diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 960e210919..353a741601 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -121,3 +121,5 @@ local-cluster/_hco/
 
 # nmp
 node_modules/
+package.json
+package-lock.json
diff --git a/.release-it.json b/.release-it.json
index 0f412d969a..9e00539992 100644
--- a/.release-it.json
+++ b/.release-it.json
@@ -39,16 +39,9 @@
     "web": false
   },
   "plugins": {
-    "@j-ulrich/release-it-regex-bumper": {
-      "out": [
-        {
-          "files": [
-            "VERSION"
-          ],
-          "search": "\\d+\\.\\d+\\.\\d+",
-          "replace": "{{version}}"
-        }
-      ]
+    "@release-it/bumper": {
+      "in": "VERSION",
+      "out": "VERSION"
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0c44a26295..fa4a03e8bf 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@ export GITHUB_TOKEN=<your_github_token>
 * [release-it](https://github.com/release-it/release-it)
 ```bash
 sudo npm install --global release-it
-npm install --save-dev @j-ulrich/release-it-regex-bumper
-rm -f package.json package-lock.json
+npm install --save-dev @release-it/bumper
 ```
 ### usage:
 * Create a release, run from the relevant branch.