diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 638c0aa69..65161317e 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -690,9 +690,10 @@ js-release:
   script:
     - rustup default stable
     - echo $JS_FILES_MODIFIED
-    - if [ $JS_FILES_MODIFIED -eq 0 ]; then echo "Skipping JS rebuild since no JS files modified."; else ./js/scripts/build.sh && ./js/scripts/release.sh; fi
+    - if [ $JS_FILES_MODIFIED -eq 0 ]; then echo "Skipping JS rebuild since no JS files modified."; else ./js/scripts/build.sh && ./js/scripts/push-precompiled.sh; fi
     - echo $JS_OLD_FILES_MODIFIED
-    - if [ $JS_OLD_FILES_MODIFIED -eq 0 ]; then echo "Skipping JS (old) rebuild since no JS files modified."; else ./js-old/scripts/build.sh && ./js-old/scripts/release.sh; fi
+    - if [ $JS_OLD_FILES_MODIFIED -eq 0 ]; then echo "Skipping JS (old) rebuild since no JS files modified."; else ./js-old/scripts/build.sh && ./js-old/scripts/push-precompiled.sh; fi
+    - if [ $JS_FILES_MODIFIED -eq 0 ] || [ $JS_OLD_FILES_MODIFIED -eq 0 ]; then echo "Skipping Cargo update since no JS files modified."; else ./js/scripts/push-cargo.sh; fi
 
   tags:
     - javascript
diff --git a/js-old/scripts/release.sh b/js-old/scripts/push-precompiled.sh
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
similarity index 51%
rename from js-old/scripts/release.sh
rename to js-old/scripts/push-precompiled.sh
index c4c9b8d8a..74c0921d2
--- a/js-old/scripts/release.sh
+++ b/js-old/scripts/push-precompiled.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ set -e
 UTCDATE=`date -u "+%Y%m%d-%H%M%S"`
 PRECOMPILED_BRANCH="v1"
 GIT_JS_PRECOMPILED="https://${GITHUB_JS_PRECOMPILED}:@github.com/paritytech/js-precompiled.git"
-GIT_PARITY="https://${GITHUB_JS_PRECOMPILED}:@github.com/paritytech/parity.git"
 
 # setup the git user defaults for the current repo
 function setup_git_user {
@@ -22,17 +21,17 @@ pushd $BASEDIR
 cd ../.dist
 
 # add local files and send it up
-echo "*** [v1] Setting up GitHub config for js-precompiled"
+echo "*** [v1 precompiled] Setting up GitHub config for js-precompiled"
 rm -rf ./.git
 git init
 setup_git_user
 
-echo "*** [v1] Checking out $PRECOMPILED_BRANCH branch"
+echo "*** [v1 precompiled] Checking out $PRECOMPILED_BRANCH branch"
 git remote add origin $GIT_JS_PRECOMPILED
 git fetch origin 2>$GITLOG
 git checkout -b $PRECOMPILED_BRANCH
 
-echo "*** [v1] Committing compiled files for $UTCDATE"
+echo "*** [v1 precompiled] Committing compiled files for $UTCDATE"
 mv build ../build.new
 git add .
 git commit -m "$UTCDATE [update]"
@@ -44,33 +43,10 @@ mv ../build.new build
 git add .
 git commit -m "$UTCDATE [release]"
 
-echo "*** [v1] Merging remote"
+echo "*** [v1 precompiled] Merging remote"
 git push origin HEAD:refs/heads/$PRECOMPILED_BRANCH 2>$GITLOG
-PRECOMPILED_HASH=`git rev-parse HEAD`
 
