diff --git a/archetype/pom.xml b/archetype/pom.xml
index dd13cb542..33fb34692 100644
--- a/archetype/pom.xml
+++ b/archetype/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.digitalpebble.stormcrawler</groupId>
     <artifactId>storm-crawler</artifactId>
-    <version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.6</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>storm-crawler-archetype</artifactId>
   <name>storm-crawler-archetype</name>
diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 2c5cb5450..7cdd7c3ed 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.digitalpebble.stormcrawler</groupId>
 		<artifactId>storm-crawler</artifactId>
-		<version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.6</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>storm-crawler-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/external/aws/pom.xml b/external/aws/pom.xml
index b9b971637..25b1883dc 100644
--- a/external/aws/pom.xml
+++ b/external/aws/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.digitalpebble.stormcrawler</groupId>
 		<artifactId>storm-crawler-external</artifactId>
-		<version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.6</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/external/elasticsearch/archetype/pom.xml b/external/elasticsearch/archetype/pom.xml
index 122238f23..4a2c31db2 100644
--- a/external/elasticsearch/archetype/pom.xml
+++ b/external/elasticsearch/archetype/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.digitalpebble.stormcrawler</groupId>
     <artifactId>storm-crawler</artifactId>
-    <version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.6</version>
     <relativePath>../../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/external/elasticsearch/pom.xml b/external/elasticsearch/pom.xml
index eb25448ec..cec9ecca6 100644
--- a/external/elasticsearch/pom.xml
+++ b/external/elasticsearch/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.digitalpebble.stormcrawler</groupId>
 		<artifactId>storm-crawler-external</artifactId>
-		<version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.6</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/external/langid/pom.xml b/external/langid/pom.xml
index ab8a2ea69..f594e979b 100644
--- a/external/langid/pom.xml
+++ b/external/langid/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.digitalpebble.stormcrawler</groupId>
 		<artifactId>storm-crawler-external</artifactId>
-		<version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.6</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/external/pom.xml b/external/pom.xml
index de1dbaab3..579ff76e9 100644
--- a/external/pom.xml
+++ b/external/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.digitalpebble.stormcrawler</groupId>
 		<artifactId>storm-crawler</artifactId>
-		<version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.6</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/external/solr/pom.xml b/external/solr/pom.xml
index de143f91a..b9243ae66 100644
--- a/external/solr/pom.xml
+++ b/external/solr/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.digitalpebble.stormcrawler</groupId>
 		<artifactId>storm-crawler-external</artifactId>
-		<version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.6</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/external/sql/pom.xml b/external/sql/pom.xml
index fde45bcd6..48d8b4d55 100644
--- a/external/sql/pom.xml
+++ b/external/sql/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.digitalpebble.stormcrawler</groupId>
 		<artifactId>storm-crawler-external</artifactId>
-		<version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.6</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/external/tika/pom.xml b/external/tika/pom.xml
index ccef8b3fa..191dd628e 100644
--- a/external/tika/pom.xml
+++ b/external/tika/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.digitalpebble.stormcrawler</groupId>
 		<artifactId>storm-crawler-external</artifactId>
-		<version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.6</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/external/urlfrontier/pom.xml b/external/urlfrontier/pom.xml
index 0f1c0fd91..eecf132db 100644
--- a/external/urlfrontier/pom.xml
+++ b/external/urlfrontier/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.digitalpebble.stormcrawler</groupId>
 		<artifactId>storm-crawler-external</artifactId>
-		<version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.6</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/external/warc/pom.xml b/external/warc/pom.xml
index 78517a92b..5eea54311 100644
--- a/external/warc/pom.xml
+++ b/external/warc/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.digitalpebble.stormcrawler</groupId>
 		<artifactId>storm-crawler-external</artifactId>
-		<version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.6</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 16f48d0f3..116f9bf15 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 	<groupId>com.digitalpebble.stormcrawler</groupId>
 	<artifactId>storm-crawler</artifactId>
-	<version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>2.6</version>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 
 	<name>storm-crawler</name>
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 		<connection>scm:git:https://github.com/DigitalPebble/storm-crawler.git</connection>
 		<developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:DigitalPebble/storm-crawler.git</developerConnection>
 		<url>https://github.com/DigitalPebble/storm-crawler</url>
-	  <tag>HEAD</tag>
+	  <tag>2.6</tag>
   </scm>
 
 	<issueManagement>