diff --git a/.github/workflows/push.yml b/.github/workflows/push.yml
index 0580ed37..090cca60 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/push.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/push.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ permissions:
 env:
   SW_APM_DEBUG_LEVEL: trace
   AGENT_DOWNLOAD_URL: https://agent-binaries.global.st-ssp.solarwinds.com/apm/java/latest/solarwinds-apm-agent.jar
-  SW_APM_COLLECTOR: apm.collector.na-01.st-ssp.solarwinds.com
+  SW_APM_COLLECTOR: ${{ secrets.SW_APM_COLLECTOR }}
   OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT: ${{ secrets.OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT }}
   SW_APM_SERVICE_KEY_AO: ${{ secrets.SW_APM_SERVICE_KEY_AO }}
   SW_APM_SERVICE_KEY: ${{ secrets.SW_APM_SERVICE_KEY }}
@@ -179,6 +179,9 @@ jobs:
           java-version: '17'
           distribution: 'temurin'
 
+      - name: Setup Gradle
+        uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@v3
+
       - name: Build smoke-test
         run: |
           cd smoke-tests
@@ -190,9 +193,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Execute smoke tests
         run: |
           cd smoke-tests
-          ./gradlew test
+          ./gradlew test -s
 
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        if: always()
         with:
           path: smoke-tests/build/reports/tests/test
 
@@ -346,50 +350,3 @@ jobs:
           .\gradlew.bat :netty-test:run
         env:
           SW_APM_SERVICE_KEY: ${{ secrets.SW_APM_SERVICE_KEY }}:smoke-test-windows
-
-  release-test:
-    runs-on: windows-latest
-    env:
-      LAMBDA: "false"
-    needs:
-      - lambda-release-test
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
-      - name: Set up JDK 17
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
-        with:
-          java-version: '17'
-          distribution: 'temurin'
-
-      - name: Build smoke-test
-        run: |
-          cd smoke-tests
-          ./gradlew build -x test
-
-      - name: Docker login
-        run: echo "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}" | docker login ghcr.io -u $GITHUB_USERNAME --password-stdin
-
-      - name: Build webmvc jar
-        run: |
-          cd smoke-tests
-          ./gradlew :spring-boot-webmvc:build
-
-      - name: Build webmvc image
-        run: |
-          cd smoke-tests/spring-boot-webmvc
-          docker image build --tag smt:webmvc .
-
-      - name: Execute smoke tests
-        run: |
-          cd smoke-tests
-          ./gradlew test
-
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          path: smoke-tests/build/reports/tests/test
-
-      - name: Docker logout
-        run: docker logout
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-test.yml b/.github/workflows/release-test.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..668c6331
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-test.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+name: Release-test
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  push:
+
+permissions:
+  packages: write
+  contents: read
+  id-token: write
+
+env:
+  SW_APM_DEBUG_LEVEL: trace
+  AGENT_DOWNLOAD_URL: https://agent-binaries.global.st-ssp.solarwinds.com/apm/java/latest/solarwinds-apm-agent.jar
+  SW_APM_COLLECTOR: ${{ secrets.SW_APM_COLLECTOR }}
+  OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT: ${{ secrets.OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT }}
+  SW_APM_SERVICE_KEY_AO: ${{ secrets.SW_APM_SERVICE_KEY_AO }}
+  SW_APM_SERVICE_KEY: ${{ secrets.SW_APM_SERVICE_KEY }}
+  GITHUB_USERNAME: ${{ github.actor }}
+  SWO_LOGIN_URL: ${{ secrets.SWO_LOGIN_URL }}
+  SWO_HOST_URL: ${{ secrets.SWO_HOST_URL }}
+  SWO_EMAIL: ${{ secrets.SWO_EMAIL }}
+  SWO_PWORD: ${{ secrets.SWO_PWORD }}
+  STAGE_BUCKET: ${{ secrets.STAGE_BUCKET }}
+
+jobs:
+  s3-stage-upload:  # this job uploads the jar to stage s3
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Set up JDK 17
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+        with:
+          java-version: '17'
+          distribution: 'temurin'
+
+      - uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4
+        with:
+          role-to-assume: ${{ secrets.AWS_S3_ROLE_ARN_SSP_STAGE }}
+          aws-region: "us-east-1"
+
+      - name: Build agent
+        run: ./gradlew clean build -x test
+
+      - name: Set agent version env
+        run: |
+          echo "AGENT_VERSION=$(cd agent/build/libs && unzip -p solarwinds-apm-agent.jar META-INF/MANIFEST.MF | grep Implementation-Version | awk '{ print $2 }')" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Copy to S3
+        run: |
+          ls -al
+          aws s3 cp agent/build/libs/solarwinds-apm-agent.jar \
+          s3://$STAGE_BUCKET/apm/java/$AGENT_VERSION/solarwinds-apm-agent.jar \
+          --acl public-read
+          
+          aws s3 cp agent-lambda/build/libs/solarwinds-apm-agent-lambda.jar \
+          s3://$STAGE_BUCKET/apm/java/$AGENT_VERSION/solarwinds-apm-agent-lambda.jar \
+          --acl public-read
+          
+          aws s3 cp custom/shared/src/main/resources/solarwinds-apm-config.json \
+          s3://$STAGE_BUCKET/apm/java/$AGENT_VERSION/solarwinds-apm-config.json \
+          --acl public-read
+
+      - name: Copy to S3(latest)
+        run: |
+          aws s3 cp s3://$STAGE_BUCKET/apm/java/$AGENT_VERSION/solarwinds-apm-agent.jar \
+          s3://$STAGE_BUCKET/apm/java/latest/solarwinds-apm-agent.jar \
+          --acl public-read
+          
+          aws s3 cp s3://$STAGE_BUCKET/apm/java/$AGENT_VERSION/solarwinds-apm-agent-lambda.jar \
+          s3://$STAGE_BUCKET/apm/java/latest/solarwinds-apm-agent-lambda.jar \
+          --acl public-read
+
+          aws s3 cp s3://$STAGE_BUCKET/apm/java/$AGENT_VERSION/solarwinds-apm-config.json \
+          s3://$STAGE_BUCKET/apm/java/latest/solarwinds-apm-config.json \
+          --acl public-read
+
+          touch VERSION
+          echo "version: $AGENT_VERSION" >> VERSION
+          SHA256=$(sha256sum agent/build/libs/solarwinds-apm-agent.jar)
+          echo "sha256: $SHA256" >> VERSION
+
+          aws s3 cp VERSION \
+          s3://$STAGE_BUCKET/apm/java/latest/VERSION \
+          --acl public-read
+  
+  release-test:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      LAMBDA: "false"
+    needs:
+      - s3-stage-upload
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Set up JDK 17
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+        with:
+          java-version: '17'
+          distribution: 'temurin'
+
+      - name: Docker login
+        run: echo "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}" | docker login ghcr.io -u $GITHUB_USERNAME --password-stdin
+
+      - name: Build smoke-test
+        run: |
+          cd smoke-tests
+          ./gradlew build -x test
+
+      - name: Build webmvc jar
+        run: |
+          cd smoke-tests
+          ./gradlew :spring-boot-webmvc:build
+
+      - name: Build webmvc image
+        run: |
+          cd smoke-tests/spring-boot-webmvc
+          docker image build --tag smt:webmvc .
+
+      - name: Execute smoke tests
+        run: |
+          cd smoke-tests
+          ./gradlew test
+
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        if: always()
+        with:
+          path: smoke-tests/build/reports/tests/test
+
+      - name: Docker logout
+        run: docker logout
diff --git a/agent-lambda/build.gradle b/agent-lambda/build.gradle
index 51720c45..d259296b 100644
--- a/agent-lambda/build.gradle
+++ b/agent-lambda/build.gradle
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ dependencies {
 
