diff --git a/.github/prepare-nightly_pkg-name.py b/.github/prepare-nightly_pkg-name.py
deleted file mode 100644
index b85f6049ac140..0000000000000
--- a/.github/prepare-nightly_pkg-name.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-import os
-import re
-
-PATH_ROOT = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__)))
-
-PATH_SETUP = os.path.join(PATH_ROOT, 'setup.py')
-print(f"rename package '{PATH_SETUP}'")
-with open(PATH_SETUP, 'r') as fp:
-    setup = fp.read()
-setup = re.sub(r'name=[\'"]pytorch-lightning[\'"]', 'name="pytorch-lightning-nightly"', setup)
-with open(PATH_SETUP, 'w') as fp:
-    fp.write(setup)
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_pkg-install.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_pkg-install.yml
index 52b3974e1e4c6..54c9f5c007c82 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_pkg-install.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_pkg-install.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: Install pkg
 # see: https://help.github.com/en/actions/reference/events-that-trigger-workflows
 on:  # Trigger the workflow on push or pull request, but only for the master branch
   push:
-    branches: [master, "release/*"]  # include release branches like release/1.0.x
+    branches: [master, "release/*"]
   pull_request:
     branches: [master, "release/*"]
 
@@ -27,13 +27,13 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Prepare env
         run: |
-          pip install check-manifest "twine>=3.2"
+          pip install check-manifest "twine==3.2" setuptools wheel
 
       - name: Create package
         run: |
           check-manifest
           # python setup.py check --metadata --strict
-          python setup.py sdist
+          python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
 
       - name: Check package
         run: |
@@ -46,12 +46,18 @@ jobs:
           # this is just a hotfix because of Win cannot install it directly
           pip install -r requirements.txt --find-links https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu/torch_stable.html
 
-      - name: Install package
+      - name: Install | Uninstall package - archive
+        run: |
+          # install as archive
+          pip install dist/*.tar.gz
+          cd ..
+          python -c "import pytorch_lightning as pl ; print(pl.__version__)"
+          pip uninstall -y pytorch-lightning
+
+      - name: Install | Uninstall package - wheel
         run: |
-          # pip install virtualenv
-          # virtualenv vEnv --system-site-packages
-          # source vEnv/bin/activate
-          pip install dist/*
-          cd .. & python -c "import pytorch_lightning as pl ; print(pl.__version__)"
-          # deactivate
-          # rm -rf vEnv
+          # install as wheel
+          pip install dist/*.whl
+          cd ..
+          python -c "import pytorch_lightning as pl ; print(pl.__version__)"
+          pip uninstall -y pytorch-lightning
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_test-base.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_test-base.yml
index d1ef75db942e8..ed8a2e30949b7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_test-base.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_test-base.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: CI basic testing
 # see: https://help.github.com/en/actions/reference/events-that-trigger-workflows
 on:  # Trigger the workflow on push or pull request, but only for the master branch
   push:
-    branches: [master, "release/*"]  # include release branches like release/1.0.x
+    branches: [master, "release/*"]
   pull_request:
     branches: [master, "release/*"]
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_test-conda.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_test-conda.yml
index 06a98e23c6ecb..6dab106471c50 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_test-conda.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_test-conda.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: PyTorch & Conda
 # see: https://help.github.com/en/actions/reference/events-that-trigger-workflows
 on:  # Trigger the workflow on push or pull request, but only for the master branch
   push:
-    branches: [master, "release/*"]  # include release branches like release/1.0.x
+    branches: [master, "release/*"]
   pull_request:
     branches: [master, "release/*"]
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_test-full.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_test-full.yml
index 0d8fb902c65c0..300a0748dcda3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_test-full.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_test-full.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: CI complete testing
 # see: https://help.github.com/en/actions/reference/events-that-trigger-workflows
 on:  # Trigger the workflow on push or pull request, but only for the master branch
   push:
-    branches: [master, "release/*"]  # include release branches like release/1.0.x
+    branches: [master, "release/*"]
   pull_request:
     branches: [master, "release/*"]
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_test-tpu.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_test-tpu.yml
index ec2a976ea98e5..b1abcfe123201 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_test-tpu.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_test-tpu.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: TPU tests
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches: [master, "release/*"]  # include release branches like release/1.0.x
+    branches: [master, "release/*"]
 # TODO: temporal disable TPU testing until we find way how to pass credentials to forked PRs
 #  pull_request:
 #    branches:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/code-formatting.yml b/.github/workflows/code-formatting.yml
index b4a2e5c76c207..c76901f39db81 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/code-formatting.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/code-formatting.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: "Check Code Format"
 
