diff --git a/checksum.txt b/checksum.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29b..00000000
diff --git a/release-artifacts-metadata.json b/release-artifacts-metadata.json
index fe46d3c6..d257a782 100644
--- a/release-artifacts-metadata.json
+++ b/release-artifacts-metadata.json
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {
     "release": [
         {
-            "version": "1.32.5",
+            "version": "1.32.6",
             "checksum": [
                 {
                     "name": "aws-opentelemetry-agent.jar",
-                    "checksum": "1644b11c2c90747c99934c3c52d800e95bfb854e459ba9f50054b21233c65c37"
+                    "checksum": "ef24921dc263ffc2eff5ea8ba48c189adafd57e46d9ffa4f64b71fa3290cc6db"
                 }
             ]
         }
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29b..00000000