diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 902e0fea2bd..4627d8fad72 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ build/
 classes/
 idea/
 .gradle/
+node_modules/
 
 jadx-output/
 *-tmp/
diff --git a/.releaserc.yml b/.releaserc.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a3891f5cb57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.releaserc.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+branch: release
+verifyConditions:
+  - '@semantic-release/github'
+prepare:
+  - path: '@semantic-release/exec'
+    cmd: "JADX_VERSION=${nextRelease.version} ./gradlew clean dist"
+publish:
+  - path: '@semantic-release/exec'
+    cmd: "JADX_VERSION=${nextRelease.version} BINTRAY_PACKAGE=releases bash scripts/bintray-upload.sh"
+  - path: '@semantic-release/github'
+    assets:
+      - path: 'build/*.zip'
+        label: 'zip bundle'
+      - path: 'build/*.exe'
+        label: 'jadx-gui windows'
+
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 7087a01dc85..b50f631357f 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@ language: java
 sudo: false
 dist: trusty
 
+# don't build on tag push
+if: tag IS blank
+
+git:
+  depth: false
+
 before_install:
   - wget https://github.com/sormuras/bach/raw/master/install-jdk.sh
   - chmod +x gradlew
@@ -9,6 +15,7 @@ before_install:
 env:
   global:
     - TERM=dumb
+    - JADX_VERSION="$(git describe --abbrev=0 --tags)-b$TRAVIS_BUILD_NUMBER-$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)"
 
 matrix:
   include:
@@ -19,30 +26,24 @@ matrix:
 
 script:
   - java -version
-  - sed -i " 1 s/.*/&-b$TRAVIS_BUILD_NUMBER-$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)/" version
-  - cat version
-  - sed -i "s/BUILD_VERSION/$(head -c -1 version)/g" bintray.json
   - ./gradlew clean build
 
-after_success:
-  - test $JDK = "oracle-8" && ./gradlew clean build jacocoTestReport && bash <(curl -s https://codecov.io/bash) || echo "Codecov did not collect coverage reports"
-  - test $JDK = "oracle-8" && ./gradlew clean sonarqube -Dsonar.host.url=$SONAR_HOST -Dsonar.organization=$SONAR_ORG -Dsonar.login=$SONAR_TOKEN || echo "Skip sonar build and upload"
-
-before_deploy:
-  - ./gradlew clean dist
-
 deploy:
-  provider: bintray
-  edge:
-    branch: v1.8.47
-  file: bintray.json
-  user: skylot
-  key: $BINTRAY_KEY
-  skip_cleanup: true
-  on:
-    branch: master
-    tags: false
-    condition: $JDK = oracle-8
+  - provider: script
+    skip_cleanup: true
+    on:
+      branch: master
+      tags: false
+      condition: $JDK = oracle-8
+    script: bash scripts/travis-master.sh
+
+  - provider: script
+    skip_cleanup: true
+    on:
+      branch: release
+      tags: false
+      condition: $JDK = oracle-8
+    script: bash scripts/travis-release.sh
 
 notifications:
   email:
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c254948d2c2..387710a3cd5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 [![Code Coverage](https://codecov.io/gh/skylot/jadx/branch/master/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/skylot/jadx)
 [![SonarQube Bugs](https://sonarcloud.io/api/project_badges/measure?project=jadx&metric=bugs)](https://sonarcloud.io/dashboard?id=jadx)
 [![License](http://img.shields.io/:license-apache-blue.svg)](http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html)
+[![semantic-release](https://img.shields.io/badge/%20%20%F0%9F%93%A6%F0%9F%9A%80-semantic--release-e10079.svg)](https://github.com/semantic-release/semantic-release)
 
 **jadx** - Dex to Java decompiler
 
diff --git a/bintray.json b/bintray.json
deleted file mode 100644
index a8e43679651..00000000000
--- a/bintray.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "package": {
-    "name": "unstable",
-    "repo": "jadx",
-    "subject": "skylot",
-    "desc": "Unstable",
-    "website_url": "https://github.com/skylot/jadx",
-    "issue_tracker_url": "https://github.com/skylot/jadx/issues",
-    "vcs_url": "https://github.com/skylot/jadx.git",
-    "licenses": [
-      "Apache-2.0"
-    ],
-    "labels": [
-      "unstable"
-    ],
-    "public_download_numbers": true,
-    "public_stats": true
-  },
-  "version": {
-    "name": "BUILD_VERSION",
-    "desc": "Dev build: BUILD_VERSION"
-  },
-  "files": [
-    {
-      "includePattern": "build/(jadx.*\.(zip|exe))",
-      "uploadPattern": "$1",
-      "matrixParams": {
-        "override": 1
-      },
-      "list_in_downloads": true
-    }
-  ],
-  "publish": true
-}
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 919cdd619a8..292e4486712 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ plugins {
     id 'com.github.ben-manes.versions' version '0.20.0'
 }
 
-ext.jadxVersion = file('version').readLines().get(0)
+ext.jadxVersion = System.getenv('JADX_VERSION') ?: "dev"
 version = jadxVersion
+println("jadx version: ${jadxVersion}")
 
 allprojects {
     apply plugin: 'java'
diff --git a/scripts/bintray-upload.sh b/scripts/bintray-upload.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3a6a35783ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/bintray-upload.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -xe
+
+export JFROG_CLI_OFFER_CONFIG=false
+export JFROG_CLI_LOG_LEVEL=DEBUG
+
+npm install -g jfrog-cli-go
+
+TARGET=skylot/jadx/${BINTRAY_PACKAGE}/v${JADX_VERSION}
+CREDENTIALS="--user=skylot --key=${BINTRAY_KEY}"
+
+jfrog bt version-create ${TARGET} ${CREDENTIALS} --desc=${JADX_VERSION}
+jfrog bt upload 'build/jadx.*\.(zip|exe)' ${TARGET} ${CREDENTIALS} --regexp=true --publish=true
+jfrog bt version-publish ${TARGET} ${CREDENTIALS}
diff --git a/scripts/travis-master.sh b/scripts/travis-master.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..75c7b0da0c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/travis-master.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -xe
+
+# upload coverage to codecov
+./gradlew clean build jacocoTestReport
+bash <(curl -s https://codecov.io/bash) || echo "Codecov did not collect coverage reports"
+
+# run sonar checks
+./gradlew clean sonarqube -Dsonar.host.url=${SONAR_HOST} -Dsonar.organization=${SONAR_ORG} -Dsonar.login=${SONAR_TOKEN} || echo "Skip sonar build and upload"
+
+# upload bundles to bintray unstable package
+./gradlew clean dist
+BINTRAY_PACKAGE=unstable bash scripts/bintray-upload.sh
diff --git a/scripts/travis-release.sh b/scripts/travis-release.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bdad6ef2f0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/travis-release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -xe
+
+npm install -g semantic-release
+npm install -g semantic-release/exec
+semantic-release
diff --git a/version b/version
deleted file mode 100644
index 7ad524af24a..00000000000
--- a/version
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-0.7.2-unstable