diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c669ee75a9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+name: release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - '*'
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04-arm
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - name: Maven without tests (rely on upstream testing for now)
+      run: mvn clean install -DskipTests
+    - uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1
+      with:
+        artifacts: "esvee/target/*.jar,hmf-common/target/*.jar"
+
+  docker:
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os: [ubuntu-latest, ubuntu-22.04-arm]
+    needs: build
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - name: Set up Java
+      uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+      with:
+        java-version: '17'
+        distribution: 'corretto'
+    - name: Maven without tests (rely on upstream testing for now)
+      run: mvn clean install -DskipTests
+    - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+      uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
+      with:
+        platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64
+    - name: Log in to GitHub Container Registry
+      uses: docker/login-action@v2
+      with:
+        registry: ghcr.io
+        username: ${{ github.actor }}
+        password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+    - name: Docker GitHub release
+      uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
+      with:
+        context: "{{defaultContext}}:esvee"
+        provenance: false
+        platforms: ${{ matrix.platforms }}
+        build-args: |
+          VERSION=1.0.2
+        push: true
+        tags: ghcr.io/umccr/hmftools-esvee:1.0.2-aarch64
diff --git a/amber/pom.xml b/amber/pom.xml
index 4607232b15f..69bb95bb69a 100644
--- a/amber/pom.xml
+++ b/amber/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>hmftools</artifactId>
         <groupId>com.hartwig</groupId>
-        <version>local-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>esvee-1.0.1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>amber</artifactId>
diff --git a/bam-tools/pom.xml b/bam-tools/pom.xml
index a716b05dcd0..7c21eb93d43 100644
--- a/bam-tools/pom.xml
+++ b/bam-tools/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>hmftools</artifactId>
         <groupId>com.hartwig</groupId>
-        <version>local-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>esvee-1.0.1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>bam-tools</artifactId>
diff --git a/bam-tools/src/main/java/com/hartwig/hmftools/bamtools/remapper/AltContigRemapperConfig.java b/bam-tools/src/main/java/com/hartwig/hmftools/bamtools/remapper/AltContigRemapperConfig.java
index ae412fe0582..092202ed1d8 100644
--- a/bam-tools/src/main/java/com/hartwig/hmftools/bamtools/remapper/AltContigRemapperConfig.java
+++ b/bam-tools/src/main/java/com/hartwig/hmftools/bamtools/remapper/AltContigRemapperConfig.java
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 
 import static com.hartwig.hmftools.bamtools.common.CommonUtils.BT_LOGGER;
 import static com.hartwig.hmftools.common.bamops.BamToolName.BAMTOOL_PATH;
-import static com.hartwig.hmftools.common.bwa.BwaUtils.LIBBWA_PATH;
-import static com.hartwig.hmftools.common.bwa.BwaUtils.loadAlignerLibrary;
 import static com.hartwig.hmftools.common.genome.refgenome.RefGenomeSource.REF_GENOME;
 import static com.hartwig.hmftools.common.genome.refgenome.RefGenomeSource.addRefGenomeFile;
 import static com.hartwig.hmftools.common.utils.TaskExecutor.THREADS;
@@ -41,7 +39,6 @@ public AltContigRemapperConfig(final ConfigBuilder configBuilder)
                     OrigBamFile != null, OutputFile != null);
             System.exit(1);
         }
-        loadAlignerLibrary(null);
 
         RefGenVersion = BamUtils.deriveRefGenomeVersion(OrigBamFile);
 
