diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-build.yml b/.github/workflows/release-build.yml
index 9e6fa37e17..ef33e6663b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-build.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 name: Release Build
 on:
+  push:
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
       version:
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ env:
   PUBLIC_REPOSITORY: public.ecr.aws/aws-observability/adot-autoinstrumentation-java
   PRIVATE_REPOSITORY: 020628701572.dkr.ecr.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/adot-autoinstrumentation-java
   PRIVATE_REGISTRY: 020628701572.dkr.ecr.us-west-2.amazonaws.com
+  ARTIFACT_NAME: aws-opentelemetry-agent.jar 
 
 permissions:
   id-token: write
@@ -29,122 +31,109 @@ jobs:
           distribution: 'temurin'
       - uses: gradle/wrapper-validation-action@v1
 
-      - name: Publish patched dependencies to maven local
-        uses: ./.github/actions/patch-dependencies
-        with:
-          gpg_private_key: ${{ secrets.GPG_PRIVATE_KEY }}
-          gpg_password: ${{ secrets.GPG_PASSPHRASE }}
+      # - name: Publish patched dependencies to maven local
+      #   uses: ./.github/actions/patch-dependencies
+      #   with:
+      #     gpg_private_key: ${{ secrets.GPG_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+      #     gpg_password: ${{ secrets.GPG_PASSPHRASE }}
 
-      - name: Configure AWS Credentials
-        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4
-        with:
-          role-to-assume: ${{ secrets.AWS_ASSUME_ROLE_ARN }}
-          aws-region: ${{ env.AWS_PUBLIC_ECR_REGION }}
+      # - name: Configure AWS Credentials
+      #   uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4
+      #   with:
+      #     role-to-assume: ${{ secrets.AWS_ASSUME_ROLE_ARN }}
+      #     aws-region: ${{ env.AWS_PUBLIC_ECR_REGION }}
 
-      - name: Log in to AWS ECR
-        uses: docker/login-action@v3
-        with:
-          registry: public.ecr.aws
+      # - name: Log in to AWS ECR
+      #   uses: docker/login-action@v3
+      #   with:
+      #     registry: public.ecr.aws
 
