diff --git a/.github/workflows/beam_Release_NightlySnapshot.yml b/.github/workflows/beam_Release_NightlySnapshot.yml
index 9bd1345cd0c5..1b572f4aa0f3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/beam_Release_NightlySnapshot.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/beam_Release_NightlySnapshot.yml
@@ -84,6 +84,6 @@ jobs:
           </settings>" > ${HOME}/.m2/settings.xml
       - name: run Publish script
         run: |
-          ./gradlew publish --max-workers=8 -Ppublishing -PskipCheckerFramework -PisNightly \
+          ./gradlew publish --max-workers=8 -Ppublishing -PskipCheckerFramework \
           --continue -Dorg.gradle.jvmargs=-Xms2g -Dorg.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx6g \
           -Dorg.gradle.vfs.watch=false -Pdocker-pull-licenses
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/apache/beam/gradle/BeamModulePlugin.groovy b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/apache/beam/gradle/BeamModulePlugin.groovy
index 0c0574b34851..f31150227c35 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/apache/beam/gradle/BeamModulePlugin.groovy
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/apache/beam/gradle/BeamModulePlugin.groovy
@@ -431,9 +431,6 @@ class BeamModulePlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
   def isRelease(Project project) {
     return parseBooleanProperty(project, 'isRelease');
   }
-  def isNightly(Project project) {
-    return parseBooleanProperty(project, 'isNightly');
-  }
   /**
    * Parses -Pprop as true for use as a flag, and otherwise uses Groovy's toBoolean
    */
@@ -492,14 +489,10 @@ class BeamModulePlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
 
     project.ext.mavenGroupId = 'org.apache.beam'
 
-    if (isRelease(project) && isNightly(project)) {
-      throw new GradleException("Cannot specify both -PisRelease and -PisNightly properties")
-    }
-    if (isNightly(project)) {
-      Date date = new Date()
-      project.version += "-" + date.format('yyyyMMdd')
-    }
-    else if (!isRelease(project)) {
+    // Automatically use the official release version if we are performing a release
+    // otherwise append '-SNAPSHOT'
+    project.version = '2.51.0'
+    if (!isRelease(project)) {
       project.version += '-SNAPSHOT'
     }