diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c2f276e6..7da462bb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -73,3 +73,18 @@ List of additional rules:
 * `NoMissingCurrentRangeMetersInVehicleStatusForMotorizedVehicles`
 * `NoMissingStoreUriInSystemInformation`
 
+## Releasing
+
+The recommended way to release is via the repository's [Releases](https://github.com/MobilityData/gbfs-validator-java/releases) page. 
+Publishing from there with tag `vX.Y.Z` triggers `release.yml`, which sets the version from the tag, signs and deploys the artifacts to Maven Central, and attaches the CLI jar to the release. 
+The project version is derived from that tag, so no version is ever edited in a pom.
+
+Every push to `master` already publishes `X.Y.Z-SNAPSHOT` to Maven Central, to let developers have the most recent code.
+Cut a release only when you want the changes to make their way to the user.
+
+### Picking up a new schema version
+
+To pick up a new [gbfs-json-schema](https://github.com/MobilityData/gbfs-json-schema) release, point this property in `gbfs-validator-java/pom.xml` at the new tag and merge to `master`:
+
+    <gbfsGithubUrl>https://github.com/MobilityData/gbfs-json-schema/archive/refs/tags/v4.3.0.zip</gbfsGithubUrl>
+
diff --git a/gbfs-validator-java/bin/gbfs-download-extract.sh b/gbfs-validator-java/bin/gbfs-download-extract.sh
index a770efc5..a04f324e 100755
--- a/gbfs-validator-java/bin/gbfs-download-extract.sh
+++ b/gbfs-validator-java/bin/gbfs-download-extract.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ validate () {
 }
 
 validate "GITHUB_URL" ${GITHUB_URL}
-validate "SCHEMA_VERSION" ${SCHEMA_VERSION}
 validate "DESTINATION_PATH" ${DESTINATION_PATH}
 
 ZIP_FILE=downloaded.zip
@@ -51,9 +50,15 @@ if [ -f ${ZIP_FILE} ]; then
     echo "Remove zipfile ${ZIP_FILE}" &&
     rm ${ZIP_FILE} &&
 
+    # This script empties $DESTINATION_PATH before downloading, so the unzip
+    # leaves exactly one gbfs-json-schema-<version> folder in it. Resolve that
+    # folder rather than naming the version, so the version does not have to be
+    # repeated outside the download URL. Resolve it before the move, since the
+    # move can lift up entries that would themselves match the glob.
     echo "Remove intermediate folder" &&
-    mv ${DESTINATION_PATH}/gbfs-json-schema-${SCHEMA_VERSION}/* ${DESTINATION_PATH} &&
-    rm -rf ${DESTINATION_PATH}/gbfs-json-schema-${SCHEMA_VERSION}
+    SCHEMA_DIR=$(ls -d ${DESTINATION_PATH}/gbfs-json-schema-*) &&
+    mv "${SCHEMA_DIR}"/* ${DESTINATION_PATH} &&
+    rm -rf "${SCHEMA_DIR}"
 
     echo "JSON schema extracted to $DESTINATION_PATH"
     } ||
diff --git a/gbfs-validator-java/pom.xml b/gbfs-validator-java/pom.xml
index 78e20724..53a2f8cb 100644
--- a/gbfs-validator-java/pom.xml
+++ b/gbfs-validator-java/pom.xml
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@
     <properties>
         <jdk.version>17</jdk.version>
         <gbfsGithubUrl>https://github.com/MobilityData/gbfs-json-schema/archive/refs/tags/v4.3.0.zip</gbfsGithubUrl>
-        <schemaVersion>4.3.0</schemaVersion>
 
         <everit-json-schema.version>1.14.6</everit-json-schema.version>
         <slf4j.version>2.0.17</slf4j.version>
@@ -199,7 +198,6 @@
                         <configuration>
                             <environmentVariables>
                                 <GITHUB_URL>${gbfsGithubUrl}</GITHUB_URL>
-                                <SCHEMA_VERSION>${schemaVersion}</SCHEMA_VERSION>
                                 <DESTINATION_PATH>src/main/resources/schema</DESTINATION_PATH>
                             </environmentVariables>
                             <executable>./bin/gbfs-download-extract.sh</executable>