == '' }}
@@ -186,7 +190,7 @@ jobs:
           git reset --hard $RELEASE_BRANCH
 
       - name: Gradle Release for Next Minor Snapshot
-        run: ./gradlew release -Pversion=${{ env.NEXT_VERSION_SNAPSHOT }}
+        run: ./gradlew bumpVersion -Pversion=${{ env.NEXT_VERSION_SNAPSHOT }}
 
       - name: Create Pull Request
         uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@c5a7806660adbe173f04e3e038b0ccdcd758773c # v6.1.0
diff --git a/charts/hedera-block-node/Chart.yaml b/charts/hedera-block-node/Chart.yaml
index 19c33f981..f2e2b33aa 100644
--- a/charts/hedera-block-node/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/hedera-block-node/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 apiVersion: v2
-appVersion: "0.1.0-SNAPSHOT"
+appVersion: 0.1.0-SNAPSHOT
 description: A Helm chart for Hedera Block Node
 home: https://github.com/hashgraph/hedera-block-node
 keywords:
diff --git a/server/build.gradle.kts b/server/build.gradle.kts
index ff5bf64d2..7ea83e2a9 100644
--- a/server/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/server/build.gradle.kts
@@ -31,6 +31,35 @@ testModuleInfo {
     requiresStatic("com.github.spotbugs.annotations")
 }
 
+// Release related tasks
+
+fun replaceVersion(files: String, match: String) {
+    ant.withGroovyBuilder {
+        "replaceregexp"(
+            "match" to match,
+            "replace" to project.version,
+            "flags" to "gm"
+        ) {
+            "fileset"(
+                "dir" to rootProject.projectDir,
+                "includes" to files,
+                "excludes" to "**/node_modules/"
+            )
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+tasks.register("bumpVersion") {
+    description = "Bump versions of the project"
+    group = "release"
+
+    replaceVersion("charts/**/Chart.yaml", "(?<=^(appVersion|version): ).+")
+    replaceVersion("gradle.properties", "(?<=^version=).+")
+}
+
+
+// Docker related tasks
+
 var updateDockerEnv =
     tasks.register<Exec>("updateDockerEnv") {
         description =