@@ -52,7 +49,6 @@ public static void addConfig(final ConfigBuilder configBuilder)
     {
         configBuilder.addConfigItem(OUTPUT_FILE, true, "Output comparison file");
         configBuilder.addPath(ORIG_BAM_FILE, true, "Original BAM file");
-        configBuilder.addPath(LIBBWA_PATH, false, "Path to BWA library");
         configBuilder.addPath(BAMTOOL_PATH, true, "Path to BWA library");
 
         addRefGenomeFile(configBuilder, true);
diff --git a/chord/pom.xml b/chord/pom.xml
index 460808ad424..1299f11c25a 100644
--- a/chord/pom.xml
+++ b/chord/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>hmftools</artifactId>
         <groupId>com.hartwig</groupId>
-        <version>local-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>esvee-1.0.1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>chord</artifactId>
diff --git a/cider/pom.xml b/cider/pom.xml
index 9b9481dcaa9..164d4a79ebe 100644
--- a/cider/pom.xml
+++ b/cider/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>hmftools</artifactId>
         <groupId>com.hartwig</groupId>
-        <version>local-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>esvee-1.0.1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>cider</artifactId>
diff --git a/cobalt/pom.xml b/cobalt/pom.xml
index 6cdf6117716..d445edb8b11 100644
--- a/cobalt/pom.xml
+++ b/cobalt/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>hmftools</artifactId>
         <groupId>com.hartwig</groupId>
-        <version>local-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>esvee-1.0.1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>cobalt</artifactId>
diff --git a/compar/pom.xml b/compar/pom.xml
index 28ab5cf8f97..50503d6b807 100644
--- a/compar/pom.xml
+++ b/compar/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>hmftools</artifactId>
         <groupId>com.hartwig</groupId>
-        <version>local-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>esvee-1.0.1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>compar</artifactId>
diff --git a/crest/pom.xml b/crest/pom.xml
index 1765839f610..98dcc839762 100644
--- a/crest/pom.xml
+++ b/crest/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>hmftools</artifactId>
         <groupId>com.hartwig</groupId>
-        <version>local-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>esvee-1.0.1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>crest</artifactId>
diff --git a/cuppa/pom.xml b/cuppa/pom.xml
index ea335f5547d..227034b9667 100644
--- a/cuppa/pom.xml
+++ b/cuppa/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>hmftools</artifactId>
         <groupId>com.hartwig</groupId>
-        <version>local-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>esvee-1.0.1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>cuppa</artifactId>
diff --git a/esvee/Dockerfile b/esvee/Dockerfile
index 48d9b3c0bfe..c6bd923b225 100644
--- a/esvee/Dockerfile
+++ b/esvee/Dockerfile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ ARG RUN_SCRIPT=/usr/local/bin/${TOOL_NAME}
 USER root
 
 ADD target/${TOOL_NAME}-${VERSION}-jar-with-dependencies.jar ${JAR}
-ADD target/entrypoint.sh ${RUN_SCRIPT}
+ADD entrypoint.sh ${RUN_SCRIPT}
 RUN chmod +x ${RUN_SCRIPT}
 
 RUN micromamba install -y -n base -c bioconda -c conda-forge \
diff --git a/esvee/entrypoint.sh b/esvee/entrypoint.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2d4b314ba02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/esvee/entrypoint.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+TOOL="esvee"
+VERSION="1.0.2"
+
+# Parse arguments
+jvm_mem_opts=""
+jvm_gen_opts=""
+declare -a app_args
+for arg in "$@"; do
+  case ${arg} in
+    '-Xm'*)
+      jvm_mem_opts="${jvm_mem_opts} ${arg}"
+      ;;
+    '-D'* | '-XX'*)
+      jvm_gen_opts="${jvm_gen_opts} ${arg}"
+      ;;
+    *)
+      app_args+=("${arg}")
+      ;;
+  esac
+done
+
+# Form and execute command
+if [[ ${app_args[0]:=} == com.hartwig.* ]]; then
+  java ${jvm_mem_opts} ${jvm_gen_opts} -cp /usr/share/java/${TOOL}_v${VERSION}.jar ${app_args[@]}
+else
+  java ${jvm_mem_opts} ${jvm_gen_opts} -jar /usr/share/java/${TOOL}_v${VERSION}.jar ${app_args[@]}
+fi
+
diff --git a/esvee/pom.xml b/esvee/pom.xml
index 42e3f2801b6..14e12514941 100644
--- a/esvee/pom.xml
+++ b/esvee/pom.xml
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>hmftools</artifactId>
         <groupId>com.hartwig</groupId>
-        <version>local-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>esvee-1.0.1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>esvee</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
-    <version>${esvee.version}</version>
+    <version>1.0.2</version>
     <name>HMF Tools - Esvee</name>
 