       - name: Build release with Gradle
         uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@v3
         with:
-          arguments: build integrationTests -PlocalDocker=true -Prelease.version=${{ github.event.inputs.version }} --stacktrace
-
-      - name: Configure AWS Credentials
-        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4
-        with:
-          role-to-assume: ${{ secrets.AWS_ASSUME_ROLE_ARN_RELEASE }}
-          aws-region: ${{ env.AWS_PUBLIC_ECR_REGION }}
-
-      - name: Log in to AWS ECR
-        uses: docker/login-action@v3
-        with:
-          registry: public.ecr.aws
-
-      - name: Configure AWS Credentials for Private ECR
-        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4
-        with:
-          role-to-assume: ${{ secrets.AWS_ASSUME_ROLE_ARN_RELEASE }}
-          aws-region: ${{ env.AWS_PRIVATE_ECR_REGION }}
-
-      - name: Log in to AWS private ECR
-        uses: docker/login-action@v3
-        with:
-          registry: ${{ env.PRIVATE_REGISTRY }}
-
-      - name: Set up QEMU
-        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
-
-      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
-        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
-        with:
-          driver-opts: image=moby/buildkit:v0.15.1
-
-      - name: Build image for testing
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
-        with:
-          push: false
-          build-args: "ADOT_JAVA_VERSION=${{ github.event.inputs.version }}"
-          context: .
-          platforms: linux/amd64
-          tags: ${{ env.TEST_TAG }}
-          load: true
-
-      - name: Test docker image
-        shell: bash
-        run: .github/scripts/test-adot-javaagent-image.sh "${{ env.TEST_TAG }}" "${{ github.event.inputs.version }}"
-
-      - name: Build and push image
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
-        with:
-          push: true
-          build-args: "ADOT_JAVA_VERSION=${{ github.event.inputs.version }}"
-          context: .
-          platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64
-          tags: |
-            ${{ env.PUBLIC_REPOSITORY }}:v${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
-            ${{ env.PRIVATE_REPOSITORY }}:v${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
-
-      - name: Build and Publish release with Gradle
-        uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@v3
-        with:
-          arguments: build final closeAndReleaseSonatypeStagingRepository -Prelease.version=${{ github.event.inputs.version }} --stacktrace
-        env:
-          PUBLISH_TOKEN_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.PUBLISH_TOKEN_USERNAME }}
-          PUBLISH_TOKEN_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.PUBLISH_TOKEN_PASSWORD }}
-          GRGIT_USER: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          GPG_PRIVATE_KEY: ${{ secrets.GPG_PRIVATE_KEY }}
-          GPG_PASSPHRASE: ${{ secrets.GPG_PASSPHRASE }}
+          arguments: build integrationTests -PlocalDocker=true -Prelease.version=0.0.0 --stacktrace
+
+      # - name: Configure AWS Credentials
+      #   uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4
+      #   with:
+      #     role-to-assume: ${{ secrets.AWS_ASSUME_ROLE_ARN_RELEASE }}
+      #     aws-region: ${{ env.AWS_PUBLIC_ECR_REGION }}
+
+      # - name: Log in to AWS ECR
+      #   uses: docker/login-action@v3
+      #   with:
+      #     registry: public.ecr.aws
+
+      # - name: Configure AWS Credentials for Private ECR
+      #   uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4
+      #   with:
+      #     role-to-assume: ${{ secrets.AWS_ASSUME_ROLE_ARN_RELEASE }}
+      #     aws-region: ${{ env.AWS_PRIVATE_ECR_REGION }}
+
+      # - name: Log in to AWS private ECR
+      #   uses: docker/login-action@v3
+      #   with:
+      #     registry: ${{ env.PRIVATE_REGISTRY }}
+
+      # - name: Set up QEMU
+      #   uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
+
+      # - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+      #   uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
+      #   with:
+      #     driver-opts: image=moby/buildkit:v0.15.1
+
+      # - name: Build image for testing
+      #   uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
+      #   with:
+      #     push: false
+      #     build-args: "ADOT_JAVA_VERSION=0.0.0"
+      #     context: .
+      #     platforms: linux/amd64
+      #     tags: ${{ env.TEST_TAG }}
+      #     load: true
+
+      # - name: Test docker image
+      #   shell: bash
+      #   run: .github/scripts/test-adot-javaagent-image.sh "${{ env.TEST_TAG }}" "0.0.0"
+
+      # - name: Build and push image
+      #   uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
+      #   with:
+      #     push: true
+      #     build-args: "ADOT_JAVA_VERSION=0.0.0"
+      #     context: .
+      #     platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64
+      #     tags: |
+      #       ${{ env.PUBLIC_REPOSITORY }}:v0.0.0
+      #       ${{ env.PRIVATE_REPOSITORY }}:v0.0.0
+
+      # - name: Build and Publish release with Gradle
+      #   uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@v3
+      #   with:
+      #     arguments: build final closeAndReleaseSonatypeStagingRepository -Prelease.version=0.0.0 --stacktrace
+      #   env:
+      #     PUBLISH_TOKEN_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.PUBLISH_TOKEN_USERNAME }}
+      #     PUBLISH_TOKEN_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.PUBLISH_TOKEN_PASSWORD }}
+      #     GRGIT_USER: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      #     GPG_PRIVATE_KEY: ${{ secrets.GPG_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+      #     GPG_PASSPHRASE: ${{ secrets.GPG_PASSPHRASE }}
+
+
+      - name: Get SHA256 checksum of release artifact
+        id: get_sha256
+        run: |
+          cp "otelagent/build/libs/aws-opentelemetry-agent-0.0.0.jar" ${{ env.ARTIFACT_NAME }}
+          shasum -a 256 ${{ env.ARTIFACT_NAME }} > ${{ env.ARTIFACT_NAME }}.sha256
 
       - name: Create release
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} # This token is provided by Actions, you do not need to create your own token
         run: |
-          cp "otelagent/build/libs/aws-opentelemetry-agent-${{ github.event.inputs.version }}.jar" aws-opentelemetry-agent.jar
+          
           gh release create --target "$GITHUB_REF_NAME" \
-             --title "Release v${{ github.event.inputs.version }}" \
+             --title "Release v0.0.0" \
              --draft \
-             "v${{ github.event.inputs.version }}" \
-             aws-opentelemetry-agent.jar
-
-      - name: Get SHA256 checksum of wheel file
-        id: get_sha256
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          checksum=$(shasum -a 256 aws-opentelemetry-agent.jar | awk '{ print $1 }')
-          echo "CHECKSUM=$checksum" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
-      - name: Append checksum and update version
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          echo "${{ github.event.inputs.version }} ${{ steps.get_sha256.outputs.CHECKSUM }}" >> checksum.txt
-          echo "${{ github.event.inputs.version }}" > version.txt
-
-          git config --local user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
-          git config --local user.name "GitHub Action Release Workflow"
-          git add checksum.txt version.txt
-          git commit -m "Update latest version and append checksum"
-          git push
+             "v0.0.0" \
+             ${{ env.ARTIFACT_NAME }} \
+             ${{ env.ARTIFACT_NAME }}.sha256
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0f515b791f..9c9719dcde 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -46,3 +46,8 @@ Please note that as per policy, we're providing support via GitHub on a best eff
 
 ## Security issue notifications
 If you discover a potential security issue in this project we ask that you notify AWS/Amazon Security via our [vulnerability reporting page](http://aws.amazon.com/security/vulnerability-reporting/). Please do **not** create a public github issue.
+
+## Checksum Verification
+Artifacts released will include a `.sha256` file for checksum verification starting from v1.32.6
+To verify, run the command `shasum -a 256 -c <artifact_name>.sha256` 
+It should return the output `<artifact_name>: OK` if the validation is successful
diff --git a/checksum.txt b/checksum.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2..0000000000
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2..0000000000