diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index e4b597c8..9b3cd308 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 name: release
 on:
   release:
-    types: [created]
-      
+    types: [ created ]
+
 jobs:
   release:
-    name: release
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     container:
       image: golang:latest
@@ -13,15 +12,14 @@ jobs:
     - name: clone
       uses: actions/checkout@v1
 
-    - name: Generate
+    - name: build
       uses: skx/github-action-build@master
       with:
-        builder: ./build.sh  
-        
-    - name: Upload the artifacts
-      if: github.event_name == 'release'
+        builder: ./build.sh
+
+    - name: upload
       uses: skx/github-action-publish-binaries@master
-      with:
-          args: 'release/*'
       env:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}    
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      with:
+          args: 'release/vela*'
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index c59fd8bf..1af09f82 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -7,9 +7,22 @@
 set -e
 set -x
 
+# capture tag version from reference
+tag=$(echo ${GITHUB_REF} | cut -d / -f 3)
+
 # compile for all architectures
-GOOS=linux   CGO_ENABLED=0 GOARCH=amd64 go build -ldflags "-X main.version=${VELA_TAG}" -o release/linux/amd64/vela   github.com/go-vela/cli
-GOOS=linux   CGO_ENABLED=0 GOARCH=arm64 go build -ldflags "-X main.version=${VELA_TAG}" -o release/linux/arm64/vela   github.com/go-vela/cli
-GOOS=linux   CGO_ENABLED=0 GOARCH=arm   go build -ldflags "-X main.version=${VELA_TAG}" -o release/linux/arm/vela     github.com/go-vela/cli
-GOOS=windows CGO_ENABLED=0 GOARCH=amd64 go build -ldflags "-X main.version=${VELA_TAG}" -o release/windows/amd64/vela github.com/go-vela/cli
-GOOS=darwin  CGO_ENABLED=0 GOARCH=amd64 go build -ldflags "-X main.version=${VELA_TAG}" -o release/darwin/amd64/vela  github.com/go-vela/cli
+GOOS=linux   CGO_ENABLED=0 GOARCH=amd64 go build -ldflags "-X main.version=${tag}" -o release/linux/amd64/vela   github.com/go-vela/cli
+GOOS=linux   CGO_ENABLED=0 GOARCH=arm64 go build -ldflags "-X main.version=${tag}" -o release/linux/arm64/vela   github.com/go-vela/cli
+GOOS=linux   CGO_ENABLED=0 GOARCH=arm   go build -ldflags "-X main.version=${tag}" -o release/linux/arm/vela     github.com/go-vela/cli
+GOOS=windows CGO_ENABLED=0 GOARCH=amd64 go build -ldflags "-X main.version=${tag}" -o release/windows/amd64/vela github.com/go-vela/cli
+GOOS=darwin  CGO_ENABLED=0 GOARCH=amd64 go build -ldflags "-X main.version=${tag}" -o release/darwin/amd64/vela  github.com/go-vela/cli
+
+# tar binary files prior to upload
+tar -cvzf release/vela_linux_amd64.tar.gz   -C release/linux/amd64   vela
+tar -cvzf release/vela_linux_arm64.tar.gz   -C release/linux/arm64   vela
+tar -cvzf release/vela_linux_arm.tar.gz     -C release/linux/arm     vela
+tar -cvzf release/vela_windows_amd64.tar.gz -C release/windows/amd64 vela
+tar -cvzf release/vela_darwin_amd64.tar.gz  -C release/darwin/amd64  vela
+
+# generate shas for tar files
+sha256sum release/*.tar.gz > release/vela_checksums.txt
diff --git a/version/version.go b/version/version.go
index 9d88975a..67330190 100644
--- a/version/version.go
+++ b/version/version.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ var (
 	// VersionMajor is for an API incompatible changes
 	VersionMajor int64
 	// VersionMinor is for functionality in a backwards-compatible manner
-	VersionMinor int64 = 5
+	VersionMinor int64 = 1
 	// VersionPatch is for backwards-compatible bug fixes
 	VersionPatch int64
 )