diff --git a/libraries/chef_artifact.rb b/libraries/chef_artifact.rb
index ff740cf..0bcd4bb 100644
--- a/libraries/chef_artifact.rb
+++ b/libraries/chef_artifact.rb
@@ -8,22 +8,22 @@ module Artifact
     module File
 
       # Returns true if the given file is a symlink.
-      # 
+      #
       # @param  path [String] the path to the file to test
-      # 
+      #
       # @return [Boolean]
       def symlink?(path)
         if windows?
           require 'chef/win32/file'
           return Chef::ReservedNames::Win32::File.symlink?(path)
         end
-        ::File.symlink?(path)        
+        ::File.symlink?(path)
       end
 
       # Returns the value of the readlink method.
-      # 
+      #
       # @param  path [String] the path to a symlink
-      # 
+      #
       # @return [String] the path that the symlink points to
       def readlink(path)
         if windows?
@@ -34,11 +34,11 @@ def readlink(path)
       end
 
       # Generates a command to execute that either uses the Unix cp
-      # command or the Windows copy command. 
+      # command or the Windows copy command.
       #
       # @param  source [String] the file to copy
       # @param  destination [String] the path to copy the source to
-      # 
+      #
       # @return [String] a useable command to copy a file
       def copy_command_for(source, destination)
         if windows?
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class << self
       #
       # @param  environment [String] the environment
       # @param  source [String] the deployment source to load configuration for
-      # 
+      #
       # @return [Chef::DataBagItem] the data bag item
       def data_bag_config_for(environment, source)
         data_bag_item = if Chef::Config[:solo]
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ def get_s3_object(bucket_name, object_name)
       # Nexus source.
       #
       # @param  location [String] the artifact_location
-      # 
+      #
       # @return [Boolean] true when the location is a colon-separated value
       def from_nexus?(location)
         !from_http?(location) && location.split(":").length > 2
@@ -173,9 +173,9 @@ def from_s3?(location)
 
       # Returns true when the artifact is believed to be from an
       # http source.
-      # 
+      #
       # @param  location [String] the artifact_location
-      # 
+      #
       # @return [Boolean] true when the location matches http or https.
       def from_http?(location)
         location_of_type(location, %w(http https))
@@ -211,6 +211,15 @@ def snapshot?(version)
         version.end_with?("-SNAPSHOT")
       end
 
+      # Convenience method for determining whether a String is "release"
+      #
+      # @param  version [String] the version of the configured artifact to check
+      #
+      # @return [Boolean] true when version matches (case-insensitive) "release"
+      def release?(version)
+        version.casecmp("release") == 0
+      end
+
       # Returns the currently deployed version of an artifact given that artifacts
       # installation directory by reading what directory the 'current' symlink
       # points to.
@@ -218,10 +227,10 @@ def snapshot?(version)
       # indicated by the 'current' key is returned.
       #
       # @param  deploy_to_dir [String] the directory where an artifact is installed
-      # 
+      #
       # @example
       #   Chef::Artifact.get_current_deployed_version("/opt/my_deploy_dir") => "2.0.65"
-      # 
+      #
       # @return [String] the currently deployed version of the given artifact
       def get_current_deployed_version(deploy_to_dir)
 
@@ -238,12 +247,12 @@ def get_current_deployed_version(deploy_to_dir)
       end
 
       # Looks for the given data bag in the cache and if not found, will load a
-      # data bag item named for the chef_environment, '_wildcard', or the old 
+      # data bag item named for the chef_environment, '_wildcard', or the old
       # 'nexus' value.
       #
       # @param  environment [String] the environment
       # @param  data_bag [String] the data bag to load
-      # 
+      #
       # @return [Chef::Mash] the data bag item in Mash form
       def encrypted_data_bag_for(environment, data_bag)
         @encrypted_data_bags = {} unless @encrypted_data_bags
@@ -268,7 +277,7 @@ def encrypted_data_bags
       # Loads an entry from the encrypted_data_bags class variable.
       #
       # @param data_bag [String] the data bag to find
-      # 
+      #
       # @return [type] [description]
       def get_from_data_bags_cache(data_bag)
         encrypted_data_bags[data_bag]
@@ -280,15 +289,17 @@ def get_from_data_bags_cache(data_bag)
       #
       # @param  data_bag [String]
       # @param  data_bag_item [String]
-      # 
+      #
       # @raise [Chef::Artifact::DataBagEncryptionError] when the data bag cannot be decrypted
       #   or transformed into a Mash for some reason (Chef 10 vs Chef 11 data bag changes).
-      # 
+      #
       # @return [Chef::Mash]
       def encrypted_data_bag_item(data_bag, data_bag_item)
         Mash.from_hash(Chef::EncryptedDataBagItem.load(data_bag, data_bag_item).to_hash)
       rescue Net::HTTPServerException => e
         nil
+      rescue ArgumentError, Errno::ENOENT
+        Mash.from_hash(Chef::DataBagItem.load(data_bag, data_bag_item).to_hash)
       rescue NoMethodError
         raise DataBagEncryptionError.new
       end
diff --git a/libraries/chef_artifact_nexus.rb b/libraries/chef_artifact_nexus.rb
index 26dec9a..078b892 100644
--- a/libraries/chef_artifact_nexus.rb
+++ b/libraries/chef_artifact_nexus.rb
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ def remote
       # @return [String] the version number that latest resolves to or the passed in value
       def get_actual_version(coordinates)
         artifact = NexusCli::Artifact.new(coordinates)
-        if Chef::Artifact.latest?(artifact.version) || Chef::Artifact.snapshot?(artifact.version)
+        if Chef::Artifact.release?(artifact.version) || Chef::Artifact.latest?(artifact.version) || Chef::Artifact.snapshot?(artifact.version)
           REXML::Document.new(remote.get_artifact_info(coordinates)).elements["//version"].text
         else
           artifact.version
diff --git a/providers/deploy.rb b/providers/deploy.rb
index 6ec1217..e0ab09e 100644
--- a/providers/deploy.rb
+++ b/providers/deploy.rb
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ def load_current_resource
 
