diff --git a/tasks/admin/components/update.js b/tasks/admin/components/update.js
index b2ae347c17..3dac2bcee9 100644
--- a/tasks/admin/components/update.js
+++ b/tasks/admin/components/update.js
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ var
   version = project.version
 ;
 
-module.exports = function() {
+module.exports = function(callback) {
 
   var
     index = -1,
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ module.exports = function() {
 
     index = index + 1;
     if(index >= total) {
+      callback();
       return;
     }
 
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ module.exports = function() {
       fileModeOptions = { args : 'config core.fileMode false', cwd: outputDirectory },
       usernameOptions = { args : 'config user.name "' + oAuth.name + '"', cwd: outputDirectory },
       emailOptions    = { args : 'config user.email "' + oAuth.email + '"', cwd: outputDirectory },
+      versionOptions =  { args : 'rev-parse --verify HEAD', cwd: outputDirectory },
 
       localRepoSetup  = fs.existsSync(path.join(outputDirectory, '.git')),
       canProceed      = true
@@ -132,19 +134,29 @@ module.exports = function() {
       ;
     }
 
-    // push changess to remote
+    // push changes to remote
     function pushFiles() {
       console.info('Pushing files for ' + component);
       git.push('origin', 'master', { args: '', cwd: outputDirectory }, function(error) {
         console.info('Push completed successfully');
-        createRelease();
+        getSHA();
+      });
+    }
+
+    // gets SHA of last commit for creating release
+    function getSHA() {
+      git.exec(versionOptions, function(error, version) {
+        createRelease(version.trim());
       });
     }
 
     // create release on GitHub.com
-    function createRelease() {
+    function createRelease(version) {
       console.log('Tagging release as ', version);
-      github.releases.createRelease(releaseOptions, function() {
+      if(version) {
+        releaseOptions.target_commitish = version;
+      }
+      github.releases.editRelease(releaseOptions, function() {
         nextRepo();
       });
     }
@@ -154,7 +166,7 @@ module.exports = function() {
       console.log('Sleeping for 1 second...');
       // avoid rate throttling
       global.clearTimeout(timer);
-      timer = global.setTimeout(stepRepo, 1000);
+      timer = global.setTimeout(stepRepo, 500);
     }
 
 
diff --git a/tasks/admin/distributions/update.js b/tasks/admin/distributions/update.js
index 8f5f6c9628..2a5e49ebf6 100644
--- a/tasks/admin/distributions/update.js
+++ b/tasks/admin/distributions/update.js
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ var
   version = project.version
 ;
 
-module.exports = function() {
+module.exports = function(callback) {
 
   var
     index = -1,
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ module.exports = function() {
 
     index = index + 1;
     if(index >= total) {
+      callback();
       return;
     }
 
@@ -90,6 +91,7 @@ module.exports = function() {
       fileModeOptions = { args : 'config core.fileMode false', cwd: outputDirectory },
       usernameOptions = { args : 'config user.name "' + oAuth.name + '"', cwd: outputDirectory },
       emailOptions    = { args : 'config user.email "' + oAuth.email + '"', cwd: outputDirectory },
+      versionOptions =  { args : 'rev-parse --verify HEAD', cwd: outputDirectory },
 
       localRepoSetup  = fs.existsSync(path.join(outputDirectory, '.git')),
       canProceed      = true
@@ -130,18 +132,28 @@ module.exports = function() {
       ;
     }
 
-    // push changess to remote
+    // push changes to remote
     function pushFiles() {
-      console.info('Pushing files for ' + distribution);
+      console.info('Pushing files for ' + component);
       git.push('origin', 'master', { args: '', cwd: outputDirectory }, function(error) {
         console.info('Push completed successfully');
-        createRelease();
+        getSHA();
+      });
+    }
+
+    // gets SHA of last commit for creating release
+    function getSHA() {
+      git.exec(versionOptions, function(error, version) {
+        createRelease(version);
       });
     }
 
     // create release on GitHub.com
-    function createRelease() {
+    function createRelease(version) {
       console.log('Tagging release as ', version);
+      if(version) {
+        releaseOptions.target_commitish = version;
+      }
       github.releases.createRelease(releaseOptions, function() {
         nextRepo();
       });
diff --git a/tasks/admin/publish.js b/tasks/admin/publish.js
index 2e196f9a0e..e80c86a50c 100644
--- a/tasks/admin/publish.js
+++ b/tasks/admin/publish.js
@@ -14,11 +14,12 @@ var
 ;
 
 /* Release All */
-module.exports = function() {
+module.exports = function(callback) {
 
   runSequence(
     'update distributions', // commit less/css versions to github
-    'update components' // commit components to github
+    'update components', // commit components to github
+    callback
   );
 
 };
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tasks/admin/register.js b/tasks/admin/register.js
index 70f4411e3c..dc604ec170 100644
--- a/tasks/admin/register.js
+++ b/tasks/admin/register.js
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ module.exports = function(callback) {
   stepRepo = function() {
     index = index + 1;
     if(index >= total) {
+      callback();
       return;
     }
     var
diff --git a/tasks/admin/release.js b/tasks/admin/release.js
index 0eade99d17..a247e8bfac 100644
--- a/tasks/admin/release.js
+++ b/tasks/admin/release.js
@@ -15,14 +15,15 @@ var
 ;
 
 /* Release All */
-module.exports = function() {
+module.exports = function(callback) {
 
   runSequence(
     //'build', // build Semantic
     'init distributions', // sync with current github version
     'create distributions', // update each repo with changes from master repo
     'init components', // sync with current github version
-    'create components' // update each repo
+    'create components', // update each repo
+    callback
   );
 
 };
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tasks/config/admin/release.js b/tasks/config/admin/release.js
index 7b8cb18b42..ebfa090199 100644
--- a/tasks/config/admin/release.js
+++ b/tasks/config/admin/release.js
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ module.exports = {
 
   // components that get separate repositories for bower/npm
   components : [
-    'accordion',
+    'accordion'
     'ad',
     'api',
     'breadcrumb',