     <dependencies>
@@ -24,11 +24,10 @@
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.broadinstitute</groupId>
+            <groupId>org.umccr.java</groupId>
             <artifactId>gatk-bwamem-jni</artifactId>
-            <version>1.0.5</version>
+            <version>1.2.0</version>
         </dependency>
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
diff --git a/esvee/src/main/java/com/hartwig/hmftools/esvee/assembly/AssemblyConfig.java b/esvee/src/main/java/com/hartwig/hmftools/esvee/assembly/AssemblyConfig.java
index 16bcefe0159..46f0e4ed2dd 100644
--- a/esvee/src/main/java/com/hartwig/hmftools/esvee/assembly/AssemblyConfig.java
+++ b/esvee/src/main/java/com/hartwig/hmftools/esvee/assembly/AssemblyConfig.java
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 package com.hartwig.hmftools.esvee.assembly;
 
 import static com.hartwig.hmftools.common.bamops.BamToolName.BAMTOOL_PATH;
-import static com.hartwig.hmftools.common.bwa.BwaUtils.BWA_LIB_PATH;
-import static com.hartwig.hmftools.common.bwa.BwaUtils.BWA_LIB_PATH_DESC;
-import static com.hartwig.hmftools.common.bwa.BwaUtils.loadAlignerLibrary;
 import static com.hartwig.hmftools.common.genome.refgenome.RefGenomeSource.REF_GENOME;
 import static com.hartwig.hmftools.common.genome.refgenome.RefGenomeSource.addRefGenomeConfig;
 import static com.hartwig.hmftools.common.genome.refgenome.RefGenomeSource.loadRefGenome;
@@ -225,8 +222,6 @@ public AssemblyConfig(final ConfigBuilder configBuilder)
         AlignmentFile = AlignmentCache.filename(configBuilder);
         RunAlignment = AlignmentFile != null || WriteType.requiresAlignment(WriteTypes);
 
-        loadAlignerLibrary(configBuilder.getValue(BWA_LIB_PATH));
-
         setSequencingType(configBuilder);
         setLowBaseQualThreshold(configBuilder);
 
@@ -338,8 +333,6 @@ public static void registerConfig(final ConfigBuilder configBuilder)
         configBuilder.addPath(REF_GENOME_IMAGE, false, REFERENCE_BAM_DESC);
         configBuilder.addPath(DECOY_GENOME, false, "Decoy genome image file");
 
-        configBuilder.addPath(BWA_LIB_PATH, false, BWA_LIB_PATH_DESC);
-
         if(!configBuilder.isRegistered(WRITE_TYPES))
             configBuilder.addConfigItem(WRITE_TYPES, false, enumValueSelectionAsStr(WriteType.values(), "Write types"));
 
diff --git a/esvee/src/main/java/com/hartwig/hmftools/esvee/assembly/alignment/AlignData.java b/esvee/src/main/java/com/hartwig/hmftools/esvee/assembly/alignment/AlignData.java
index 1d9d20643de..1369d241dea 100644
--- a/esvee/src/main/java/com/hartwig/hmftools/esvee/assembly/alignment/AlignData.java
+++ b/esvee/src/main/java/com/hartwig/hmftools/esvee/assembly/alignment/AlignData.java
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 import com.hartwig.hmftools.common.region.ChrBaseRegion;
 import com.hartwig.hmftools.esvee.assembly.types.RepeatInfo;
 
-import org.broadinstitute.hellbender.utils.bwa.BwaMemAlignment;
+import org.umccr.java.hellbender.utils.bwa.BwaMemAlignment;
 
 import htsjdk.samtools.CigarElement;
 
diff --git a/esvee/src/main/java/com/hartwig/hmftools/esvee/assembly/alignment/Aligner.java b/esvee/src/main/java/com/hartwig/hmftools/esvee/assembly/alignment/Aligner.java
index f009584d80a..bc63259b0d1 100644
--- a/esvee/src/main/java/com/hartwig/hmftools/esvee/assembly/alignment/Aligner.java
+++ b/esvee/src/main/java/com/hartwig/hmftools/esvee/assembly/alignment/Aligner.java
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import java.util.List;
 
