diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release-go-task.yml
similarity index 53%
rename from .github/workflows/release.yml
rename to .github/workflows/release-go-task.yml
index b69ac88b..8af7a91e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-go-task.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,16 @@
-name: release
+# Source: https://github.com/arduino/tooling-project-assets/blob/main/workflow-templates/release-go-task.md
+name: Release
+
+env:
+  # As defined by the Taskfile's PROJECT_NAME variable
+  PROJECT_NAME: arduino-fwuploader
+  # As defined by the Taskfile's DIST_DIR variable
+  DIST_DIR: dist
+  # The project's folder on Arduino's download server for uploading builds
+  AWS_PLUGIN_TARGET: /arduino-fwuploader/
+  ARTIFACT_NAME: dist
+  # See: https://github.com/actions/setup-go/tree/v2#readme
+  GO_VERSION: ^1.16.2
 
 on:
   push:
@@ -10,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout
+      - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
@@ -18,45 +30,45 @@ jobs:
       - name: Create changelog
         uses: arduino/create-changelog@v1
         with:
-          tag-regex: '^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$'
+          tag-regex: '^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+.*$'
           filter-regex: '^\[(skip|changelog)[ ,-](skip|changelog)\].*'
           case-insensitive-regex: true
-          changelog-file-path: "dist/CHANGELOG.md"
+          changelog-file-path: "${{ env.DIST_DIR }}/CHANGELOG.md"
 
-      - name: Install Taskfile
+      - name: Install Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v2
+        with:
+          go-version: ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
+
+      - name: Install Task
         uses: arduino/setup-task@v1
         with:
           repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           version: 3.x
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-go@v2
-        with:
-          go-version: "^1.16.2"
-
       - name: Build
         run: task dist:all
 
       - name: Upload artifacts
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
         with:
-          name: dist
-          path: dist
+          if-no-files-found: error
+          name: ${{ env.ARTIFACT_NAME }}
+          path: ${{ env.DIST_DIR }}
 
   notarize-macos:
     runs-on: macos-latest
     needs: create-release-artifacts
 
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout
+      - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
       - name: Download artifacts
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
         with:
-          name: dist
-          # to ensure compatibility with v1
-          # https://github.com/actions/download-artifact#compatibility-between-v1-and-v2
-          path: dist
+          name: ${{ env.ARTIFACT_NAME }}
+          path: ${{ env.DIST_DIR }}
 
       - name: Import Code-Signing Certificates
         env:
@@ -64,12 +76,22 @@ jobs:
           INSTALLER_CERT_MAC_PATH: "/tmp/ArduinoCerts2020.p12"
           KEYCHAIN_PASSWORD: keychainpassword # Arbitrary password for a keychain that exists only for the duration of the job, so not secret
         run: |
-          echo "${{ secrets.INSTALLER_CERT_MAC_P12 }}" | base64 --decode > ${{ env.INSTALLER_CERT_MAC_PATH }}
-          security create-keychain -p ${{ env.KEYCHAIN_PASSWORD }} ${{ env.KEYCHAIN }}
-          security default-keychain -s ${{ env.KEYCHAIN }}
-          security unlock-keychain -p ${{ env.KEYCHAIN_PASSWORD }} ${{ env.KEYCHAIN }}
-          security import ${{ env.INSTALLER_CERT_MAC_PATH }} -k ${{ env.KEYCHAIN }} -f pkcs12 -A -T /usr/bin/codesign -P "${{ secrets.INSTALLER_CERT_MAC_PASSWORD }}"
-          security set-key-partition-list -S apple-tool:,apple: -s -k ${{ env.KEYCHAIN_PASSWORD }} ${{ env.KEYCHAIN }}
+          echo "${{ secrets.INSTALLER_CERT_MAC_P12 }}" | base64 --decode > "${{ env.INSTALLER_CERT_MAC_PATH }}"
+          security create-keychain -p "${{ env.KEYCHAIN_PASSWORD }}" "${{ env.KEYCHAIN }}"
+          security default-keychain -s "${{ env.KEYCHAIN }}"
+          security unlock-keychain -p "${{ env.KEYCHAIN_PASSWORD }}" "${{ env.KEYCHAIN }}"
+          security import \
+            "${{ env.INSTALLER_CERT_MAC_PATH }}" \
+            -k "${{ env.KEYCHAIN }}" \
+            -f pkcs12 \
+            -A \
+            -T "/usr/bin/codesign" \
+            -P "${{ secrets.INSTALLER_CERT_MAC_PASSWORD }}"
+          security set-key-partition-list \
+            -S apple-tool:,apple: \
+            -s \
+            -k "${{ env.KEYCHAIN_PASSWORD }}" \
+            "${{ env.KEYCHAIN }}"
 
