diff --git a/src/main/groovy/yakworks/gradle/shipkit/JavaPublishPlugin.groovy b/src/main/groovy/yakworks/gradle/shipkit/JavaPublishPlugin.groovy
index 8b66560..f8559b5 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/yakworks/gradle/shipkit/JavaPublishPlugin.groovy
+++ b/src/main/groovy/yakworks/gradle/shipkit/JavaPublishPlugin.groovy
@@ -147,9 +147,9 @@ class JavaPublishPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
         //TODO: all root.appendNode() need to be conditional
         root.appendNode("name", projectName);
 
-        if (!isAndroidLibrary && root.getAt(new QName("packaging")).isEmpty()) {
-            root.appendNode("packaging", "jar");
-        }
+        // if (!isAndroidLibrary && root.getAt(new QName("packaging")).isEmpty()) {
+        //     root.appendNode("packaging", "jar");
+        // }
 
         String repoLink = config['project']['repoUrl']
         root.appendNode("url", repoLink);
diff --git a/version.properties b/version.properties
index 28561fb..c6dcb34 100644
--- a/version.properties
+++ b/version.properties
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ publishedVersion=2.6.7
 # when this is true will append -SNAPSHOT to version and 'publish' to snapshotUrl
 # when false production publish to repoUrl and ...
 # go through release process to automatically bump version and push a v tag to github
-snapshot=true
+snapshot=false