-import org.broadinstitute.hellbender.utils.bwa.BwaMemAlignment;
+import org.umccr.java.hellbender.utils.bwa.BwaMemAlignment;
 
 public interface Aligner
 {
diff --git a/esvee/src/main/java/com/hartwig/hmftools/esvee/assembly/alignment/Alignment.java b/esvee/src/main/java/com/hartwig/hmftools/esvee/assembly/alignment/Alignment.java
index 80ee308b90c..b8844f5e262 100644
--- a/esvee/src/main/java/com/hartwig/hmftools/esvee/assembly/alignment/Alignment.java
+++ b/esvee/src/main/java/com/hartwig/hmftools/esvee/assembly/alignment/Alignment.java
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 import com.hartwig.hmftools.esvee.assembly.types.ThreadTask;
 import com.hartwig.hmftools.common.utils.TaskQueue;
 
-import org.broadinstitute.hellbender.utils.bwa.BwaMemAlignment;
+import org.umccr.java.hellbender.utils.bwa.BwaMemAlignment;
 
 public class Alignment
 {
diff --git a/esvee/src/main/java/com/hartwig/hmftools/esvee/assembly/alignment/AlignmentChecker.java b/esvee/src/main/java/com/hartwig/hmftools/esvee/assembly/alignment/AlignmentChecker.java
index 72742b7c3b0..cc0f5b1f43b 100644
--- a/esvee/src/main/java/com/hartwig/hmftools/esvee/assembly/alignment/AlignmentChecker.java
+++ b/esvee/src/main/java/com/hartwig/hmftools/esvee/assembly/alignment/AlignmentChecker.java
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@
 import com.hartwig.hmftools.esvee.assembly.types.JunctionAssembly;
 import com.hartwig.hmftools.esvee.assembly.output.WriteType;
 
-import org.broadinstitute.hellbender.utils.bwa.BwaMemAligner;
-import org.broadinstitute.hellbender.utils.bwa.BwaMemAlignment;
-import org.broadinstitute.hellbender.utils.bwa.BwaMemIndex;
+import org.umccr.java.hellbender.utils.bwa.BwaMemAligner;
+import org.umccr.java.hellbender.utils.bwa.BwaMemAlignment;
+import org.umccr.java.hellbender.utils.bwa.BwaMemIndex;
 
 import htsjdk.samtools.Cigar;
 
diff --git a/esvee/src/main/java/com/hartwig/hmftools/esvee/assembly/alignment/BwaAligner.java b/esvee/src/main/java/com/hartwig/hmftools/esvee/assembly/alignment/BwaAligner.java
index 25b2085c743..53752a84cf8 100644
--- a/esvee/src/main/java/com/hartwig/hmftools/esvee/assembly/alignment/BwaAligner.java
+++ b/esvee/src/main/java/com/hartwig/hmftools/esvee/assembly/alignment/BwaAligner.java
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 
-import org.broadinstitute.hellbender.utils.bwa.BwaMemAligner;
-import org.broadinstitute.hellbender.utils.bwa.BwaMemAlignment;
-import org.broadinstitute.hellbender.utils.bwa.BwaMemIndex;
+import org.umccr.java.hellbender.utils.bwa.BwaMemAligner;
+import org.umccr.java.hellbender.utils.bwa.BwaMemAlignment;
+import org.umccr.java.hellbender.utils.bwa.BwaMemIndex;
 
