diff --git a/integration/pom.xml b/integration/pom.xml
index 14afe6ab..c1db4cf7 100755
--- a/integration/pom.xml
+++ b/integration/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.8.0-beta3</version>
+    <version>1.8.0-beta4</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>integration</artifactId>
diff --git a/jcl-over-slf4j/pom.xml b/jcl-over-slf4j/pom.xml
index cb72b2af..506931b2 100755
--- a/jcl-over-slf4j/pom.xml
+++ b/jcl-over-slf4j/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.8.0-beta3</version>
+    <version>1.8.0-beta4</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/jul-to-slf4j/pom.xml b/jul-to-slf4j/pom.xml
index 394de22a..0b0c83f1 100755
--- a/jul-to-slf4j/pom.xml
+++ b/jul-to-slf4j/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.8.0-beta3</version>
+    <version>1.8.0-beta4</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>jul-to-slf4j</artifactId>
diff --git a/log4j-over-slf4j/pom.xml b/log4j-over-slf4j/pom.xml
index b0acda48..dcedef31 100755
--- a/log4j-over-slf4j/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-over-slf4j/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.8.0-beta3</version>
+    <version>1.8.0-beta4</version>
   </parent>
 
 
diff --git a/osgi-over-slf4j/pom.xml b/osgi-over-slf4j/pom.xml
index 760625f2..3e2af893 100755
--- a/osgi-over-slf4j/pom.xml
+++ b/osgi-over-slf4j/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.8.0-beta3</version>
+    <version>1.8.0-beta4</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>osgi-over-slf4j</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3386c489..cf4b1190 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
   <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
   <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-  <version>1.8.0-beta3</version>
+  <version>1.8.0-beta4</version>
 
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>SLF4J</name>
diff --git a/release.sh b/release.sh
index 4934ebda..9b0c6186 100755
--- a/release.sh
+++ b/release.sh
@@ -13,32 +13,28 @@ function checkExit(){
     fi
 }
 
-function echoThenRun () { # echo and then run the command
+function echoRunAndCheck () { # echo and then run the command
   echo $1
   $1
   ret=$?
-  echo $ret
-  return $ret
+  if test "$ret" != "0";
+  then
+     echo Failed command: $1 
+     exit 1;
+  else echo Succussful run: $1
+  fi
 }
 
-$MVN clean
-checkExit "mvn clean"
+echoRunAndCheck "$MVN clean"
+
+echoRunAndCheck "$MVN install"
+
+echoRunAndCheck "$MVN site:site"
 
 
-$MVN install
-checkExit "mvn install"
+echoRunAndCheck "$MVN assembly:single"
 
-
-$MVN site:site
-checkExit "mvn site:ste"
-
-
-$MVN assembly:single
-checkExit "mvn assembly:single"
-
-
-$MVN deploy -P javadocjar,sign-artifacts -Dgpg.passphrase=$PASS
-checkExit "mvn deploy -P javadocjar,sign-artifacts -Dgpg.passphrase=xxx"
+echoRunAndCheck "$MVN deploy -P javadocjar,sign-artifacts -Dgpg.passphrase=$PASS"
 
 #$MVN site:deploy -N # with Java 8!!!
 #checkExit "mvn site:deploy -N"
diff --git a/slf4j-api/pom.xml b/slf4j-api/pom.xml
index 715c3c2d..4689eb07 100755
--- a/slf4j-api/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-api/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.8.0-beta3</version>
+    <version>1.8.0-beta4</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
diff --git a/slf4j-ext/pom.xml b/slf4j-ext/pom.xml
index 5ef710d2..581d7f8b 100755
--- a/slf4j-ext/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-ext/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.8.0-beta3</version>
+    <version>1.8.0-beta4</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>slf4j-ext</artifactId>
diff --git a/slf4j-jdk14/pom.xml b/slf4j-jdk14/pom.xml
index 1c84d367..468bb610 100755
--- a/slf4j-jdk14/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-jdk14/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.8.0-beta3</version>
+    <version>1.8.0-beta4</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>slf4j-jdk14</artifactId>
diff --git a/slf4j-log4j12/pom.xml b/slf4j-log4j12/pom.xml
index 93dd9927..4645613e 100755
--- a/slf4j-log4j12/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-log4j12/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.8.0-beta3</version>
+    <version>1.8.0-beta4</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
diff --git a/slf4j-migrator/pom.xml b/slf4j-migrator/pom.xml
index a081df63..cd3c8599 100755
--- a/slf4j-migrator/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-migrator/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.8.0-beta3</version>
+    <version>1.8.0-beta4</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>slf4j-migrator</artifactId>
diff --git a/slf4j-nop/pom.xml b/slf4j-nop/pom.xml
index 0bbe4c14..8cb13064 100755
--- a/slf4j-nop/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-nop/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.8.0-beta3</version>
+    <version>1.8.0-beta4</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>slf4j-nop</artifactId>
diff --git a/slf4j-simple/pom.xml b/slf4j-simple/pom.xml
index 1e055b6c..1f8466d4 100755
--- a/slf4j-simple/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-simple/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.8.0-beta3</version>
+    <version>1.8.0-beta4</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
diff --git a/slf4j-site/pom.xml b/slf4j-site/pom.xml
index 818ccbb9..ba91385c 100755
--- a/slf4j-site/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-site/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.8.0-beta3</version>
+    <version>1.8.0-beta4</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>slf4j-site</artifactId>
diff --git a/slf4j-site/src/site/pages/news.html b/slf4j-site/src/site/pages/news.html
index 1dd0cd1e..f6ab4a14 100755
--- a/slf4j-site/src/site/pages/news.html
+++ b/slf4j-site/src/site/pages/news.html
@@ -37,16 +37,17 @@
      class names in <code/>
    -->
 
-   <hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/>
 
    <!--
-   <h3>2019 - Release of SLF4J 1.8.0-beta4</h3>
 
+   <hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/>
+
+   <h3>2019 - Release of SLF4J 1.8.0-beta5</h3>
 
 -->
    <hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/>
    
-   <h3>February 16th, 2019 - Release of SLF4J 1.8.0-beta3</h3>
+   <h3>February 19th, 2019 - Release of SLF4J 1.8.0-beta4</h3>
 
    <p class="highlight"t>In the 1.8.x series, SLF4J has been
    modularized per <a
@@ -78,10 +79,17 @@
 
    <p>For reasons of coherency, the
    <em>Automatic-Automatic-Module-Name</em> for the jul-to-slf4j
-   module is now "jul.to.slf4j". In the eartly versions of Java 9 the
+   module is now "jul.to.slf4j". In the earlier versions of Java 9 the
    string "to" within "jul.to.slf4j" was incorrectly interpreted as a
-   reserved keyword. This bug has been fixed in the JDK for a while.
+   reserved keyword. This bug has been fixed in later versions of the
+   JDK, in particular JDK 11.
    </p>
+
+   <p>SLF4J modules are now <a
+   href="http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/238">multi-release jar</a>
+   files.  This fixes compatibility issues in certain legacy
+   environments, as described for example in <a
+   href="https://jira.qos.ch/browse/SLF4J-456">SLF4J-456</a>.
    
    <p>Fixed <a
    href="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8088">CVE-2018-8088</a>