diff --git a/ci/pipeline.yml b/ci/pipeline.yml
index 95d74f664a..9e64ff61a8 100644
--- a/ci/pipeline.yml
+++ b/ci/pipeline.yml
@@ -455,17 +455,6 @@ jobs:
       BINTRAY_REPO: ((bintray-repo))
       BINTRAY_USERNAME: ((bintray-username))
       BINTRAY_API_KEY: ((bintray-api-key))
-  - task: generate-release-notes
-    file: git-repo/ci/tasks/generate-release-notes.yml
-    params:
-      RELEASE_TYPE: RELEASE
-      GITHUB_USERNAME: ((github-username))
-      GITHUB_TOKEN: ((github-release-notes-access-token))
-  - put: github-release
-    params:
-      name: generated-release-notes/tag
-      tag: generated-release-notes/tag
-      body: generated-release-notes/release-notes.md
 - name: sync-to-maven-central
   serial: true
   plan:
@@ -486,6 +475,17 @@ jobs:
       SONATYPE_PASSWORD_TOKEN: ((sonatype-user-token-password))
       BINTRAY_SUBJECT: ((bintray-subject))
       BINTRAY_REPO: ((bintray-repo))
+  - task: generate-release-notes
+    file: git-repo/ci/tasks/generate-release-notes.yml
+    params:
+      RELEASE_TYPE: RELEASE
+      GITHUB_USERNAME: ((github-username))
+      GITHUB_TOKEN: ((github-release-notes-access-token))
+  - put: github-release
+    params:
+      name: generated-release-notes/tag
+      tag: generated-release-notes/tag
+      body: generated-release-notes/release-notes.md
 groups:
 - name: "Build"
   jobs: ["build", "jdk9-build", "jdk10-build"]
diff --git a/ci/scripts/sync-to-maven-central.sh b/ci/scripts/sync-to-maven-central.sh
index 23a97d7870..88924ac826 100755
--- a/ci/scripts/sync-to-maven-central.sh
+++ b/ci/scripts/sync-to-maven-central.sh
@@ -17,3 +17,4 @@ echo "Syncing ${buildName}/${buildNumber} to Maven Central"
 			-X \
 			POST "https://api.bintray.com/maven_central_sync/${BINTRAY_SUBJECT}/${BINTRAY_REPO}/${groupId}/versions/${version}" > /dev/null || { echo "Failed to sync" >&2; exit 1; }
 echo "Sync complete"
+echo $version > version/version
diff --git a/ci/tasks/sync-to-maven-central.yml b/ci/tasks/sync-to-maven-central.yml
index a3ab0c5fcb..a44af5af16 100644
--- a/ci/tasks/sync-to-maven-central.yml
+++ b/ci/tasks/sync-to-maven-central.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ platform: linux
 inputs:
 - name: git-repo
 - name: artifactory-repo
+outputs:
+- name: version
 params:
   BINTRAY_REPO:
   BINTRAY_SUBJECT: