diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 64819c7..3d75c23 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -496,28 +496,7 @@ You can disable this check with the `DISABLE_FAIL_FAST_ON_SCALA_TYPE_RESOLUTION_
 
 ## Release
 
-Create SBT file at ~/.sbt/1.0/sonatype.sbt with the following content:
-
-```bash
-credentials += Credentials("Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager",
-        "s01.oss.sonatype.org",
-        "<access token: user name>",
-        "<access token: password>")
-```
-
-replace values with your access token user name and password.
-
-Release new version:
-
-```bash
-sh release.sh
-```
-
-Increment to next SNAPSHOT version and push to Git server:
-
-```bash
-RELEASE_PUBLISH=true sbt "; release with-defaults"
-```
+Add new Git Tag and push to remote. Then watch GitHub Release Pipeline which publishes new artifacts to Sonatype.
 
 ## License
 
diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index ca63b2d..4b896ab 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import sbtrelease.ReleaseStateTransformations.*
-
 Global / onChangedBuildSource := ReloadOnSourceChanges
 Global / excludeLintKeys      := Set(crossScalaVersions)
 
@@ -89,27 +87,7 @@ lazy val commonSettings = Seq(
     } else {
       Nil
     }
-  },
-  releaseProcess := Seq.empty[ReleaseStep],
-  releaseProcess ++= (if (sys.env.contains("RELEASE_VERSION_BUMP"))
-                        Seq[ReleaseStep](
-                          checkSnapshotDependencies,
-                          inquireVersions,
-                          setReleaseVersion,
-                          commitReleaseVersion,
-                          tagRelease
-                          // releaseStepCommandAndRemaining("+publishSigned"),
-                          // releaseStepCommand("sonatypeBundleRelease")
-                        )
-                      else Seq.empty[ReleaseStep]),
-  releaseProcess ++= (if (sys.env.contains("RELEASE_PUBLISH"))
-                        Seq[ReleaseStep](
-                          inquireVersions,
-                          setNextVersion,
-                          commitNextVersion,
-                          pushChanges
-                        )
-                      else Seq.empty[ReleaseStep])
+  }
 )
 
 lazy val `scala-api-common` = (project in file("modules/flink-common-api"))
@@ -185,8 +163,6 @@ lazy val `examples` = (project in file("modules/examples"))
     crossScalaVersions := Seq(rootScalaVersion),
     Test / fork        := true,
     publish / skip     := true,
-    // Release process for the `examples` is not needed
-    releaseProcess := Seq.empty[ReleaseStep],
     libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
       "org.apache.flink" % "flink-runtime-web"         % flinkVersion1 % Provided,
       "org.apache.flink" % "flink-clients"             % flinkVersion1 % Provided,
diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index fff8baf..4211876 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 addSbtPlugin("org.scalameta"  % "sbt-scalafmt" % "2.5.5")
 addSbtPlugin("org.scalameta"  % "sbt-mdoc"     % "2.8.0")
-addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-release"  % "1.4.0")
 addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-protobuf"         % "0.8.3")
 addSbtPlugin("io.shiftleft"   % "sbt-ci-release-early" % "2.1.11")
diff --git a/release.sh b/release.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 1e91f34..0000000
--- a/release.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-set -ex
-RELEASE_VERSION_BUMP=true sbt -Dgpg.passphrase=$GPG_PASSPHRASE test "; release with-defaults"
-wait
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