     bootstrapLibs project(path: ":bootstrap")
     bootstrapLibs "com.solarwinds.joboe:config:${versions.joboe}"
+    bootstrapLibs "org.json:json:${versions.json}"
     bootstrapLibs "com.solarwinds.joboe:sampling:${versions.joboe}"
     bootstrapLibs "com.solarwinds.joboe:logging:${versions.joboe}"
 
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 75540481..99646700 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ subprojects {
                 opentelemetryJavaagent: "2.4.0",
                 bytebuddy             : "1.12.10",
                 guava                 : "30.1-jre",
-                joboe: "10.0.5",
+                joboe                 : "10.0.6",
                 agent                 : "2.4.0", // the custom distro agent version
                 autoservice           : "1.0.1",
                 caffeine              : "2.9.3",
diff --git a/libs/config-10.0.5.jar b/libs/config-10.0.6.jar
similarity index 84%
rename from libs/config-10.0.5.jar
rename to libs/config-10.0.6.jar
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diff --git a/libs/core-10.0.5.jar b/libs/core-10.0.6.jar
similarity index 95%
rename from libs/core-10.0.5.jar
rename to libs/core-10.0.6.jar
index 60797c5b..9cb9b7ea 100644
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diff --git a/libs/logging-10.0.5.jar b/libs/logging-10.0.6.jar
similarity index 84%
rename from libs/logging-10.0.5.jar
rename to libs/logging-10.0.6.jar
index fee2ff61..c7055cb1 100644
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diff --git a/libs/metrics-10.0.5.jar b/libs/metrics-10.0.6.jar
similarity index 88%
rename from libs/metrics-10.0.5.jar
rename to libs/metrics-10.0.6.jar
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similarity index 87%
rename from libs/sampling-10.0.5.jar
rename to libs/sampling-10.0.6.jar
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