 # move to root
-cd ../..
-
-echo "*** [v1] Setting up GitHub config for parity"
-setup_git_user
-git remote set-url origin $GIT_PARITY
-git reset --hard origin/$BRANCH 2>$GITLOG
-
-echo "*** [v1] Updating cargo parity-ui-old-precompiled#$PRECOMPILED_HASH"
-git submodule update
-# Not needed since $BRANCH is hardcoded
-# sed -i "/^parity-ui-old-precompiled/ { s/branch = \".*\"/branch = \"$BRANCH\"/g; }" dapps/ui/Cargo.toml
-cargo update -p parity-ui-old-precompiled
-# --precise "$PRECOMPILED_HASH"
-
-echo "*** [v1] Committing updated files"
-git add dapps/ui/Cargo.toml
-git add Cargo.lock
-git commit -m "[ci skip] js-precompiled $UTCDATE"
-git push origin HEAD:refs/heads/$BRANCH 2>$GITLOG
-
-# back to root
-echo "*** [v1] Release completed"
 popd
 
 # exit with exit code
diff --git a/js-old/scripts/test.js b/js-old/scripts/test.js
index e426642db..e60e3cb6c 100644
--- a/js-old/scripts/test.js
+++ b/js-old/scripts/test.js
@@ -1 +1 @@
-// test script 10
+// test script 11
diff --git a/js/scripts/push-cargo.sh b/js/scripts/push-cargo.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..25b284adb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js/scripts/push-cargo.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+# variables
+UTCDATE=`date -u "+%Y%m%d-%H%M%S"`
+BRANCH=$CI_BUILD_REF_NAME
+GIT_PARITY="https://${GITHUB_JS_PRECOMPILED}:@github.com/paritytech/parity.git"
+
+# setup the git user defaults for the current repo
+function setup_git_user {
+  git config push.default simple
+  git config merge.ours.driver true
+  git config user.email "$GITHUB_EMAIL"
+  git config user.name "GitLab Build Bot"
+}
+
+# change into the build directory
+BASEDIR=`dirname $0`
+pushd $BASEDIR
+
+echo "*** [cargo] Setting up GitHub config for parity"
+setup_git_user
+git remote set-url origin $GIT_PARITY
+git reset --hard origin/$BRANCH 2>$GITLOG
+git submodule update
+
+if [ "$BRANCH" == "master" ]; then
+  cd js
+
+  echo "*** [cargo] Bumping package.json patch version"
+  npm --no-git-tag-version version
+  npm version patch
+
+  cd ..
+
+  git add js
+fi
+
+echo "*** [cargo] Updating cargo parity-ui-precompiled"
+sed -i "/^parity-ui-precompiled/ { s/branch = \".*\"/branch = \"$BRANCH\"/g; }" dapps/ui/Cargo.toml
+cargo update -p parity-ui-precompiled
+cargo update -p parity-ui-old-precompiled
+
+echo "*** [cargo] Committing updated files"
+git add dapps/ui/Cargo.toml
+git add Cargo.lock
+git commit -m "[ci skip] js-precompiled $UTCDATE"
+git push origin HEAD:refs/heads/$BRANCH 2>$GITLOG
+
+# back to root
+echo "*** [cargo] Release completed"
+popd
+
+# exit with exit code
+exit 0
diff --git a/js/scripts/push-precompiled.sh b/js/scripts/push-precompiled.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..306152eb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js/scripts/push-precompiled.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+# variables
+UTCDATE=`date -u "+%Y%m%d-%H%M%S"`
+BRANCH=$CI_BUILD_REF_NAME
+GIT_JS_PRECOMPILED="https://${GITHUB_JS_PRECOMPILED}:@github.com/paritytech/js-precompiled.git"
+
+# setup the git user defaults for the current repo
+function setup_git_user {
+  git config push.default simple
+  git config merge.ours.driver true
+  git config user.email "$GITHUB_EMAIL"
+  git config user.name "GitLab Build Bot"
+}
+
+# change into the build directory
+BASEDIR=`dirname $0`
+GITLOG=./.git/gitcommand.log
+pushd $BASEDIR
+cd ../.dist
+
+# add local files and send it up
