diff --git a/.appveyor.yml b/.appveyor.yml
index 6f197ecae..67341558d 100644
--- a/.appveyor.yml
+++ b/.appveyor.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ cache:
   - "%USERPROFILE%\\.gradle\\wrapper"
   - "%USERPROFILE%\\.m2\\repository"
 build_script:
-  - cmd: gradlew.bat build bintrayUpload -PbintrayUser=BINTRAY_USERNAME -PbintrayKey=BINTRAY_KEY -PmavenCentralUser=MAVEN_USER -PmavenCentralPassword=MAVEN_PASS
+  - cmd: gradlew.bat build bintrayUpload
+#  - cmd: gradlew.bat build bintrayUpload -PbintrayUser=BINTRAY_USERNAME -PbintrayKey=BINTRAY_KEY -PmavenCentralUser=MAVEN_USER -PmavenCentralPassword=MAVEN_PASS
 artifacts:
   - path: '**\libs\*sentry*.jar'
   - path: '**\outputs\aar\*sentry*release*.aar'
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index e9ea3fee6..b98b631aa 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ before_script:
   - export ANDROID_NDK_HOME=$ANDROID_HOME/ndk-bundle
   - chmod +x ./gradlew
 script:
-- ./gradlew build bintrayUpload -PbintrayUser=BINTRAY_USERNAME -PbintrayKey=BINTRAY_KEY -PmavenCentralUser=MAVEN_USER -PmavenCentralPassword=MAVEN_PASS
+  - ./gradlew build bintrayUpload
+#- ./gradlew build bintrayUpload -PbintrayUser=BINTRAY_USERNAME -PbintrayKey=BINTRAY_KEY -PmavenCentralUser=MAVEN_USER -PmavenCentralPassword=MAVEN_PASS
 android:
   components:
     - platform-tools
diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index a91a7d8c7..bcc07daf2 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ allprojects {
         mavenCentral()
     }
     group = Config.Sentry.group
-    version = Config.Sentry.version
+    version = properties[Config.Sentry.versionNameProp].toString()
     description = Config.Sentry.description
     tasks {
         withType<Test> {
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/java/Config.kt b/buildSrc/src/main/java/Config.kt
index bfdcbc2d2..7722a58d5 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/java/Config.kt
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/java/Config.kt
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import java.util.Locale
+
 object Config {
     val kotlinVersion = "1.3.61"
     val kotlinStdLib = "stdlib-jdk8"
@@ -49,11 +51,9 @@ object Config {
     object Sentry {
         val SENTRY_CLIENT_NAME = "sentry.java.android"
         val group = "io.sentry"
-//        TODO: change version to publish new version
-        val version = "2.0.1"
+        val versionNameProp = "versionName"
         val description = "SDK for sentry.io"
-//        TODO: change version code to publish new version, follow the pattern of `version`
-        val buildVersionCode = 20017
+        val buildVersionCodeProp = "buildVersionCode"
         val website = "https://sentry.io"
         val userOrg = "getsentry"
         val repoName = "sentry-android"
@@ -82,7 +82,24 @@ object Config {
         val novodaBintrayPlugin = "com.novoda:bintray-release:1.0.1"
         val novodaBintray = "com.novoda.bintray-release"
         val sign = true
-        val mavenCentralSync = true
+        // we need a token and it's generated via https://oss.sonatype.org/#profile;User%20Token
+        // let's keep this step manual for now.
+        val mavenCentralSync = false
+        // Craft will do it
+        val autoPublish = false
+
+        val bintrayUserProp = "BINTRAY_USERNAME"
+        val bintrayKeyProp = "BINTRAY_KEY"
+
+        /**
+         * do not auto publish if version ends with SNAPSHOT
+         */
+        fun isSNAPSHOT(version: String): Boolean = version.toUpperCase(Locale.ROOT).endsWith("SNAPSHOT") // could be contains
+
+        /**
+         * returns an env. variable or the key if not set, it will fail with 401 Unauthorized
+         */
+        fun getEnv(key: String): String = if (System.getenv(key).isNullOrEmpty()) key else System.getenv(key)
     }
 
     object NativePlugins {
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 99dd32d92..684c9e16a 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -9,3 +9,7 @@ org.gradle.caching=true
 