 public class BwaAligner implements Aligner
 {
diff --git a/fastq-tools/pom.xml b/fastq-tools/pom.xml
index 7e8baebf135..47e79e18747 100644
--- a/fastq-tools/pom.xml
+++ b/fastq-tools/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>hmftools</artifactId>
         <groupId>com.hartwig</groupId>
-        <version>local-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>esvee-1.0.1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>fastq-tools</artifactId>
diff --git a/gene-utils/pom.xml b/gene-utils/pom.xml
index 58b6d561a1b..5437165e8b1 100644
--- a/gene-utils/pom.xml
+++ b/gene-utils/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>hmftools</artifactId>
         <groupId>com.hartwig</groupId>
-        <version>local-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>esvee-1.0.1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>gene-utils</artifactId>
@@ -23,11 +23,10 @@
             <artifactId>jooq</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.broadinstitute</groupId>
+            <groupId>org.umccr.java</groupId>
             <artifactId>gatk-bwamem-jni</artifactId>
-            <version>1.0.5</version>
+            <version>1.2.0</version>
         </dependency>
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.hartwig</groupId>
             <artifactId>hmf-common</artifactId>
diff --git a/gene-utils/src/main/java/com/hartwig/hmftools/geneutils/mapping/BwaSeqTester.java b/gene-utils/src/main/java/com/hartwig/hmftools/geneutils/mapping/BwaSeqTester.java
index 55f0f1c494d..afeca7866fa 100644
--- a/gene-utils/src/main/java/com/hartwig/hmftools/geneutils/mapping/BwaSeqTester.java
+++ b/gene-utils/src/main/java/com/hartwig/hmftools/geneutils/mapping/BwaSeqTester.java
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 package com.hartwig.hmftools.geneutils.mapping;
 
 import static com.hartwig.hmftools.common.bam.CigarUtils.calcCigarAlignedLength;
-import static com.hartwig.hmftools.common.bwa.BwaUtils.BWA_LIB_PATH;
-import static com.hartwig.hmftools.common.bwa.BwaUtils.loadAlignerLibrary;
 import static com.hartwig.hmftools.common.genome.refgenome.RefGenomeSource.REF_GENOME;
 import static com.hartwig.hmftools.common.utils.PerformanceCounter.runTimeMinsStr;
 import static com.hartwig.hmftools.common.utils.file.FileDelimiters.TSV_DELIM;
@@ -21,9 +19,9 @@
 import com.hartwig.hmftools.common.region.ChrBaseRegion;
 import com.hartwig.hmftools.common.utils.config.ConfigBuilder;
 
-import org.broadinstitute.hellbender.utils.bwa.BwaMemAligner;
-import org.broadinstitute.hellbender.utils.bwa.BwaMemAlignment;
-import org.broadinstitute.hellbender.utils.bwa.BwaMemIndex;
+import org.umccr.java.hellbender.utils.bwa.BwaMemAligner;
+import org.umccr.java.hellbender.utils.bwa.BwaMemAlignment;
+import org.umccr.java.hellbender.utils.bwa.BwaMemIndex;
 
 public class BwaSeqTester
 {
@@ -36,7 +34,6 @@ public BwaSeqTester(final SeqTestConfig config, final ConfigBuilder configBuilde
 
         String refGenomeImageFile = configBuilder.getValue(REF_GENOME) + ".img";
 
-        loadAlignerLibrary(configBuilder.getValue(BWA_LIB_PATH));
         mAligner = initialiseBwaAligner(refGenomeImageFile);
     }
 
diff --git a/gene-utils/src/main/java/com/hartwig/hmftools/geneutils/mapping/SeqTestConfig.java b/gene-utils/src/main/java/com/hartwig/hmftools/geneutils/mapping/SeqTestConfig.java
index 329f67f45fa..4b302e37f78 100644
--- a/gene-utils/src/main/java/com/hartwig/hmftools/geneutils/mapping/SeqTestConfig.java
+++ b/gene-utils/src/main/java/com/hartwig/hmftools/geneutils/mapping/SeqTestConfig.java
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 package com.hartwig.hmftools.geneutils.mapping;
 
 import static com.hartwig.hmftools.common.blastn.BlastnRunner.registerBlastn;
-import static com.hartwig.hmftools.common.bwa.BwaUtils.BWA_LIB_PATH;
-import static com.hartwig.hmftools.common.bwa.BwaUtils.BWA_LIB_PATH_DESC;
 import static com.hartwig.hmftools.common.genome.refgenome.RefGenomeSource.REF_GENOME;
 import static com.hartwig.hmftools.common.genome.refgenome.RefGenomeSource.addRefGenomeFile;
 import static com.hartwig.hmftools.common.genome.refgenome.RefGenomeSource.deriveRefGenomeVersion;
@@ -47,7 +45,6 @@ public static void registerConfig(final ConfigBuilder configBuilder)
     {
         configBuilder.addPath(INPUT_FILE, true, "Input regions and sequences");
 
