diff --git a/.github/workflows/publication.yml b/.github/workflows/publication.yml
index 8d0ecc9334..8b13e23b17 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publication.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publication.yml
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ jobs:
         ORG_GRADLE_PROJECT_sonatypeUsername: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_USERNAME }}
       run: |
         ./gradlew \
-          -Prelease=false \
           publishMainPublicationToSonatypeRepository \
           closeSonatypeStagingRepository
     - name: 'Publish release to OSSRH'
@@ -60,6 +59,6 @@ jobs:
         ORG_GRADLE_PROJECT_sonatypeUsername: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_USERNAME }}
       run: |
         ./gradlew \
-          -Prelease=true \
+          -Prelease \
           publishMainPublicationToSonatypeRepository \
           closeAndReleaseSonatypeStagingRepository
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/SelektExtensions.kt b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/SelektExtensions.kt
index 2d712284de..aa8d7cb67f 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/SelektExtensions.kt
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/SelektExtensions.kt
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ fun Project.gitCommitShort(): Provider<String> = providers.exec {
     commandLine("git", "rev-parse", "--short", "HEAD")
 }.standardOutput.asText
 
-fun Project.isRelease() = "true" == properties["release"]
+fun Project.isRelease() = hasProperty("release")
 
 fun Project.resolvedOSSSonatypeURI() = URI(if (isRelease()) {
     "https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2"