diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 56c1ac941..4a4f84b7c 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -77,9 +77,13 @@ jobs:
           root: ~/repo
           paths: .
 
-  ##################
+  ###
+  # NPM PUBLISH: Master
   #
-  ##################
+  # - Semantic release runs checks
+  # - Changelog and version are added to GitHub
+  # - NPM package is released using calculated new version
+  ###
   publish_npm:
     <<: *defaults
     steps:
@@ -141,27 +145,6 @@ workflows:
             - test_and_report
             - build
 
-  ###
-  # MERGE: VERSION BRANCHES
-  ###
-  #   test_build_deploy:
-  #     jobs:
-  #       - checkout_code:
-  #           filters:
-  #             branches:
-  #               only: vNext
-  #       - test_and_report:
-  #           requires:
-  #             - checkout_code
-  #       - build:
-  #           requires:
-  #             - checkout_code
-  #       - deployment:
-  #           requires:
-  #             - checkout_code
-  #             - test_and_report
-  #             - build
-
   ###
   # MERGE: FEATURE/HOTFIX BRANCHES
   ###
diff --git a/.circleci/version.sh b/.circleci/version.sh
index b4d73ab1f..b44cea144 100644
--- a/.circleci/version.sh
+++ b/.circleci/version.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ then
 		| sed 's/[",]//g' \
 		| tr -d '[[:space:]]')
 
-	NEW_PACKAGE_VERSION=$(echo $PACKAGE_VERSION | sed -e "s/^\([0-9]*\.[0-9]*\.[0-9]*)/\build-$CIRCLE_BUILD_NUM/")
+	NEW_PACKAGE_VERSION=$(echo $PACKAGE_VERSION | sed -e "s/^\([0-9]*\.[0-9]*\.[0-9]*\)$/\build-$CIRCLE_BUILD_NUM/")
 	echo "Found package version: $PACKAGE_VERSION"
 	echo "Setting version to: $NEW_PACKAGE_VERSION"
 	# uses npm-version to set version in package.json