+echo "*** [v2 precompiled] Setting up GitHub config"
+rm -rf ./.git
+git init
+setup_git_user
+
+echo "*** [v2 precompiled] Checking out $BRANCH branch"
+git remote add origin $GIT_JS_PRECOMPILED
+git fetch origin 2>$GITLOG
+git checkout -b $BRANCH
+
+echo "*** [v2 precompiled] Committing compiled files for $UTCDATE"
+mv build ../build.new
+git add .
+git commit -m "$UTCDATE [update]"
+git merge origin/$BRANCH -X ours --commit -m "$UTCDATE [merge]"
+git rm -r build
+rm -rf build
+git commit -m "$UTCDATE [cleanup]"
+mv ../build.new build
+git add .
+git commit -m "$UTCDATE [release]"
+
+echo "*** [v2 precompiled] Merging remote"
+git push origin HEAD:refs/heads/$BRANCH 2>$GITLOG
+
+popd
+
+# exit with exit code
+exit 0
diff --git a/js/scripts/release.sh b/js/scripts/release.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 158bbf7b4..000000000
--- a/js/scripts/release.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,87 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-set -e
-
-# variables
-UTCDATE=`date -u "+%Y%m%d-%H%M%S"`
-BRANCH=$CI_BUILD_REF_NAME
-GIT_JS_PRECOMPILED="https://${GITHUB_JS_PRECOMPILED}:@github.com/paritytech/js-precompiled.git"
-GIT_PARITY="https://${GITHUB_JS_PRECOMPILED}:@github.com/paritytech/parity.git"
-
-# setup the git user defaults for the current repo
-function setup_git_user {
-  git config push.default simple
-  git config merge.ours.driver true
-  git config user.email "$GITHUB_EMAIL"
-  git config user.name "GitLab Build Bot"
-}
-
-# change into the build directory
-BASEDIR=`dirname $0`
-GITLOG=./.git/gitcommand.log
-pushd $BASEDIR
-cd ../.dist
-
-# add local files and send it up
-echo "*** [v2] Setting up GitHub config for js-precompiled"
-rm -rf ./.git
-git init
-setup_git_user
-
-echo "*** [v2] Checking out $BRANCH branch"
-git remote add origin $GIT_JS_PRECOMPILED
-git fetch origin 2>$GITLOG
-git checkout -b $BRANCH
-
-echo "*** [v2] Committing compiled files for $UTCDATE"
-mv build ../build.new
-git add .
-git commit -m "$UTCDATE [update]"
-git merge origin/$BRANCH -X ours --commit -m "$UTCDATE [merge]"
-git rm -r build
-rm -rf build
-git commit -m "$UTCDATE [cleanup]"
-mv ../build.new build
-git add .
-git commit -m "$UTCDATE [release]"
-
-echo "*** [v2] Merging remote"
-git push origin HEAD:refs/heads/$BRANCH 2>$GITLOG
-PRECOMPILED_HASH=`git rev-parse HEAD`
-
-# move to root
-cd ../..
-
-echo "*** [v2] Setting up GitHub config for parity"
-setup_git_user
-git remote set-url origin $GIT_PARITY
-git reset --hard origin/$BRANCH 2>$GITLOG
-
-if [ "$BRANCH" == "master" ]; then
-  cd js
-
-  echo "*** [v2] Bumping package.json patch version"
-  npm --no-git-tag-version version
-  npm version patch
-
-  cd ..
-fi
-
-echo "*** [v2] Updating cargo parity-ui-precompiled#$PRECOMPILED_HASH"
-git submodule update
-sed -i "/^parity-ui-precompiled/ { s/branch = \".*\"/branch = \"$BRANCH\"/g; }" dapps/ui/Cargo.toml
-cargo update -p parity-ui-precompiled
-# --precise "$PRECOMPILED_HASH"
-
-echo "*** [v2] Committing updated files"
-git add js
-git add dapps/ui/Cargo.toml
-git add Cargo.lock
-git commit -m "[ci skip] js-precompiled $UTCDATE"
-git push origin HEAD:refs/heads/$BRANCH 2>$GITLOG
-
-# back to root
-echo "*** [v2] Release completed"
-popd
-
-# exit with exit code
-exit 0
diff --git a/js/scripts/test.js b/js/scripts/test.js
index 1eeedca9f..f4251694a 100644
--- a/js/scripts/test.js
+++ b/js/scripts/test.js
@@ -1 +1 @@
-// test script 15
+// test script 16