   if Chef::Artifact.from_nexus?(@new_resource.artifact_location)
     chef_gem "nexus_cli" do
-      version "4.0.2"
+      version "4.1.1"
+      action :upgrade
     end
 
     @nexus_configuration_object = new_resource.nexus_configuration
diff --git a/providers/file.rb b/providers/file.rb
index c6b3265..5a11337 100644
--- a/providers/file.rb
+++ b/providers/file.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Provider:: file
 #
 # Author:: Kyle Allan (<kallan@riotgames.com>)
-# 
+#
 # Copyright 2013, Riot Games
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ def load_current_resource
   if Chef::Artifact.from_nexus?(new_resource.location)
 
     chef_gem "nexus_cli" do
-      version "4.0.2"
+      version "4.1.1"
+      action :upgrade
     end
 
     @nexus_configuration = new_resource.nexus_configuration
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ def load_current_resource
         run_proc :after_download
       end
     elsif Chef::Artifact.from_nexus?(file_location)
-      unless ::File.exists?(new_resource.path) && checksum_valid? && (!Chef::Artifact.snapshot?(file_location) || !Chef::Artifact.latest?(file_location))
+      unless ::File.exists?(new_resource.path) && checksum_valid? && (!Chef::Artifact.snapshot?(file_location) || !Chef::Artifact.latest?(file_location) || !Chef::Artifact.release?(file_location))
         begin
           if ::File.exists?(new_resource.path)
             if Digest::SHA1.file(new_resource.path).hexdigest != nexus_connection.get_artifact_sha(file_location)
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@ def checksum_valid?
 
   if cached_checksum_exists?
     if Chef::Artifact.from_nexus?(file_location)
-      if Chef::Artifact.snapshot?(file_location) || Chef::Artifact.latest?(file_location)
+      if Chef::Artifact.snapshot?(file_location) || Chef::Artifact.latest?(file_location) || Chef::Artifact.release?(file_location)
         return Digest::SHA1.file(new_resource.path).hexdigest == nexus_connection.get_artifact_sha(file_location)
       end
     end
@@ -147,7 +148,7 @@ def run_proc(name)
     execute_run_proc("artifact_file", new_resource, name)
   end
 
-  # Scrubs the file_location and returns the path to 
+  # Scrubs the file_location and returns the path to
   # the resource's checksum file.
   #
   # @return [String]
@@ -178,7 +179,7 @@ def cached_checksum_exists?
     ::File.exists?(cached_checksum)
   end
 
-  # Writes a file to file_cache_path. This file contains a SHA256 digest of the 
+  # Writes a file to file_cache_path. This file contains a SHA256 digest of the
   # artifact file. Returns the result of the file.puts command, which will be nil.
   #
   # @return [NilClass]
diff --git a/providers/package.rb b/providers/package.rb
index 0a5e429..9e770cd 100644
--- a/providers/package.rb
+++ b/providers/package.rb
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@
 def load_current_resource
   if Chef::Artifact.from_nexus?(new_resource.location)
     chef_gem "nexus_cli" do
-      version "4.0.2"
+      version "4.1.1"
+      action :upgrade
     end
     require 'nexus_cli'
     artifact = NexusCli::Artifact.new(new_resource.location)
diff --git a/spec/libraries/chef_artifact_spec.rb b/spec/libraries/chef_artifact_spec.rb
index 9da3cb4..ff43fb0 100644
--- a/spec/libraries/chef_artifact_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/libraries/chef_artifact_spec.rb
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
       it "loads an encrypted data bag" do
         expect(data_bag_config_for.symbolize_keys).to eq(data_bag_item)
-      end      
+      end
     end
 
     context "when loading legacy data bag format" do
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
       it "looks for the '_wildcard' data bag item" do
         described_class.stub(:encrypted_data_bag_item).and_return(nil, data_bag_item)
         described_class.should_receive(:encrypted_data_bag_item).with(data_bag, "_wildcard")
-        expect(encrypted_data_bag_for).to eq(data_bag_item)        
+        expect(encrypted_data_bag_for).to eq(data_bag_item)
       end
 
       it "looks for the 'nexus' data bag item" do
@@ -205,6 +205,12 @@
     specify { described_class.latest?('3.0.1').should eq(false) }
   end
 
+  describe ":release?" do
+    specify { described_class.latest?('release').should eq(true) }
+    specify { described_class.latest?('RELease').should eq(true) }
+    specify { described_class.latest?('3.0.1').should eq(false) }
+  end
+
   describe ":snapshot?" do
     specify { described_class.snapshot?('1.0.0-SNAPSHOT').should eq(true) }
     specify { described_class.snapshot?('3.0.1').should eq(false) }