diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-to-maven.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-to-maven.yml
index 21bac0108..2055004e5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-to-maven.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-to-maven.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
     # CI release command defaults to publishSigned
     # Sonatype release command defaults to sonaTypeBundleRelease
       - name: Gradle publish
-        if: startsWith(github.head_ref, 'release/v')
+        if: startsWith(github.head_ref, 'releases/v')
         run: gradle clean publish
         env:
           PGP_PASSPHRASE: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE }}
diff --git a/feathr-config/build.gradle b/feathr-config/build.gradle
index 626c58e76..6446de6fe 100644
--- a/feathr-config/build.gradle
+++ b/feathr-config/build.gradle
@@ -15,11 +15,18 @@ repositories {
   }
 }
 
+configurations {
+  provided
+
+  compileOnly.extendsFrom(provided)
+  testImplementation.extendsFrom provided
+}
+
 dependencies {
   implementation project(":feathr-data-models")
   implementation project(path: ':feathr-data-models', configuration: 'dataTemplate')
   implementation spec.product.avro
-  implementation spec.product.pegasus.data
+  provided spec.product.pegasus.data
   implementation spec.product.typesafe_config
   implementation spec.product.log4j
   implementation spec.product.jsonSchemaVali
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 63689eba5..dd82ffb87 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-version=v0.10.3-rc5
+version=0.10.3-rc6
 SONATYPE_AUTOMATIC_RELEASE=true
 POM_ARTIFACT_ID=feathr_2.12