diff --git a/tasks/admin/distributions/create.js b/tasks/admin/distributions/create.js
index 283bca3e5..2f35a04a7 100644
--- a/tasks/admin/distributions/create.js
+++ b/tasks/admin/distributions/create.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   * update package.json file
 */
 
-var
+let
   gulp            = require('gulp'),
 
   // node dependencies
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ var
 
 
 module.exports = function(callback) {
-  var
+  let
     stream,
     index,
     tasks = []
@@ -51,14 +51,14 @@ module.exports = function(callback) {
 
   for(index in release.distributions) {
 
-    var
+    let
       distribution = release.distributions[index]
     ;
 
     // streams... designed to save time and make coding fun...
     (function(distribution) {
 
-      var
+      let
         distLowerCase   = distribution.toLowerCase(),
         outputDirectory = path.join(release.outputRoot, distLowerCase),
         packageFile     = path.join(outputDirectory, release.files.npm),
@@ -81,8 +81,9 @@ module.exports = function(callback) {
 
       // get files for meteor
       gatherFiles = function(dir) {
-        var
-          dir   = dir || path.resolve('.'),
+        dir = dir || path.resolve('.');
+
+        let
           list  = fs.readdirSync(dir),
           omitted = [
             '.git',
@@ -97,7 +98,7 @@ module.exports = function(callback) {
           files = []
         ;
         list.forEach(function(file) {
-          var
+          let
             isOmitted = (omitted.indexOf(file) > -1),
             filePath  = path.join(dir, file),
             stat      = fs.statSync(filePath)
@@ -116,8 +117,8 @@ module.exports = function(callback) {
 
       // spaces out list correctly
       createList = function(files) {
-        var filenames = '';
-        for(var file in files) {
+        let filenames = '';
+        for(let file in files) {
           if(file == (files.length - 1) ) {
             filenames += "'" + files[file] + "'";
           }
@@ -130,7 +131,7 @@ module.exports = function(callback) {
 
 
       gulp.task(task.meteor, function() {
-        var
+        let
           files     = gatherFiles(outputDirectory),
           filenames = createList(files)
         ;
@@ -146,7 +147,7 @@ module.exports = function(callback) {
 
       if(distribution == 'CSS') {
         gulp.task(task.repo, function() {
-          var
+          let
             themes,
             components,
             releases
@@ -165,7 +166,7 @@ module.exports = function(callback) {
       }
       else if(distribution == 'LESS') {
         gulp.task(task.repo, function() {
-          var
+          let
             definitions,
             themeImport,
             themeConfig,
@@ -198,11 +199,11 @@ module.exports = function(callback) {
       gulp.task(task.package, function() {
         return gulp.src(packageFile)
           .pipe(plumber())
-          .pipe(jsonEditor(function(package) {
+          .pipe(jsonEditor(function(json) {
             if(version) {
-              package.version = version;
+              json.version = version;
             }
-            return package;
+            return json;
           }))
           .pipe(gulp.dest(outputDirectory))
         ;
diff --git a/tasks/admin/distributions/init.js b/tasks/admin/distributions/init.js
index 124e13167..26d5047ca 100644
--- a/tasks/admin/distributions/init.js
+++ b/tasks/admin/distributions/init.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 */
 
-var
+let
   gulp      = require('gulp'),
 
   // node dependencies
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ module.exports = function(callback) {
       return;
     }
 
-    var
+    let
       component          = release.distributions[index],
       lowerCaseComponent = component.toLowerCase(),
       outputDirectory    = path.resolve(release.outputRoot + lowerCaseComponent),
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ module.exports = function(callback) {
       // avoid rate throttling
       global.clearTimeout(timer);
       timer = global.setTimeout(function() {
-        stepRepo()
+        stepRepo();
       }, 0);
     }
 
diff --git a/tasks/admin/publish.js b/tasks/admin/publish.js
index 9272076e9..ae2a9f003 100644
--- a/tasks/admin/publish.js
+++ b/tasks/admin/publish.js
@@ -8,15 +8,23 @@
   * Commits changes from create components to GitHub and Tags
 
 */
+let
+  gulp = require('gulp'),
+  {series, parallel} = gulp,
 
+  updateComponents    = require('../admin/components/update'),
+  updateDistributions = require('../admin/distributions/update'),
 
-/* Release All */
-module.exports = function(callback) {
+  publish
+;
 
-  gulp.series(
-    'update distributions', // commit less/css versions to github
-    'update components', // commit components to github
-    callback
-  );
+/* Release All */
+publish = series(
+  updateDistributions, // commit less/css versions to github
+  updateComponents // commit components to github
+);
 
-};
+/* Export with Metadata */
+publish.displayName = 'publish';
+publish.description = 'Publish new versions of SUI across all repos';
+module.exports = publish;
diff --git a/tasks/admin/release.js b/tasks/admin/release.js
index dc047d1a8..f2deaa24b 100644
--- a/tasks/admin/release.js
+++ b/tasks/admin/release.js
@@ -2,6 +2,23 @@
           Release
 *******************************/
 
+let
+  gulp = require('gulp'),
+  {series, parallel} = gulp,
+
+  build               = require('../build'),
+
+  // less/css distributions
+  initComponents      = require('./components/init'),
+  createComponents    = require('./components/create'),
+
+  // single component releases
+  initDistributions   = require('./distributions/init'),
+  createDistributions = require('./distributions/create'),
+
+  release
+;
+
 /*
  This task update all SUI individual component repos with new versions of components
 
@@ -11,15 +28,15 @@
 */
 
 /* Release All */
-module.exports = function(callback) {
-
-  gulp.series(
-    //'build', // build Semantic
-    'init distributions', // sync with current github version
-    'create distributions', // update each repo with changes from master repo
-    'init components', // sync with current github version
-    'create components', // update each repo
-    callback
-  );
-
-};
+release = series(
+  build, // build Semantic
+  initDistributions, // sync with current github version
+  createDistributions, // update each repo with changes from master repo
+  initComponents, // sync with current github version
+  createComponents // update each repo
+);
+
+/* Export with Metadata */
+release.displayName = 'release';
+release.description = 'Release SUI across all repos';
+module.exports = release;
diff --git a/tasks/collections/admin.js b/tasks/collections/admin.js
index efd4df748..1f48d106e 100644
--- a/tasks/collections/admin.js
+++ b/tasks/collections/admin.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 
 module.exports = function(gulp) {
-  var
+  let
     // less/css distributions
     initComponents      = require('../admin/components/init'),
     createComponents    = require('../admin/components/create'),
diff --git a/tasks/collections/build.js b/tasks/collections/build.js
index ce79b06a1..3e865742b 100644
--- a/tasks/collections/build.js
+++ b/tasks/collections/build.js
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@
 
 module.exports = function(gulp) {
 
-  var
+  let
     // build sub-tasks
     buildJS      = require('./../build/javascript'),
     buildCSS     = require('./../build/css'),
     buildAssets  = require('./../build/assets')
   ;
 
-  // in case these tasks are undefined during import, less make sure these are available in scope
+  // in case these tasks are undefined during import, lets make sure these are available in scope
   gulp.task('build-javascript', buildJS);
   gulp.task('build-css', buildCSS);
   gulp.task('build-assets', buildAssets);