-        configBuilder.addPath(BWA_LIB_PATH, false, BWA_LIB_PATH_DESC);
         registerBlastn(configBuilder, false);
 
         addOutputOptions(configBuilder, false);
diff --git a/health-checker/pom.xml b/health-checker/pom.xml
index f76c9bcba5c..0ed2e46b8be 100644
--- a/health-checker/pom.xml
+++ b/health-checker/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>hmftools</artifactId>
         <groupId>com.hartwig</groupId>
-        <version>local-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>esvee-1.0.1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>health-checker</artifactId>
diff --git a/hmf-common/pom.xml b/hmf-common/pom.xml
index 2c0b56051dd..f5e66cfadd6 100644
--- a/hmf-common/pom.xml
+++ b/hmf-common/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>hmftools</artifactId>
         <groupId>com.hartwig</groupId>
-        <version>local-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>esvee-1.0.1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>hmf-common</artifactId>
diff --git a/hmf-common/src/main/java/com/hartwig/hmftools/common/bwa/BwaUtils.java b/hmf-common/src/main/java/com/hartwig/hmftools/common/bwa/BwaUtils.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 809a9301fb6..00000000000
--- a/hmf-common/src/main/java/com/hartwig/hmftools/common/bwa/BwaUtils.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-package com.hartwig.hmftools.common.bwa;
-
-import java.io.File;
-import java.nio.file.Files;
-import java.nio.file.Paths;
-
-import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
-
-public final class BwaUtils
-{
-    public static final String LIBBWA_PATH = "LIBBWA_PATH"; // as expected by the BWA library
-    public static final String LIBBWA_PREFIX = "libbwwwa.";
-
-    public static final String MAC_OS = "Mac";
-    public static final String MAC_ARCH = "aarch64";
-    public static final String MAC_BWA_LIB = "libbwwwa.Darwin.dylib";
-
-    public static final String BWA_LIB_PATH = "bwa_lib";
-    public static final String BWA_LIB_PATH_DESC = "Path to BWA library";
-
-    public static void loadAlignerLibrary(@Nullable final String bwaLibraryPath)
-    {
-        if(System.getProperty(LIBBWA_PATH) != null)
-            return;
-
-        if(bwaLibraryPath != null)
-        {
-            System.setProperty(LIBBWA_PATH, new File(bwaLibraryPath).getAbsolutePath());
-            return;
-        }
-
-        String osName = System.getProperty("os.name");
-        String osLibExtension = osExtension(osName);
-        String osArchitecture = System.getProperty("os.arch");
-
-        String candidateBWAPath = null;
-
-        if(osName.contains(MAC_OS) && osArchitecture.equals(MAC_ARCH))
-        {
-            candidateBWAPath = MAC_BWA_LIB;
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            candidateBWAPath = LIBBWA_PREFIX + osArchitecture + osLibExtension;
-        }
-
-        if(Files.exists(Paths.get(candidateBWAPath)))
-        {
-            System.setProperty(LIBBWA_PATH, new File(candidateBWAPath).getAbsolutePath());
-        }
-    }
-
-    private static String osExtension(final String osName)
-    {
-        if(osName.contains("Mac"))
-            return ".dylib";
-        else if(osName.contains("Win"))
-            return ".dll";
-        else
-            return ".so";
-    }
-}
diff --git a/hmf-id-generator/pom.xml b/hmf-id-generator/pom.xml
index 704bfbea3a4..ec78d150b0a 100644
--- a/hmf-id-generator/pom.xml
+++ b/hmf-id-generator/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>hmftools</artifactId>
         <groupId>com.hartwig</groupId>
-        <version>local-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>esvee-1.0.1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>hmf-id-generator</artifactId>
diff --git a/hmftools-build.py b/hmftools-build.py
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 8d56f0dc468..33d2fcbc653
--- a/hmftools-build.py
+++ b/hmftools-build.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
 """
 This script does the following:
 - Whenever a user pushes a git tag in the format '<tool>-<version>' this script will parse that tag.
diff --git a/isofox/pom.xml b/isofox/pom.xml
index 42535c9ec9d..b58b5d7f78f 100644
--- a/isofox/pom.xml
+++ b/isofox/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>hmftools</artifactId>
