diff --git a/scripts/docker-release.sh b/scripts/docker-release.sh
index 55a9fde..2c383a8 100755
--- a/scripts/docker-release.sh
+++ b/scripts/docker-release.sh
@@ -3,47 +3,42 @@ set -xeo pipefail
 shopt -s expand_aliases
 
 docker_name=shesek/bwt
-
 version=$(grep -E '^version =' Cargo.toml | cut -d'"' -f2)
 base_tag=$docker_name:$version
 
-docker_name=shesek/bwt-test
-base_tag=$docker_name:$version
-
 build_variant() {
   local docker_tag=$1
   local docker_alias=$2
+  local features=$3
+  local bin_variant=$4
 
-  build $1-amd64 $2-amd64 $3 "$4" x86_64-linux Dockerfile
-  build $1-arm32v7 $2-arm32v7 $3 "$4" arm32v7-linux arm32v7.Dockerfile
-  build $1-arm64v8 $2-arm64v8 $3 "$4" arm64v8-linux arm64v8.Dockerfile
+  build $1-amd64   $features "$bin_variant" x86_64-linux  Dockerfile
+  build $1-arm32v7 $features "$bin_variant" arm32v7-linux arm32v7.Dockerfile
+  build $1-arm64v8 $features "$bin_variant" arm64v8-linux arm64v8.Dockerfile
 
   # can't tag manifests to create an alias, need to create them separately instead
   for target in $docker_tag $docker_alias; do
-		docker manifest create --amend $target $docker_tag-amd64 $docker_tag-arm32v7 $docker_tag-arm64v8
-		docker manifest annotate $target $docker_tag-amd64 --os linux --arch amd64
-		docker manifest annotate $target $docker_tag-arm32v7 --os linux --arch arm --variant v7
-		docker manifest annotate $target $docker_tag-arm64v8 --os linux --arch arm64 --variant v8
-		docker manifest push $target -p
+    docker manifest create --amend $target $docker_tag-amd64 $docker_tag-arm32v7 $docker_tag-arm64v8
+    docker manifest annotate $target $docker_tag-amd64 --os linux --arch amd64
+    docker manifest annotate $target $docker_tag-arm32v7 --os linux --arch arm --variant v7
+    docker manifest annotate $target $docker_tag-arm64v8 --os linux --arch arm64 --variant v8
+    docker manifest push $target -p
   done
 }
 
 build() {
   local docker_tag=$1
-  local docker_alias=$2
-  local features=$3
-  local bin_variant=$4
-  local bin_platform=$5
-  local dockerfile=$6
+  local features=$2
+  local bin_variant=$3
+  local bin_platform=$4
+  local dockerfile=$5
 
   docker build -t $docker_tag --build-arg FEATURES=$features \
     --build-arg PREBUILT_BIN=dist/bwt-$version$bin_variant-$bin_platform/bwt \
     -f docker/$dockerfile .
 
-  docker tag $docker_tag $docker_alias
   docker push $docker_tag
-  docker push $docker_alias
 }
 
-build_variant $base_tag $docker_name:latest http,electrum,webhooks,track-spends ''
-build_variant $base_tag-electrum $docker_name:electrum electrum '-electrum_only'
+build_variant $base_tag          $docker_name:latest   http,electrum,webhooks,track-spends ''
+build_variant $base_tag-electrum $docker_name:electrum electrum                            '-electrum_only'
diff --git a/scripts/release.sh b/scripts/release.sh
index 64d809b..ced1ff3 100755
--- a/scripts/release.sh
+++ b/scripts/release.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ if ! git diff-index --quiet HEAD; then
   exit 1
 fi
 
+if [ -z "$BWT_BASE" ]; then
+  echo >&2 BWT_BASE is required
+  exit 1
+fi
+
 version=$(grep -E '^version =' Cargo.toml | cut -d'"' -f2)
 
 if [[ "$1" == "patch" ]]; then
@@ -61,7 +66,6 @@ if [ -z "$SKIP_BUILD" ]; then
   (cd dist && sha256sum *.{tar.gz,zip}) | sort | gpg --clearsign --digest-algo sha256 > SHA256SUMS.asc
 fi
 
-
 if [ -z "$SKIP_GIT" ]; then
   echo Tagging...
   git add Cargo.{toml,lock} CHANGELOG.md SHA256SUMS.asc README.md
@@ -109,3 +113,20 @@ if [ -z "$SKIP_DOCKER" ]; then
   echo Releasing docker images...
   ./scripts/docker-release.sh
 fi
+
+if [ -z "$SKIP_SUBPROJECTS" ]; then
+  export BWT_COMMIT=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
+
+  echo '## Releasing libbwt'
+  (cd $BWT_BASE/libbwt && ./scripts/release.sh)
+
+  echo '## Releasing libbwt-jni'
+  (cd $BWT_BASE/libbwt-jni && ./scripts/release.sh)
+
+  echo '## Releasing bwt-electrum-plugin'
+  (cd $BWT_BASE/bwt-electrum-plugin && ./scripts/release.sh)
+
+  echo '## Releasing libbwt-nodejs'
+  export LIBBWT_COMMIT=$(cd $BWT_BASE/libbwt && git rev-parse HEAD)
+  (cd $BWT_BASE/libbwt-nodejs && ./scripts/release.sh)
+fi