diff --git a/.release/copyright_year.sh b/.release/copyright_year.sh
index 734070b5..ccf70ceb 100755
--- a/.release/copyright_year.sh
+++ b/.release/copyright_year.sh
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@ sed -i '' \
 
 if ! repo_is_clean; then
     git add .
-    git commit -m "bump copyright to $YEAR"
+    git commit -m "doc: bump copyright to $YEAR"
 fi
diff --git a/.release/do.sh b/.release/do.sh
index d7e89f51..71a67535 100755
--- a/.release/do.sh
+++ b/.release/do.sh
@@ -5,11 +5,8 @@
 
 assure_changes_has_entry || exit
 
-.release/copyright_year.sh
 .release/version_increment.sh
-.release/readme.sh
+.release/copyright_year.sh
 .release/update-psl.sh
 .release/tag.sh
 .release/publish-to-cpan.sh
-
-git checkout -- META.json META.yml
diff --git a/.release/publish-to-cpan.sh b/.release/publish-to-cpan.sh
index da031dfc..42cfbebf 100755
--- a/.release/publish-to-cpan.sh
+++ b/.release/publish-to-cpan.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,18 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
+if [ -n "$PERL_PUBLISH_SETUP" ]; then
+	perl -MCPAN -e 'install Module::Build'
+	perl -MCPAN -e 'install Mozilla::CA'
+	perl -MCPAN -e 'install CPAN::Uploader'
+fi
+
+for _f in Mail-DMARC-*;
+do
+	echo "rm $_f"
+	rm $_f
+done
+
 perl Build.PL
 ./Build dist
+./Build distclean
 cpan-upload Mail-DMARC-*.tar.gz
-./Build distclean
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.release/readme.sh b/.release/readme.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 0360cfd2..00000000
--- a/.release/readme.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-. .release/base.sh || exit
-
-assure_repo_is_clean || exit
-
-pod2markdown lib/Mail/DMARC.pm > README.md
-
-if ! repo_is_clean; then
-    git add README.md
-    git commit -m "README: updated"
-fi
diff --git a/.release/tag.sh b/.release/tag.sh
index 27c48147..5a0ebe41 100755
--- a/.release/tag.sh
+++ b/.release/tag.sh
@@ -10,15 +10,17 @@ echo "tag $TAGNAME"
 git tag "$TAGNAME"
 git push --tags
 
-# create a GitHub release
-# https://developer.github.com/v3/repos/releases/#create-a-release
-echo "hint: your GitHub OTP password"
+# GitHub CLI api
+# https://cli.github.com/manual/gh_api
 
-curl -u msimerson -X POST https://api.github.com/repos/msimerson/mail-dmarc/releases -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d "{
-  \"tag_name\": \"$TAGNAME\",
-  \"target_commitish\": \"master\",
-  \"name\": \"$TAGNAME\",
-  \"body\": \"Description of the release\",
-  \"draft\": true,
-  \"prerelease\": false
-}"
+gh api \
+  --method POST \
+  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
+  -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
+  /repos/msimerson/mail-dmarc/releases \
+ -f tag_name="$TAGNAME" \
+ -f target_commitish='master' \
+ -f name="$TAGNAME" \
+ -F draft=true \
+ -F prerelease=false \
+ -F generate_release_notes=true
diff --git a/.release/update-psl.sh b/.release/update-psl.sh
index 7da0c476..d859cccc 100755
--- a/.release/update-psl.sh
+++ b/.release/update-psl.sh
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ curl -o share/public_suffix_list https://publicsuffix.org/list/effective_tld_nam
 
 if ! repo_is_clean; then
     git add share/public_suffix_list
-    git commit -m "PSL: updated"
+    git commit -m "chore: updated PSL"
 fi
diff --git a/.release/version_increment.sh b/.release/version_increment.sh
index ad73bde4..48e81290 100755
--- a/.release/version_increment.sh
+++ b/.release/version_increment.sh
@@ -6,13 +6,38 @@ assure_repo_is_clean || exit
 
 NEWVER="$(get_version)"
 
-# shellcheck disable=SC2046
-sed -i '' \
-    -e "/VERSION =/ s/= .*$/= '$NEWVER';/" \
-    -e "/^version / s/.*/version $NEWVER/" \
-    $(find lib -type f -name '*.pm')
+update_modules()
+{
+    # shellcheck disable=SC2046
+    sed -i '' \
+        -e "/VERSION =/ s/= .*$/= '$NEWVER';/" \
+        -e "/^version / s/.*/version $NEWVER/" \
+        $(find lib -type f -name '*.pm')
+
+    git add lib
+}
+
+update_readme()
+{
+    pod2markdown lib/Mail/DMARC.pm README.md
+    git add README.md
+}
+
+update_meta()
+{
+    # update the version in META.* files
+    perl Build.PL
+    ./Build distclean
+    git add META.*
+}
+
+update_modules
+update_readme
+update_meta
 
 if ! repo_is_clean; then
+    git status
     git add .
-    git commit -m "increment version to $NEWVER"
 fi
+
+git commit -m "release version $NEWVER"
diff --git a/bin/install_deps.pl b/bin/install_deps.pl
index 6c6b9391..fada30ce 100755
--- a/bin/install_deps.pl
+++ b/bin/install_deps.pl
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 use English qw( -no_match_vars );
 
 my $apps = [
-#   { app => 'mysql-server-5', info => { port => 'mysql55-server', dport=>'mysql5',  yum =>'mysql-server'} },
-#   { app => 'apache22'      , info => { port => 'apache22',       dport=>'',     yum => 'httpd' } },
+#   { app => 'mysql-server-8', info => { port => 'mysql82-server', dport=>'mysql82',  yum =>'mysql-server'} },
+#   { app => 'apache24'      , info => { port => 'apache24',       dport=>'',     yum => 'httpd' } },
 ];
 
 $EUID == 0 or die "You will have better luck if you run me as root.\n"; ## no critic (Carp)
@@ -353,13 +353,6 @@ sub is_freebsd_port_installed {
     return 0;
 }
 
-sub get_freebsd_pkg_info {
-    if ( -x '/usr/sbin/pkg_info' ) {
-        return '/usr/sbin/pkg_info';
-    };
-    return;
-}
-
 sub get_freebsd_pkgng {
     my $pkg = '/usr/local/sbin/pkg';  # port version is likely newest
     if (! -x $pkg) { $pkg = '/usr/sbin/pkg'; };  # fall back