diff --git a/build-logic/src/main/kotlin/kotlinx/kover/conventions/kover-publishing-conventions.gradle.kts b/build-logic/src/main/kotlin/kotlinx/kover/conventions/kover-publishing-conventions.gradle.kts
index daf086da..a152222c 100644
--- a/build-logic/src/main/kotlin/kotlinx/kover/conventions/kover-publishing-conventions.gradle.kts
+++ b/build-logic/src/main/kotlin/kotlinx/kover/conventions/kover-publishing-conventions.gradle.kts
@@ -170,9 +170,6 @@ fun MavenPublication.addMetadata() {
         if (!name.isPresent) {
             name.set(artifactId)
         }
-        if (hasProperty("releaseVersion")) {
-            version = property("releaseVersion") as String
-        }
         groupId = "org.jetbrains.kotlinx"
         description.set(extension.description)
 
diff --git a/build-logic/src/main/kotlin/kotlinx/kover/conventions/kover-release-conventions.gradle.kts b/build-logic/src/main/kotlin/kotlinx/kover/conventions/kover-release-conventions.gradle.kts
index f3ddd66c..20229014 100644
--- a/build-logic/src/main/kotlin/kotlinx/kover/conventions/kover-release-conventions.gradle.kts
+++ b/build-logic/src/main/kotlin/kotlinx/kover/conventions/kover-release-conventions.gradle.kts
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter
 // ====================
 tasks.register("prepareRelease") {
     doLast {
-        if (!project.hasProperty("releaseVersion")) {
-            throw GradleException("Property 'releaseVersion' is required to run this task")
+        if (project.version.toString().endsWith("-SNAPSHOT")) {
+            throw GradleException("Version shouldn't be snapshot")
         }
-        val releaseVersion = project.property("releaseVersion") as String
+        val releaseVersion = project.version.toString()
         val prevReleaseVersion = project.property("kover.release.version") as String
 
         val projectDir = layout.projectDirectory
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ tasks.register("prepareRelease") {
             // replace versions in docs
             projectDir.dir("docs").patchDocs(releaseVersion, prevReleaseVersion)
         }
-
-
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/kover-features-jvm/build.gradle.kts b/kover-features-jvm/build.gradle.kts
index 1f9a3817..c9597e9f 100644
--- a/kover-features-jvm/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/kover-features-jvm/build.gradle.kts
@@ -56,16 +56,10 @@ repositories {
 }
 
 tasks.processResources {
-    val version = if (project.hasProperty("releaseVersion")) {
-        project.property("releaseVersion").toString()
-    } else {
-        project.version.toString()
-    }
-
     val file = destinationDir.resolve("kover.version")
 
     doLast {
-        file.writeText(version)
+        file.writeText(project.version.toString())
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/kover-jvm-agent/build.gradle.kts b/kover-jvm-agent/build.gradle.kts
index bc7de345..99791911 100644
--- a/kover-jvm-agent/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/kover-jvm-agent/build.gradle.kts
@@ -45,12 +45,6 @@ dependencies {
     fatJar(libs.intellij.agent)
 }
 
-val targetVersion = if (project.hasProperty("releaseVersion")) {
-    project.property("releaseVersion").toString()
-} else {
-    project.version.toString()
-}
-
 tasks.jar {
     manifest {
         attributes(
@@ -58,7 +52,7 @@ tasks.jar {
             "Can-Retransform-Classes" to "true",
             // We need to pass this parameter, because IntelliJ agent collects data in the bootstrap class loader
             // it is not possible to use other loaders because some of them (for example, FilteredClassLoader) restrict access to agent classes
-            "Boot-Class-Path" to "${project.name}-$targetVersion.jar"
+            "Boot-Class-Path" to "${project.name}-${project.version}.jar"
         )
     }
 }