diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index ac429b871..b7b1cbf25 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -1,17 +1,9 @@
 name: Release
 on:
     workflow_dispatch:
-        inputs:
-            name:
-                description: 'Person to greet'
-                required: true
-                default: 'Mona the Octocat'
-            home:
-                description: 'location'
-                required: false
-                default: 'The Octoverse'
 jobs:
     release:
+        name: NPM Publish
         runs-on: ubuntu-latest
         steps:
             - run: echo "Hello ${{ github.event.inputs.name }} - in ${{ github.event.inputs.home }}!"
@@ -23,13 +15,35 @@ jobs:
                   registry-url: https://registry.npmjs.org
             - run: npm ci
             - run: npm pack
-            - run: echo "Release ${{ github.ref }}"
             - id: version
               run: echo "version=$(npm run version --silent)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
             - run: echo "Deploying version ${{ env.version }}"
-#              - run: npm publish --tag alpha
-#                env:
-#                  NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
+            - run: npm publish --dry-run
+              env:
+                  NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
+    postRelease:
+        name: Version Upgrade and tag
+        needs: release
+        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+        steps:
+            - run: echo "Hello ${{ github.event.inputs.name }} - in ${{ github.event.inputs.home }}!"
+            - name: Checkout code
+              uses: actions/checkout@v2
+            - uses: actions/setup-node@v2
+              with:
+                  node-version: 12.x
+                  registry-url: https://registry.npmjs.org
+            - run: npm ci
+            - id: version
+              run: echo "version=$(npm run version --silent)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+            - run: git tag -fa "v${{ env.version }}" -m "Releasing version ${{ env.version }}"
+            - run: npm version patch -m "Increasing version to %s" --git-tag-version false
+            - id: newVersion
+              run: echo "newVersion=$(npm run version --silent)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+            - run: git add .
+            - run: git commit -m "Creating new version ${{ env.newVersion }}"
+#            - run: git push --set-upstream origin main:main
+#            - run: git push --tags origin
 #            - name: Create Release
 #              id: create_release
 #              uses: actions/create-release@v1
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index dcf374d36..e69de29bb 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "travis"]
-	path = travis
-	url = https://github.com/nemgrouplimited/travis-functions.git
diff --git a/.travis-back.yml b/.travis-back.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 5e433fc97..000000000
--- a/.travis-back.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-dist: bionic
-language: node_js
-node_js:
-    - 12
-    - lts/*
-    - node
-services:
-    - docker
-env:
-    global:
-        - DOCKER_COMPOSE_VERSION=1.25.0
-        - DEV_BRANCH=dev
-        - RELEASE_BRANCH=main
-        - POST_RELEASE_BRANCH=main
-        - RELEASE_MESSAGE=release
-cache:
-    bundler: true
-    directories:
-        - node_modules
-        - .eslintcache
-before_script:
-    - sudo rm /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
-    - curl -L https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/${DOCKER_COMPOSE_VERSION}/docker-compose-`uname -s`-`uname -m` > docker-compose
-    - chmod +x docker-compose
-    - sudo mv docker-compose /usr/local/bin
-    - . ./travis/node-functions.sh
-    - VERSION="$(node_load_version)"
-    - if [[ ! -z "$DOCKER_USERNAME" ]] ; then echo "${DOCKER_PASSWORD}" | docker login -u "${DOCKER_USERNAME}" --password-stdin; fi
-    - log_env_variables
-script:
-    - npm pack
-    - npm test
-    - npm run coveralls-report
-jobs:
-    include:
-        - stage: test
-          name: docs
-          script: npm run doc
-        - stage: publish
-          name: github alpha pages
-          script: /bin/bash travis/node-functions.sh node_push_github_pages
-          if: branch = env(DEV_BRANCH) AND type = push
-        - name: alpha npm
-          script: npm pack && /bin/bash travis/node-functions.sh node_publish_alpha
-          if: (branch = env(DEV_BRANCH) AND type = push) OR (type = api AND commit_message = alpha)
-        - stage: release
-          name: release npm
-          script: npm pack && /bin/bash travis/node-functions.sh node_publish_release
-          if: branch = env(RELEASE_BRANCH) AND type = api AND commit_message = env(RELEASE_MESSAGE)
-        - stage: post release
-          name: tag and version upgrade
-          script: npm pack && /bin/bash travis/node-functions.sh node_post_release
-          if: branch = env(RELEASE_BRANCH) AND type = api AND commit_message = env(RELEASE_MESSAGE)
diff --git a/alpha.sh b/alpha.sh
index a9a2b0c49..f26d530a9 100644
--- a/alpha.sh
+++ b/alpha.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -e
-. ./travis/node-functions.sh
-VERSION="$(node_load_version)"
+VERSION="$(npm run version --silent)"
 TAG=${1:-alpha}
 echo "publishing $VERSION with tag $TAG"
 npm pack
-/bin/bash travis/node-functions.sh node_publish_alpha $TAG
+NEW_VERSION="$VERSION-$TAG-$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M)"
+npm version "$NEW_VERSION" --commit-hooks false --git-tag-version false
+npm publish --tag alpha
 npm version "$VERSION" --commit-hooks false --git-tag-version false
 npm run style:fix
diff --git a/travis b/travis
deleted file mode 160000
index 0bb6dbe23..000000000
--- a/travis
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 0bb6dbe2323a54e25892fafaa465b0e30e25f802