diff --git a/spring-cloud-release-tools-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/gradle/GradleUpdater.java b/spring-cloud-release-tools-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/gradle/GradleUpdater.java
index ad53f36a..ce9d3a24 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-release-tools-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/gradle/GradleUpdater.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-release-tools-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/gradle/GradleUpdater.java
@@ -138,16 +138,10 @@ public class GradleUpdater {
 
 		private boolean pathIgnored(File file) {
 			String path = file.getPath();
-			return bumpingToRelease() &&
+			return assertSnapshots &&
 					this.properties.getGradle().getIgnoredGradleRegex().stream().anyMatch(path::matches);
 		}
 
-		private boolean bumpingToRelease() {
-			ProjectVersion version = this.projects
-					.forName(this.versionFromScRelease.projectName);
-			return version.isRelease() || version.isServiceRelease();
-		}
-
 		private String asString(Path path) {
 			try {
 				return new String(Files.readAllBytes(path));
diff --git a/spring-cloud-release-tools-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/pom/ProjectPomUpdater.java b/spring-cloud-release-tools-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/pom/ProjectPomUpdater.java
index c511b657..9d10a5fc 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-release-tools-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/pom/ProjectPomUpdater.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-release-tools-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/pom/ProjectPomUpdater.java
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ public class ProjectPomUpdater {
 
 		private boolean pathIgnored(File file) {
 			String path = file.getPath();
-			return this.snapshotVersion &&
+			return this.assertSnapshots &&
 					this.properties.getPom().getIgnoredPomRegex().stream().anyMatch(path::matches);
 		}