       - name: Install gon for code signing and app notarization
         run: |
@@ -83,22 +105,24 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           gon gon.config.hcl
 
-      - name: Re-package binary and update checksum
-        # Repackage the signed binary replaced in place by Gon (ignoring the output zip file)
+      - name: Re-package binary
+        # This step performs the following:
+        # 1. Repackage the signed binary replaced in place by Gon (ignoring the output zip file)
         run: |
           # GitHub's upload/download-artifact@v2 actions don't preserve file permissions,
-          # so we need to add execution permission back.
-          chmod +x dist/macos64/arduino-fwuploader
-          TAG=${GITHUB_REF/refs\/tags\//}
-          tar czf dist/arduino-fwuploader_${TAG}_macOS_64bit.tar.gz \
-          LICENSE.txt \
-          -C dist/macos64/ arduino-fwuploader
+          # so we need to add execution permission back until the action is made to do this.
+          chmod +x ${{ env.DIST_DIR }}/macos64/${{ env.PROJECT_NAME }}
+          TAG="${GITHUB_REF/refs\/tags\//}"
+          tar -czvf "${{ env.DIST_DIR }}/${{ env.PROJECT_NAME }}_${TAG}_macOS_64bit.tar.gz" \
+            LICENSE.txt \
+            -C ${{ env.DIST_DIR }}/macos64/ ${{ env.PROJECT_NAME }}
 
       - name: Upload artifacts
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
         with:
-          name: dist
-          path: dist
+          if-no-files-found: error
+          name: ${{ env.ARTIFACT_NAME }}
+          path: ${{ env.DIST_DIR }}
 
   create-release:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -111,10 +135,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Download artifact
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
         with:
-          name: dist
-          # to ensure compatibility with v1
-          # https://github.com/actions/download-artifact#compatibility-between-v1-and-v2
-          path: dist
+          name: ${{ env.ARTIFACT_NAME }}
+          path: ${{ env.DIST_DIR }}
 
       - name: Install Taskfile
         uses: arduino/setup-task@v1
@@ -134,23 +156,23 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           wget -q -P /tmp https://github.com/fsaintjacques/semver-tool/archive/3.0.0.zip
           unzip -p /tmp/3.0.0.zip semver-tool-3.0.0/src/semver >/tmp/semver && chmod +x /tmp/semver
-          if [[ $(/tmp/semver get prerel ${GITHUB_REF/refs\/tags\//}) ]]; then echo "::set-output name=IS_PRE::true"; fi
+          if [[ "$(/tmp/semver get prerel "${GITHUB_REF/refs\/tags\//}")" ]]; then echo "::set-output name=IS_PRE::true"; fi
 
       - name: Create Github Release and upload artifacts
         uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          bodyFile: "dist/CHANGELOG.md"
+          bodyFile: ${{ env.DIST_DIR }}/CHANGELOG.md
           draft: false
           prerelease: ${{ steps.prerelease.outputs.IS_PRE }}
-          artifacts: dist/arduino-fwuploader*,dist/package_index.json
+          artifacts: ${{ env.DIST_DIR }}/arduino-fwuploader*,${{ env.DIST_DIR }}/package_index.json
 
