diff --git a/.evergreen/publish.sh b/.evergreen/publish.sh
index 0597672a..4f5fa85a 100755
--- a/.evergreen/publish.sh
+++ b/.evergreen/publish.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export ORG_GRADLE_PROJECT_signingKey="${SIGNING_KEY}"
 export ORG_GRADLE_PROJECT_signingPassword=${SIGNING_PASSWORD}
 
 if [ "$RELEASE" == "true" ]; then
-  TASK="publishArchives closeSonatypeStagingRepository" # TODO-HIBERNATE-128 - update to closeAndReleaseSonatypeStagingRepository
+  TASK="publishArchives closeAndReleaseSonatypeStagingRepository"
 else
   TASK="publishSnapshots"
 fi
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 005ac768..4ca01922 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ jobs:
           gh release create r${RELEASE_VERSION} \
             ${PRERELEASE} \
             --target ${{ env.RELEASE_BRANCH }} \
-            --title "Java Driver ${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }} ($(date '+%B %d, %Y'))" \
+            --title "MongoDB Extension for Hibernate ORM ${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }} ($(date '+%B %d, %Y'))" \
             --generate-notes \
             --draft\
           )" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"