diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 51a7caf5..61019346 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 language: node_js
 script: make test
 before_deploy:
-- npm-prepublish --verbose
+- npm-prepublish --verbose --lax
 deploy:
   provider: npm
   email: "replace-with-email"
diff --git a/MAINTAINING.md b/MAINTAINING.md
index cd22df25..5d89e0bf 100644
--- a/MAINTAINING.md
+++ b/MAINTAINING.md
@@ -6,16 +6,21 @@ This project follows [semver](http://semver.org/). So if you are making a bug
 fix, only increment the patch level "1.0.x". If any new files are added, a
 minor version "1.x.x" bump is in order.
 
-### Make a release
+### Make a release commit
 
-To prepare the release:
+To prepare the release commit:
 
-1. Make a single empty commit with the description as "Fetch 1.x.x".
-2. Tag the commit with `v1.x.x`.
+1. Edit the npm [package.json](https://github.com/github/fetch/blob/master/package.json)
+`version` value.
+2. Make a single commit with the description as "Fetch 1.x.x".
+3. Finally, tag the commit with `v1.x.x`.
 
 ```
 $ git pull
-$ git commit --allow-empty -m "Fetch 1.x.x"
+$ vim package.json
+$ git add package.json
+$ git commit -m "Fetch 1.x.x"
 $ git tag v1.x.x
+$ git push
 $ git push --tags
 ```
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1bb5e71e..a53c07e9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "fetch",
+  "version": "0.4.0",
   "main": "fetch.js",
   "private": true,
   "devDependencies": {