diff --git a/.github/workflows/push_trigger.yml b/.github/workflows/push_trigger.yml
index 57ec6ef8bd..2895044be1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/push_trigger.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/push_trigger.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ name: Maven Package upon a push
 on:
   push:
     branches:
+      - '!release-branch'
+      - release-1*
       - master
       - 1.*
       - develop
@@ -69,6 +71,7 @@ jobs:
 
 
   publish_to_nexus:
+    if: "!contains(github.ref, 'master')"
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
@@ -112,7 +115,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Publish the maven package
         run: |
-          cd biometrics-util && mvn deploy -DskipTests -DaltDeploymentRepository=ossrh::default::${{ secrets.OSSRH_SNAPSHOT_URL }} -s $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/settings.xml -f pom.xml
+          cd biometrics-util && mvn deploy  -DaltDeploymentRepository=ossrh::default::${{ secrets.RELEASE_URL }} -s $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/settings.xml -f pom.xml
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_TOKEN }}
           GPG_TTY: $(tty)
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_changes.yml b/.github/workflows/release_changes.yml
index 21b68e6357..43366ac9d7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release_changes.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_changes.yml
@@ -35,9 +35,19 @@ jobs:
           cd .github/workflows
           sed -i 's/OSSRH_SNAPSHOT_URL/RELEASE_URL/g' push_trigger.yml
 
+#    - name: Updating libs-snapshot-local to libs-release local for artifactory URL's.
+#      run: find . -type f -name "*Dockerfile" -print0 | xargs -0 sed -i "s/libs-snapshot-local/libs-release-local/g"
+
+    - name: removing -DskipTests
+      run: find . -type f -name "*push_trigger.yml" -print0 | xargs -0 sed -i "s/"-DskipTests"//g"
+
+#    - name: removing --Dgpg.skip
+#      run: find . -type f -name "*push_trigger.yml" -print0 | xargs -0 sed -i "s/"-Dgpg.skip"//g"
+      
     - name: Create Pull Request
       uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v3
       with:
+        token: ${{ secrets.ACTION_PAT }}
         commit-message: Updated Pom versions for release changes
         title: Release changes
         body: Automated PR for ${{ github.event.inputs.releaseTags }} release.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b8e2041c4d..16b4a058be 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+[![Maven Package upon a push](https://github.com/mosip/bio-utils/actions/workflows/push_trigger.yml/badge.svg?branch=release-1.2.0)](https://github.com/mosip/bio-utils/actions/workflows/push_trigger.yml)
+ [![Quality Gate Status](https://sonarcloud.io/api/project_badges/measure?branch=release-1.2.0&project=mosip_biometrics-util&id=mosip_biometrics-util&metric=alert_status)](https://sonarcloud.io/dashboard?id=mosip_biometrics-util)
 # Bio Utils
 
 ## Overview
diff --git a/biometrics-util/pom.xml b/biometrics-util/pom.xml
index ab216c68fc..ee59bc960a 100644
--- a/biometrics-util/pom.xml
+++ b/biometrics-util/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	
   <groupId>io.mosip.biometric.util</groupId>
   <artifactId>biometrics-util</artifactId>
-  <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.2.0</version>
   <name>biometrics-util</name>
   <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
   <description>This utility is used to convert ISO to Image and Image to ISO</description>
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 	<dependency>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
-		<version>2.0.2.RELEASE</version>
+		<version>2.5.12</version>
 		<scope>compile</scope>
 	</dependency>
 		
diff --git a/test/pom.xml b/test/pom.xml
index 10f4dce9a9..31fe0f2ded 100644
--- a/test/pom.xml
+++ b/test/pom.xml
@@ -11,14 +11,14 @@
   <groupId>io.mosip.bio.utils</groupId>
   <artifactId>bioutils</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.2.0</version>
   <name>bioutils</name>
   <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
   <dependencies>
   	<dependency>
 		<groupId>io.mosip.biometric.util</groupId>
 		<artifactId>biometrics-util</artifactId>
-		<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.2.0</version>
 	</dependency>
 		
 	<dependency>