 on:  # Trigger the workflow on push or pull request, but only for the master branch
   push:
-    branches: [master, "release/*"]  # include release branches like release/1.0.x
+    branches: [master, "release/*"]
   pull_request:
     branches: [master, "release/*"]
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs-checks.yml b/.github/workflows/docs-checks.yml
index 247c5cf61f9c1..1857ebc8dabea 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs-checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs-checks.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: "Docs check"
 
 on:  # Trigger the workflow on push or pull request, but only for the master branch
   push:
-    branches: [master, "release/*"]  # include release branches like release/1.0.x
+    branches: [master, "release/*"]
   pull_request:
     branches: [master, "release/*"]
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-docker.yml b/.github/workflows/release-docker.yml
index ab8dbed24288e..f285794cbc33b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-docker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-docker.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: Publish Docker Releases
 # https://github.com/docker/build-push-action
 on:
   push:
-    branches: [master, "release/*"]  # include release branches like release/1.0.x
+    branches: [master, "release/*"]
   release:
     types: [created]
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-pypi.yml b/.github/workflows/release-pypi.yml
index b0310c3d36ccc..9b2bc0699eeb6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-pypi.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-pypi.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: PyPI Release
 # https://help.github.com/en/actions/reference/events-that-trigger-workflows
 on:  # Trigger the workflow on push or pull request, but only for the master branch
   push:
-    branches: [master, "release/*"]  # include release branches like release/1.0.x
+    branches: [master, "release/*"]
   release:
     types: [created]
 
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index b9181e1a6e5d8..2e66bec2e791c 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@
       same "printed page" as the copyright notice for easier
       identification within third-party archives.
 
-   Copyright 2018-2020 William Falcon
+   Copyright 2018-2021 William Falcon
 
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/pytorch_lightning/__init__.py b/pytorch_lightning/__init__.py
index 890db586b2084..5f115ef98fbb1 100644
--- a/pytorch_lightning/__init__.py
+++ b/pytorch_lightning/__init__.py
@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
 """Root package info."""
 
+import logging as python_logging
+import os
+import time
+
+_this_year = time.strftime("%Y")
 __version__ = '1.2.0dev'
 __author__ = 'William Falcon et al.'
 __author_email__ = 'waf2107@columbia.edu'
 __license__ = 'Apache-2.0'
-__copyright__ = 'Copyright (c) 2018-2020, %s.' % __author__
+__copyright__ = f'Copyright (c) 2018-{_this_year}, {__author__}.'
 __homepage__ = 'https://github.com/PyTorchLightning/pytorch-lightning'
 # this has to be simple string, see: https://github.com/pypa/twine/issues/522
 __docs__ = (
@@ -33,9 +38,6 @@
 - https://pytorch-lightning.readthedocs.io/en/stable
 """
 
-import logging as python_logging
-import os
-
 _logger = python_logging.getLogger("lightning")
 _logger.addHandler(python_logging.StreamHandler())
 _logger.setLevel(python_logging.INFO)
diff --git a/requirements/test.txt b/requirements/test.txt
index 4da33ac9ed3ab..80ef988e70eeb 100644
--- a/requirements/test.txt
+++ b/requirements/test.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ pytest>=5.0
 flake8>=3.6
 flake8-black
 check-manifest
-twine==1.13.0
+twine==3.2
 # scipy>=0.13.3
 scikit-learn>=0.22.2
 scikit-image>=0.17.2