diff --git a/apache-rat-core/pom.xml b/apache-rat-core/pom.xml
index 3ea99ec71..5fcf2ef96 100644
--- a/apache-rat-core/pom.xml
+++ b/apache-rat-core/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
     <artifactId>apache-rat-project</artifactId>
-    <version>0.16.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.16.1</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>apache-rat-core</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
diff --git a/apache-rat-plugin/pom.xml b/apache-rat-plugin/pom.xml
index 3783db09d..670621cd3 100644
--- a/apache-rat-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/apache-rat-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>apache-rat-project</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
-    <version>0.16.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.16.1</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
                     </goals>
                   </pluginExecutionFilter>
                   <action>
-                    <ignore/>
+                    <ignore />
                   </action>
                 </pluginExecution>
               </pluginExecutions>
diff --git a/apache-rat-tasks/pom.xml b/apache-rat-tasks/pom.xml
index 2777b270a..db77894ec 100644
--- a/apache-rat-tasks/pom.xml
+++ b/apache-rat-tasks/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
     <artifactId>apache-rat-project</artifactId>
-    <version>0.16.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.16.1</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>apache-rat-tasks</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
@@ -117,18 +117,18 @@
             <configuration>
               <target>
                 <ant antfile="src/test/resources/antunit/report-bad-configurations.xml" inheritAll="false" inheritRefs="false">
-                  <property name="jar.name" location="${project.build.outputDirectory}"/>
-                  <property name="base.dir" location="${basedir}"/>
-                  <property name="antunit.jar.name" location="${project.build.directory}/dependencies/ant-antunit.jar"/>
-                  <property name="test.skipped" value="${maven.test.skip}"/>
-                  <property name="test.classpath" refid="maven.test.classpath"/>
+                  <property name="jar.name" location="${project.build.outputDirectory}" />
+                  <property name="base.dir" location="${basedir}" />
+                  <property name="antunit.jar.name" location="${project.build.directory}/dependencies/ant-antunit.jar" />
+                  <property name="test.skipped" value="${maven.test.skip}" />
+                  <property name="test.classpath" refid="maven.test.classpath" />
                 </ant>
                 <ant antfile="src/test/resources/antunit/report-normal-operation.xml" inheritAll="false" inheritRefs="false">
-                  <property name="jar.name" location="${project.build.outputDirectory}"/>
-                  <property name="base.dir" location="${basedir}"/>
-                  <property name="antunit.jar.name" location="${project.build.directory}/dependencies/ant-antunit.jar"/>
-                  <property name="test.skipped" value="${maven.test.skip}"/>
-                  <property name="test.classpath" refid="maven.test.classpath"/>
+                  <property name="jar.name" location="${project.build.outputDirectory}" />
+                  <property name="base.dir" location="${basedir}" />
+                  <property name="antunit.jar.name" location="${project.build.directory}/dependencies/ant-antunit.jar" />
+                  <property name="test.skipped" value="${maven.test.skip}" />
+                  <property name="test.classpath" refid="maven.test.classpath" />
                 </ant>
               </target>
             </configuration>
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@
                     </goals>
                   </pluginExecutionFilter>
                   <action>
-                    <ignore/>
+                    <ignore />
                   </action>
                 </pluginExecution>
               </pluginExecutions>
diff --git a/apache-rat/pom.xml b/apache-rat/pom.xml
index 0aee0489c..461f57441 100644
--- a/apache-rat/pom.xml
+++ b/apache-rat/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
     <artifactId>apache-rat-project</artifactId>
-    <version>0.16.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.16.1</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>apache-rat</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
                     </goals>
                   </pluginExecutionFilter>
                   <action>
-                    <ignore/>
+                    <ignore />
                   </action>
                 </pluginExecution>
               </pluginExecutions>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d3f0878e1..bdd4ebbda 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
   <artifactId>apache-rat-project</artifactId>
-  <version>0.16.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.16.1</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>Apache Creadur Rat</name>
   <url>https://creadur.apache.org/rat/</url>
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ agnostic home for software distribution comprehension and audit tools.
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <!-- taken from https://maven.apache.org/guides/mini/guide-reproducible-builds.html -->
-    <project.build.outputTimestamp>1703723704</project.build.outputTimestamp>
+    <project.build.outputTimestamp>1706129981</project.build.outputTimestamp>
     <ant.version>1.10.14</ant.version>
     <mockito.version>4.11.0</mockito.version>
     <javaVersion>1.8</javaVersion>
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ agnostic home for software distribution comprehension and audit tools.
                     </goals>
                   </pluginExecutionFilter>
                   <action>
-                    <ignore/>
+                    <ignore />
                   </action>
                 </pluginExecution>
               </pluginExecutions>
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ agnostic home for software distribution comprehension and audit tools.
             </goals>
             <configuration>
               <target>
-                <copy file="RELEASE_NOTES.txt" todir="${project.build.directory}/site/" failonerror="false"/>
+                <copy file="RELEASE_NOTES.txt" todir="${project.build.directory}/site/" failonerror="false" />
               </target>
             </configuration>
           </execution>
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ agnostic home for software distribution comprehension and audit tools.
     <connection>scm:git:https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/creadur-rat.git</connection>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/creadur-rat.git</developerConnection>
     <url>https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf?p=creadur-rat.git</url>
-    <tag>HEAD</tag>
+    <tag>apache-rat-project-0.16.1</tag>
   </scm>
   <modules>
     <module>apache-rat-core</module>