diff --git a/asset_jenkins.js b/asset_jenkins.js
index 3bf23c3..a4d25b7 100644
--- a/asset_jenkins.js
+++ b/asset_jenkins.js
@@ -25,12 +25,16 @@ child_process.execSync ('yarn lint', { stdio: 'inherit' });
 child_process.execSync ('yarn test', { stdio: 'inherit' });
 child_process.execSync ('yarn compile', { stdio: 'inherit' });
 
-child_process.exec ('git log -1 | grep \\'\\\\[no publish\\\\]\\'')
-  .addListener ('exit', (code) => {
-    if (code === 0) {
-      console.log ('build not marked for deployment');
-      process.exit (1);
-    }
-    else { child_process.execSync ('yarn publish --access public'); }
-  });
+if (fs.existsSync ('README.md')) {
+  const readme = fs.readFileSync ('README.md', 'utf-8');
+  // eslint-disable-next-line prefer-named-capture-group
+  const version = (/version: ([0-9.]+)/ui).exec (readme);
+  if (
+    typeof version === 'undefined'
+    || version[1] !== pkg.version
+  )
+    console.log ('readme version does not match package version');
+  else
+    child_process.execSync ('yarn publish --access public');
+}
 `;
diff --git a/jenkins.js b/jenkins.js
index c2fb836..3caa43a 100644
--- a/jenkins.js
+++ b/jenkins.js
@@ -16,12 +16,15 @@ child_process.execSync ('yarn lint', { stdio: 'inherit' });
 child_process.execSync ('yarn test', { stdio: 'inherit' });
 child_process.execSync ('yarn compile', { stdio: 'inherit' });
 
-child_process.exec ('git log -1 | grep \'\\[no publish\\]\'')
-  .addListener ('exit', (code) => {
-    if (code === 0) {
-      console.log ('build not marked for deployment');
-      process.exit (1);
-    }
-    else { child_process.execSync ('yarn publish --access public'); }
-  });
-
+if (fs.existsSync ('README.md')) {
+  const readme = fs.readFileSync ('README.md', 'utf-8');
+  // eslint-disable-next-line prefer-named-capture-group
+  const version = (/version: ([0-9.]+)/ui).exec (readme);
+  if (
+    typeof version === 'undefined'
+    || version[1] !== pkg.version
+  )
+    console.log ('readme version does not match package version');
+  else
+    child_process.execSync ('yarn publish --access public');
+}