diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index a2a0b24..554bc73 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -14,5 +14,9 @@ jobs:
           distribution: 'temurin'
           java-version: '17'
       - uses: coursier/cache-action@v6
-      - run: |
-          sbt "+publishSigned; sonatypeReleaseAll"
+      - run: sbt ci-release
+        env:
+          PGP_SECRET: ${{ secrets.PGP_SECRET }}
+          PGP_PASSPHRASE: ${{ secrets.PGP_PASSPHRASE }}
+          SONATYPE_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_USERNAME }}
+          SONATYPE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_PASSWORD }}
diff --git a/.gnupg/pubring.gpg b/.gnupg/pubring.gpg
deleted file mode 100644
index 4f84f2d..0000000
Binary files a/.gnupg/pubring.gpg and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/.gnupg/secring.gpg b/.gnupg/secring.gpg
deleted file mode 100644
index 16bfbb6..0000000
Binary files a/.gnupg/secring.gpg and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 52bdc49..9b2e812 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ create data structure visualizations with very little effort.
 There are a few ways you can use `reftree`:
 
 * [improving the documentation of your projects](https://stanch.github.io/zipper/);
-* [live-coding demos and talks](https://stanch.github.io/reftree/Talks.html);
+* [live-coding demos and talks](https://stanch.github.io/reftree/docs/talks);
 * exploring how things work;
 * anywhere you need diagrams of your Scala data structures.
 
diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 58442a3..f5d7936 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 val commonSettings = Seq(
   scalaVersion := "2.13.14",
   crossScalaVersions := Seq("2.12.19", "2.13.14"),
-  version := "1.4.0",
   scalacOptions ++= {
     val commonScalacOptions =
       Seq("-feature", "-deprecation", "-Xlint", "-Xfatal-warnings")
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@ val commonSettings = Seq(
     }
   },
   Compile / doc / scalacOptions += "-no-link-warnings"
-) ++ metadata ++ publishing
+) ++ metadata
 
 lazy val metadata = Seq(
   organization := "io.github.stanch",
@@ -38,20 +37,6 @@ lazy val metadata = Seq(
   licenses := Seq(("GPL-3.0", url("http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html")))
 )
 
-lazy val publishing = Seq(
-  usePgpKeyHex("8ED74E385203BEB1"),
-  pgpPublicRing := baseDirectory.value.getParentFile.getParentFile / ".gnupg" / "pubring.gpg",
-  pgpSecretRing := baseDirectory.value.getParentFile.getParentFile / ".gnupg" / "secring.gpg",
-  pgpPassphrase := sys.env.get("PGP_PASS").map(_.toArray),
-  credentials += Credentials(
-    "Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager",
-    "oss.sonatype.org",
-    sys.env.getOrElse("SONATYPE_USER", ""),
-    sys.env.getOrElse("SONATYPE_PASS", "")
-  ),
-  publishTo := Some(Opts.resolver.sonatypeStaging)
-)
-
 val core = crossProject(JSPlatform, JVMPlatform)
   .in(file("core"))
   .settings(commonSettings)
@@ -128,7 +113,7 @@ val site = project.in(file("site-gen"))
     name := "reftree-site",
     moduleName := "reftree-site",
     mdocVariables := Map(
-      "VERSION" -> version.value
+      "VERSION" -> version.value.split('+').head
     ),
     (publish / skip) := true
   )
diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index 353b845..be9eecc 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -8,6 +8,4 @@ addSbtPlugin("org.scala-js" % "sbt-jsdependencies" % "1.0.2")
 
 libraryDependencies += "net.exoego" %% "scalajs-env-jsdom-nodejs" % "2.1.0"
 
-addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-dynver" % "5.0.1")
-addSbtPlugin("org.xerial.sbt" % "sbt-sonatype" % "3.10.0")
-addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-pgp" % "2.2.1")
+addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-ci-release" % "1.5.12")