       - name: Upload release files on Arduino downloads servers
         uses: docker://plugins/s3
         env:
-          PLUGIN_SOURCE: "dist/arduino-fwuploader*"
-          PLUGIN_TARGET: "/arduino-fwuploader/"
-          PLUGIN_STRIP_PREFIX: "dist/"
+          PLUGIN_SOURCE: "${{ env.DIST_DIR }}/arduino-fwuploader*"
+          PLUGIN_TARGET: ${{ env.AWS_PLUGIN_TARGET }}
+          PLUGIN_STRIP_PREFIX: "${{ env.DIST_DIR }}/"
           PLUGIN_BUCKET: ${{ secrets.DOWNLOADS_BUCKET }}
           AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
           AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
diff --git a/Taskfile.yml b/Taskfile.yml
index 91f5c196..4edafe9a 100755
--- a/Taskfile.yml
+++ b/Taskfile.yml
@@ -218,20 +218,21 @@ vars:
       echo $(cd {{default .DEFAULT_GO_MODULE_PATH .GO_MODULE_PATH}} && go list ./... | tr '\n' ' ' || echo '"ERROR: Unable to discover Go packages"')
   # build vars
   COMMIT:
-    sh: echo "$(git log -n 1 --format=%h)"
+    sh: echo "$(git log --no-show-signature -n 1 --format=%h)"
   TIMESTAMP:
     sh: echo "$(date -u +"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")"
   TIMESTAMP_SHORT:
     sh: echo "{{now | date "20060102"}}"
   TAG:
-    sh: echo "`git tag --points-at=HEAD 2> /dev/null | head -n1`"
-  VERSION: "{{ if .NIGHTLY }}nightly-{{ .TIMESTAMP_SHORT }}{{ else if .TAG }}{{ .TAG }}{{ else }}{{ .PACKAGE_NAME_PREFIX }}git-snapshot{{ end }}"
+    sh: echo "$(git tag --points-at=HEAD 2> /dev/null | head -n1)"
+  VERSION: "{{if .NIGHTLY}}nightly-{{.TIMESTAMP_SHORT}}{{else if .TAG}}{{.TAG}}{{else}}{{.PACKAGE_NAME_PREFIX}}git-snapshot{{end}}"
+  CONFIGURATION_PACKAGE: github.com/arduino/arduino-fwuploader/version
   LDFLAGS: >
     -ldflags
     '
-    -X github.com/arduino/arduino-fwuploader/version.versionString={{.VERSION}}
-    -X github.com/arduino/arduino-fwuploader/version.commit={{ .COMMIT }}
-    -X github.com/arduino/arduino-fwuploader/version.date={{.TIMESTAMP}}
+    -X {{.CONFIGURATION_PACKAGE}}.versionString={{.VERSION}}
+    -X {{.CONFIGURATION_PACKAGE}}.commit={{ .COMMIT }}
+    -X {{.CONFIGURATION_PACKAGE}}.date={{.TIMESTAMP}}
     '
   # test vars
   GOFLAGS: "-timeout 10m -v -coverpkg=./... -covermode=atomic"
@@ -240,9 +241,9 @@ vars:
   TEST_LDFLAGS: >
     -ldflags
     '
-    -X github.com/arduino/arduino-fwuploader/version.versionString={{.TEST_VERSION}}
-    -X github.com/arduino/arduino-fwuploader/version.commit={{.TEST_COMMIT}}
-    -X github.com/arduino/arduino-fwuploader/version.date={{.TIMESTAMP}}
+    -X {{.CONFIGURATION_PACKAGE}}.versionString={{.TEST_VERSION}}
+    -X {{.CONFIGURATION_PACKAGE}}.commit={{.TEST_COMMIT}}
+    -X {{.CONFIGURATION_PACKAGE}}.date={{.TIMESTAMP}}
     '
   # check-lint vars
   PRETTIER: prettier@2.0.5
diff --git a/gon.config.hcl b/gon.config.hcl
index a1d5bca3..6d4b71ed 100644
--- a/gon.config.hcl
+++ b/gon.config.hcl
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# Source: https://github.com/arduino/tooling-project-assets/blob/main/workflow-templates/assets/general/gon.config.hcl
+# See: https://github.com/mitchellh/gon#configuration-file
 source = ["dist/macos64/arduino-fwuploader"]
 bundle_id = "cc.arduino.arduino-fwuploader"
 
@@ -8,5 +10,5 @@ sign {
 # Ask Gon for zip output to force notarization process to take place.
 # The CI will ignore the zip output, using the signed binary only.
 zip {
-  output_path = "arduino-fwuploader.zip"
+  output_path = "unused.zip"
 }