12.`git commit -am "Prepare next development version."`
13. Create a PR with this commit and merge it.
14. Login to Sonatype to promote the artifacts https://central.sonatype.org/pages/releasing-the-deployment.html
* This part is automated. If it fails in CI, follow the steps below.
* Click on Staging Repositories under Build Promotion
* Select all the Repositories that contain the content you want to release
* Click on Close and refresh until the Release button is active
* Click Release and submit
15. Update the sample module's `build.gradle` to point to the newly released version. (It may take ~2 hours for artifact to be available after release)