diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 61d41e7f..b12e6d54 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   publishGitRelease:
-    environment: gitrelease
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
diff --git a/release_instructions.txt b/release_instructions.txt
index ff478013..1aca267a 100644
--- a/release_instructions.txt
+++ b/release_instructions.txt
@@ -1,16 +1,9 @@
 - increment version in version.go
 - increment version in snapcraft.yaml
-- commit
-- tag git with same version number
 - make sure local build passes
-- push tag to git
-  - 3.4.0, v3
-  - git push --tags
-- make local xcompile (builds binaries for all platforms)
-
-- git release
-  ./scripts/release.sh
-  ./scripts/upload.sh
+- tag git with same version number
+- commit vX tag - this will trigger github actions
+- use github actions to publish docker and make github release
 
 - snapcraft
   - will auto create a candidate, test it works then promote