diff --git a/Gruntfile.js b/Gruntfile.js
index 800aeda..19615ff 100644
--- a/Gruntfile.js
+++ b/Gruntfile.js
@@ -21,10 +21,8 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
       }
     },
 
-    update_json: {
-      bower: {
-        src: 'package.json',
-        dest: 'bower.json',
+    package2bower: {
+      all: {
         fields: [
           'name',
           'description',
@@ -68,8 +66,6 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
       all: ['test/unit/**/*.js']
     },
 
-    webpack: require('./webpack.config.js'),
-
     watch: {
       build: {
         files: ['lib/**/*.js'],
@@ -79,10 +75,25 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
         files: ['lib/**/*.js', 'test/**/*.js', '!test/typescript/axios.js', '!test/typescript/out.js'],
         tasks: ['test']
       }
+    },
+
+    webpack: require('./webpack.config.js')
+  });
+
+  grunt.registerMultiTask('package2bower', 'Sync package.json to bower.json', function () {
+    var npm = grunt.file.readJSON('package.json');
+    var bower = grunt.file.readJSON('bower.json');
+    var fields = this.data.fields || [];
+
+    for (var i=0, l=fields.length; i<l; i++) {
+      var field = fields[i];
+      bower[field] = npm[field];
     }
+
+    grunt.file.write('bower.json', JSON.stringify(bower, null, 2));
   });
 
   grunt.registerTask('test', 'Run the jasmine and nodeunit tests', ['eslint', 'nodeunit', 'karma:single', 'ts']);
-  grunt.registerTask('build', 'Run webpack and bundle the source', ['webpack']);
-  grunt.registerTask('publish', 'Prepare the code for release', ['clean', 'test', 'build', 'usebanner', 'update_json']);
+  grunt.registerTask('build', 'Run webpack and bundle the source', ['clean', 'webpack']);
+  grunt.registerTask('version', 'Sync version info for a release', ['usebanner', 'package2bower']);
 };
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 03c9406..1aab671 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -4,9 +4,12 @@
   "description": "Promise based HTTP client for the browser and node.js",
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {
-    "build": "NODE_ENV=production ./node_modules/.bin/grunt build",
-    "test": "./node_modules/.bin/grunt test",
+    "test": "grunt test",
     "start": "node ./sandbox/server.js",
+    "build": "NODE_ENV=production grunt build",
+    "preversion": "npm test",
+    "version": "npm run build && grunt version && git add -A dist && git add CHANGELOG.md bower.json package.json",
+    "postversion": "git push && git push --tags",
     "examples": "node ./examples/server.js",
     "coveralls": "cat coverage/lcov.info | ./node_modules/coveralls/bin/coveralls.js"
   },
@@ -39,7 +42,6 @@
     "grunt-eslint": "18.0.0",
     "grunt-karma": "0.12.1",
     "grunt-ts": "5.3.2",
-    "grunt-update-json": "0.2.2",
     "grunt-webpack": "1.0.11",
     "istanbul-instrumenter-loader": "^0.2.0",
     "jasmine-core": "2.4.1",