         <groupId>com.hartwig</groupId>
-        <version>local-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>esvee-1.0.1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>isofox</artifactId>
diff --git a/libbwwwa.Darwin.dylib b/libbwwwa.Darwin.dylib
deleted file mode 100755
index f4d38cc5342..00000000000
Binary files a/libbwwwa.Darwin.dylib and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/lilac/pom.xml b/lilac/pom.xml
index ee15e669a3f..003bcfe86c7 100644
--- a/lilac/pom.xml
+++ b/lilac/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>hmftools</artifactId>
         <groupId>com.hartwig</groupId>
-        <version>local-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>esvee-1.0.1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>lilac</artifactId>
diff --git a/linx/pom.xml b/linx/pom.xml
index 1fa24c55740..437ddcf4daf 100644
--- a/linx/pom.xml
+++ b/linx/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>hmftools</artifactId>
         <groupId>com.hartwig</groupId>
-        <version>local-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>esvee-1.0.1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>linx</artifactId>
diff --git a/neo/pom.xml b/neo/pom.xml
index 9094ed8246e..65415c40acf 100644
--- a/neo/pom.xml
+++ b/neo/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>hmftools</artifactId>
         <groupId>com.hartwig</groupId>
-        <version>local-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>esvee-1.0.1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>neo</artifactId>
diff --git a/orange-datamodel/pom.xml b/orange-datamodel/pom.xml
index 6749d7f68dc..1e1c327273a 100644
--- a/orange-datamodel/pom.xml
+++ b/orange-datamodel/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>hmftools</artifactId>
         <groupId>com.hartwig</groupId>
-        <version>local-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>esvee-1.0.1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>orange-datamodel</artifactId>
diff --git a/orange/pom.xml b/orange/pom.xml
index a447489de9b..654de4590eb 100644
--- a/orange/pom.xml
+++ b/orange/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>hmftools</artifactId>
         <groupId>com.hartwig</groupId>
-        <version>local-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>esvee-1.0.1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>orange</artifactId>
diff --git a/paddle/pom.xml b/paddle/pom.xml
index 5af727a8439..8ac4e267bdf 100644
--- a/paddle/pom.xml
+++ b/paddle/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>hmftools</artifactId>
         <groupId>com.hartwig</groupId>
-        <version>local-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>esvee-1.0.1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>paddle</artifactId>
diff --git a/patient-db/pom.xml b/patient-db/pom.xml
index 5ce3ccae22a..37663300c5f 100644
--- a/patient-db/pom.xml
+++ b/patient-db/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>hmftools</artifactId>
         <groupId>com.hartwig</groupId>
-        <version>local-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>esvee-1.0.1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>patient-db</artifactId>
diff --git a/pave/pom.xml b/pave/pom.xml
index 1a45be941e8..a587ca4088d 100644
--- a/pave/pom.xml
+++ b/pave/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>hmftools</artifactId>
         <groupId>com.hartwig</groupId>
-        <version>local-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>esvee-1.0.1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>pave</artifactId>
diff --git a/peach/pom.xml b/peach/pom.xml
index 0c4af7c28ee..72ef75d041d 100644
--- a/peach/pom.xml
+++ b/peach/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>hmftools</artifactId>
         <groupId>com.hartwig</groupId>
-        <version>local-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>esvee-1.0.1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>peach</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1b6ec3f562a..95ad6073d5c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <groupId>com.hartwig</groupId>
     <artifactId>hmftools</artifactId>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
-    <version>local-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>esvee-1.0.1</version>
     <name>HMF Genomics Tools</name>
 
