diff --git a/archetype/pom.xml b/archetype/pom.xml
index bc6d922ab..cda7ea9be 100644
--- a/archetype/pom.xml
+++ b/archetype/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.digitalpebble.stormcrawler</groupId>
     <artifactId>storm-crawler</artifactId>
-    <version>2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.3</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>storm-crawler-archetype</artifactId>
   <name>storm-crawler-archetype</name>
diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index df0f41f83..fce847f79 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.digitalpebble.stormcrawler</groupId>
 		<artifactId>storm-crawler</artifactId>
-		<version>2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.3</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>storm-crawler-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/external/aws/pom.xml b/external/aws/pom.xml
index df8bfeae8..50866143a 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>2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.3</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/external/elasticsearch/archetype/pom.xml b/external/elasticsearch/archetype/pom.xml
index 9fa289e51..f6035b951 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>2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.3</version>
     <relativePath>../../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/external/elasticsearch/pom.xml b/external/elasticsearch/pom.xml
index 7d07dfe79..a487d708c 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>2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.3</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/external/langid/pom.xml b/external/langid/pom.xml
index 4ff6bdfde..31690fd30 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>2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.3</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/external/pom.xml b/external/pom.xml
index e6ad273ca..658e06b34 100644
--- a/external/pom.xml
+++ b/external/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.digitalpebble.stormcrawler</groupId>
 		<artifactId>storm-crawler</artifactId>
-		<version>2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.3</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/external/solr/pom.xml b/external/solr/pom.xml
index 568517f39..6bab6a6c5 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>2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.3</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/external/sql/pom.xml b/external/sql/pom.xml
index 19e79e4c6..7d1abe512 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>2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.3</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/external/tika/pom.xml b/external/tika/pom.xml
index b690927b9..0f19b8442 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>2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.3</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/external/urlfrontier/pom.xml b/external/urlfrontier/pom.xml
index 4cf8c6f5b..1b62f10a3 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>2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.3</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/external/warc/pom.xml b/external/warc/pom.xml
index d301056b4..5f129b8e9 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>2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.3</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 05e8effd7..882159db0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 	<groupId>com.digitalpebble.stormcrawler</groupId>
 	<artifactId>storm-crawler</artifactId>
-	<version>2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>2.3</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>2.3</tag>
   </scm>
 
 	<issueManagement>