diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index e015a66..16d364a 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ plugins {
   id 'java-gradle-plugin'
   id 'groovy'
   id 'com.gradle.plugin-publish' version "1.2.1"
-  id 'to.wetransform.semantic-release-version' version '1.0.0'
+  id 'to.wetransform.semantic-release-version' version '1.1.0'
 }
 
 repositories {
@@ -66,15 +66,3 @@ tasks.wrapper {
   distributionType = Wrapper.DistributionType.ALL
   gradleVersion = '8.6'
 }
-
-task('verifyReleaseVersion') {
-  //FIXME remove task once plugin could be updated
-
-  doLast {
-    def version = project.version
-
-    assert version
-    assert !version.endsWith('-SNAPSHOT')
-    // assert version =~ SEM_VER_REGEX
-  }
-}