 # AndroidX required by AGP 3.6.x
 android.useAndroidX=true
+
+# Release information
+buildVersionCode=20017
+versionName=2.0.2-SNAPSHOT
diff --git a/sentry-android-core/build.gradle.kts b/sentry-android-core/build.gradle.kts
index b59f5b792..fe611d80a 100644
--- a/sentry-android-core/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/sentry-android-core/build.gradle.kts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ android {
         testInstrumentationRunner = "androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
 
         versionName = project.version.toString()
-        versionCode = Config.Sentry.buildVersionCode
+        versionCode = project.properties[Config.Sentry.buildVersionCodeProp].toString().toInt()
 
         buildConfigField("String", "SENTRY_CLIENT_NAME", "\"${Config.Sentry.SENTRY_CLIENT_NAME}\"")
     }
@@ -116,4 +116,8 @@ configure<PublishExtension> {
     scmConnection = Config.Sentry.scmConnection
     scmDevConnection = Config.Sentry.scmDevConnection
     scmUrl  = Config.Sentry.scmUrl
+    autoPublish = Config.Deploy.autoPublish
+    dryRun = Config.Deploy.isSNAPSHOT(project.version.toString())
+    bintrayUser = Config.Deploy.getEnv(Config.Deploy.bintrayUserProp)
+    bintrayKey = Config.Deploy.getEnv(Config.Deploy.bintrayKeyProp)
 }
diff --git a/sentry-android-ndk/build.gradle.kts b/sentry-android-ndk/build.gradle.kts
index d7e212b49..824f18498 100644
--- a/sentry-android-ndk/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/sentry-android-ndk/build.gradle.kts
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ android {
         testInstrumentationRunner = "androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
 
         versionName = project.version.toString()
-        versionCode = Config.Sentry.buildVersionCode
+        versionCode = project.properties[Config.Sentry.buildVersionCodeProp].toString().toInt()
 
         externalNativeBuild {
             cmake {
@@ -144,4 +144,8 @@ configure<PublishExtension> {
     scmConnection = Config.Sentry.scmConnection
     scmDevConnection = Config.Sentry.scmDevConnection
     scmUrl  = Config.Sentry.scmUrl
+    autoPublish = Config.Deploy.autoPublish
+    dryRun = Config.Deploy.isSNAPSHOT(project.version.toString())
+    bintrayUser = Config.Deploy.getEnv(Config.Deploy.bintrayUserProp)
+    bintrayKey = Config.Deploy.getEnv(Config.Deploy.bintrayKeyProp)
 }
diff --git a/sentry-android/build.gradle.kts b/sentry-android/build.gradle.kts
index e1aa64f1b..7d36053cd 100644
--- a/sentry-android/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/sentry-android/build.gradle.kts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ android {
         minSdkVersion(Config.Android.minSdkVersionNdk)
 
         versionName = project.version.toString()
-        versionCode = Config.Sentry.buildVersionCode
+        versionCode = project.properties[Config.Sentry.buildVersionCodeProp].toString().toInt()
     }
 
     compileOptions {
@@ -59,4 +59,8 @@ configure<PublishExtension> {
     scmConnection = Config.Sentry.scmConnection
     scmDevConnection = Config.Sentry.scmDevConnection
     scmUrl  = Config.Sentry.scmUrl
+    autoPublish = Config.Deploy.autoPublish
+    dryRun = Config.Deploy.isSNAPSHOT(project.version.toString())
+    bintrayUser = Config.Deploy.getEnv(Config.Deploy.bintrayUserProp)
+    bintrayKey = Config.Deploy.getEnv(Config.Deploy.bintrayKeyProp)
 }
diff --git a/sentry-core/build.gradle.kts b/sentry-core/build.gradle.kts
index eb6cdd6cb..3ede0356a 100644
--- a/sentry-core/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/sentry-core/build.gradle.kts
@@ -77,5 +77,8 @@ configure<PublishExtension> {
     scmConnection = Config.Sentry.scmConnection
     scmDevConnection = Config.Sentry.scmDevConnection
     scmUrl  = Config.Sentry.scmUrl
+    autoPublish = Config.Deploy.autoPublish
+    dryRun = Config.Deploy.isSNAPSHOT(project.version.toString())
+    bintrayUser = Config.Deploy.getEnv(Config.Deploy.bintrayUserProp)
+    bintrayKey = Config.Deploy.getEnv(Config.Deploy.bintrayKeyProp)
 }
-