Checklist for releasing WireMock

• Bump version number
• Run the release
• Publish the release note
• Update the version on wiremock.org
• Release the Docker image
• Announce on the WireMock Community Slack
• Announce on social

Pre-release - bump version number

Make sure the version number has been updated. Do this either via

./gradlew bump-minor-version

or

./gradlew bump-patch-version

Commit and push the changes made by this command.

Release

Manually trigger the Release workflow from the master branch.

Publish the release note

Release drafter should have created a draft release note called "next". Check it for sanity and edit it to add any additional information and then set the tag to the version you've just released and publish it.

Update the version on wiremock.org

https://github.com/wiremock/wiremock.org

Publish the changes by merging to the live-publish branch and manually triggering the "Deploy Jekyll site to Pages" workflow.

Release the Docker image

1. Wait for the JAR version you just published to be synced to Maven Central. You can check here
2. Run the Release workflow, with the following parameters:
   • Branch: main
   • Image version (single-digit suffix like 2.35.0-1): Usually 1
   • Bundled WireMock version: The JAR version just published. You can check here
3. Update the README manually on Docker Hub (until we get around to automating it).

Post an announcement on the WireMock Community Slack

Announce in the #announcments channel then link to the message from #general.

Shout about it on as many social media platforms as possible

You know the drill.