diff --git a/Jenkinsfile.release b/Jenkinsfile.release
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fe7af4be7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Jenkinsfile.release
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+void tryAddKnownHost(String hostUrl){
+    // ssh-keygen -F ${hostUrl} will fail (in bash that means status code != 0) if ${hostUrl} is not yet a known host
+    def statusCode = sh script:"ssh-keygen -F ${hostUrl}", returnStatus:true
+    if(statusCode != 0){
+        sh "mkdir -p ~/.ssh"
+        sh "ssh-keyscan ${hostUrl} >> ~/.ssh/known_hosts"
+    }
+}
+
+pipeline {
+    agent {
+        docker { image 'pegasyseng/pantheon-build:0.0.2' }
+    }
+    stages {
+        stage('Release') {
+            steps {
+                sshagent(
+                    credentials: ['pegasys-admin-github-ssh-private-key']
+                ) {
+                    withCredentials([
+                        usernamePassword(
+                            credentialsId: 'pegasys-bintray',
+                            usernameVariable: 'BINTRAY_USER',
+                            passwordVariable: 'BINTRAY_KEY'
+                        )
+                    ]) {
+                        withEnv([
+                            'GIT_COMMITTER_NAME="PegaSys Admin"',
+                            'GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL="pegasys.manager@gmail.com"',
+                            'GIT_AUTHOR_NAME="PegaSys Admin"',
+                            'GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL="pegasys.manager@gmail.com"'
+                        ]) {
+                            tryAddKnownHost('github.com')
+                            sh './gradlew release -Prelease.useAutomaticVersion=true -Prelease.releaseVersion=0.8.0-RC2 -Prelease.newVersion=0.8.0-SNAPSHOT'
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 8078fff756..3e44792a68 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -409,8 +409,6 @@ release {
   preTagCommitMessage = '[Gradle Release Plugin] - pre tag commit: '
   tagCommitMessage = '[Gradle Release Plugin] - creating tag: '
   newVersionCommitMessage = '[Gradle Release Plugin] - new version commit: '
-  tagTemplate = '${version}'
-  versionPropertyFile = 'gradle.properties'
   buildTasks = [
     'build',
     'releaseIntegrationTest',
@@ -421,8 +419,9 @@ release {
   ]
 
   git {
-    requireBranch = 'release-pipeline'
+    requireBranch = 'master'
     pushToRemote = 'origin'
+    pushToBranchPrefix = project.version.replace('SNAPSHOT','')
   }
 }
 
@@ -431,17 +430,24 @@ apply plugin: 'com.jfrog.bintray'
 bintray {
   user = project.hasProperty('bintrayUser') ? project.property('bintrayUser') : System.getenv('BINTRAY_USER')
   key = project.hasProperty('bintrayApiKey') ? project.property('bintrayApiKey') : System.getenv('BINTRAY_KEY')
+
   filesSpec {
     from distTar.destinationDir.path
     from distZip.destinationDir.path
     into '.'
   }
+
+  publish = true
+
   pkg {
-    repo = "pegasys-repo"
-    name = "pantheon"
-    userOrg = "consensys"
-    licenses = ["Apache-2.0"]
-    vcsUrl = "https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon"
+    repo = 'pegasys-repo'
+    name = 'pantheon'
+    userOrg = 'consensys'
+    licenses = ['Apache-2.0']
+    websiteUrl = 'https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon'
+    issueTrackerUrl = 'https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/issues'
+    vcsUrl = 'https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon.git'
+
     version {
       name = project.version
       released  = new Date()