     <modules>
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
         <maven.site.plugin.version>3.7.1</maven.site.plugin.version>
         <maven.shade.plugin.version>3.2.4</maven.shade.plugin.version>
 
-        <hmf-common.version>local-SNAPSHOT</hmf-common.version>
+        <hmf-common.version>esvee-1.0.1</hmf-common.version>
 
         <amber.version>4.2</amber.version>
         <bam-tools.version>1.4</bam-tools.version>
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
         <compar.version>1.3</compar.version>
         <crest.version>1.0.0</crest.version>
         <cuppa.version>2.3</cuppa.version>
-        <esvee.version>1.1</esvee.version>
+        <esvee.version>1.0.1</esvee.version>
         <fastq-tools.version>1.0</fastq-tools.version>
         <gene-utils.version>1.2</gene-utils.version>
         <health-checker.version>3.6</health-checker.version>
diff --git a/purple/pom.xml b/purple/pom.xml
index aea4755bc04..170c87938da 100644
--- a/purple/pom.xml
+++ b/purple/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>hmftools</artifactId>
         <groupId>com.hartwig</groupId>
-        <version>local-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>esvee-1.0.1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>purple</artifactId>
diff --git a/redux/pom.xml b/redux/pom.xml
index de8b3ebe2b4..e0459718c4c 100644
--- a/redux/pom.xml
+++ b/redux/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>hmftools</artifactId>
         <groupId>com.hartwig</groupId>
-        <version>local-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>esvee-1.0.1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>redux</artifactId>
diff --git a/sage/pom.xml b/sage/pom.xml
index 6a79842acd3..a84c0aba30d 100644
--- a/sage/pom.xml
+++ b/sage/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>hmftools</artifactId>
         <groupId>com.hartwig</groupId>
-        <version>local-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>esvee-1.0.1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>sage</artifactId>
diff --git a/sigs/pom.xml b/sigs/pom.xml
index 835a0c356c3..61179312a9c 100644
--- a/sigs/pom.xml
+++ b/sigs/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>hmftools</artifactId>
         <groupId>com.hartwig</groupId>
-        <version>local-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>esvee-1.0.1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>sigs</artifactId>
diff --git a/sv-tools/pom.xml b/sv-tools/pom.xml
index 6dda4e03f15..ed68be8b020 100644
--- a/sv-tools/pom.xml
+++ b/sv-tools/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>hmftools</artifactId>
         <groupId>com.hartwig</groupId>
-        <version>local-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>esvee-1.0.1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>sv-tools</artifactId>
diff --git a/teal/pom.xml b/teal/pom.xml
index 72c3687aa02..aeba35b5878 100644
--- a/teal/pom.xml
+++ b/teal/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>hmftools</artifactId>
         <groupId>com.hartwig</groupId>
-        <version>local-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>esvee-1.0.1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>teal</artifactId>
diff --git a/v-chord/pom.xml b/v-chord/pom.xml
index 4fda7218d2d..a2caa7bdcaf 100644
--- a/v-chord/pom.xml
+++ b/v-chord/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>hmftools</artifactId>
         <groupId>com.hartwig</groupId>
-        <version>local-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>esvee-1.0.1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>v-chord</artifactId>
diff --git a/virus-interpreter/pom.xml b/virus-interpreter/pom.xml
index ebe3b81bb8b..975da1a9877 100644
--- a/virus-interpreter/pom.xml
+++ b/virus-interpreter/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>hmftools</artifactId>
         <groupId>com.hartwig</groupId>
-        <version>local-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>esvee-1.0.1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>virus-interpreter</artifactId>
diff --git a/wisp/pom.xml b/wisp/pom.xml
index c33a7b6c762..a2e03315ac8 100644
--- a/wisp/pom.xml
+++ b/wisp/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>hmftools</artifactId>
         <groupId>com.hartwig</groupId>
-        <version>local-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>esvee-1.0.1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>wisp</artifactId>