diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 67e35265f99d..11eebdc30b3a 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -22,13 +22,24 @@ pipeline:
     commands:
       - ./project/scripts/sbt ";clean ;publishLocal" "${CI_PUBLISH}"
       - ./project/scripts/sbt "sbt-dotty/scripted source-dependencies/*" "${CI_PUBLISH}"
-      - ./project/scripts/sbtPublish ${CI_PUBLISH} $SONATYPE_USER $SONATYPE_PW $PGP_PW
+      - NIGHTLYBUILD="yes" ./project/scripts/sbtPublish ${CI_PUBLISH} $SONATYPE_USER $SONATYPE_PW $PGP_PW
     volumes:
       - /home/drone/keys:/keys
     when:
       event: deployment
       environment: nightly
 
+  publish_release:
+    image: lampepfl/dotty:24-04-2017
+    pull: true
+    commands:
+      - RELEASEBUILD="yes" ./project/scripts/sbtPublish ${CI_PUBLISH} $SONATYPE_USER $SONATYPE_PW $PGP_PW
+    volumes:
+      - /home/drone/keys:/keys
+    when:
+      event: deployment
+      environment: release
+
   documentation:
     image: lampepfl/dotty:24-04-2017
     pull: true
diff --git a/.drone.yml.sig b/.drone.yml.sig
index ae0852eb15d8..5b459a5ccf88 100644
--- a/.drone.yml.sig
+++ b/.drone.yml.sig
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diff --git a/project/Build.scala b/project/Build.scala
index 703dd81b4da9..512b2099d512 100644
--- a/project/Build.scala
+++ b/project/Build.scala
@@ -35,10 +35,13 @@ object Build {
   val dottyOrganization = "ch.epfl.lamp"
   val dottyGithubUrl = "https://github.com/lampepfl/dotty"
   val dottyVersion = {
-    val baseVersion = "0.1.1"
+    val baseVersion = "0.1.2-RC1"
     val isNightly = sys.env.get("NIGHTLYBUILD") == Some("yes")
+    val isRelease = sys.env.get("RELEASEBUILD") == Some("yes")
     if (isNightly)
       baseVersion + "-bin-" + VersionUtil.commitDate + "-" + VersionUtil.gitHash + "-NIGHTLY"
+    else if (isRelease)
+      baseVersion
     else
       baseVersion + "-bin-SNAPSHOT"
   }
diff --git a/project/scripts/sbtPublish b/project/scripts/sbtPublish
index d925ffa2da86..2e7131b49887 100755
--- a/project/scripts/sbtPublish
+++ b/project/scripts/sbtPublish
@@ -21,13 +21,17 @@ if [ -z "$2" -o -z "$3" -o -z "$4" ]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
+if [ ! "$NIGHTLYBUILD" = "yes" ] && [ ! "$RELEASEBUILD" = "yes" ]; then
+    echo "Neither NIGHTLYBUILD or RELEASEBUILD env var set to \"yes\""
+    exit 1
+fi
+
 CMD="     ;set credentials in ThisBuild := Seq(Credentials(\"Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager\", \"oss.sonatype.org\", \"$2\", \"$3\"))"
 CMD="$CMD ;set pgpPassphrase := Some(\"\"\"$4\"\"\".toCharArray)"
 CMD="$CMD ;set pgpSecretRing := file(\"/keys/secring.asc\")"
 CMD="$CMD ;set pgpPublicRing := file(\"/keys/pubring.asc\")"
 CMD="$CMD ;dotty-bootstrapped/publishSigned ;sonatypeRelease"
 
-export NIGHTLYBUILD="yes"
 sbt -J-Xmx4096m \
     -J-XX:ReservedCodeCacheSize=512m \
     -J-XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=1024m \