diff --git a/components/bio-formats-plugins/pom.xml b/components/bio-formats-plugins/pom.xml
index 6a600ba65ba..f10e9fee192 100644
--- a/components/bio-formats-plugins/pom.xml
+++ b/components/bio-formats-plugins/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>ome</groupId>
     <artifactId>pom-bio-formats</artifactId>
-    <version>7.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>7.0.0</version>
     <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/components/bio-formats-tools/pom.xml b/components/bio-formats-tools/pom.xml
index 3db5ec9541b..d16f661a269 100644
--- a/components/bio-formats-tools/pom.xml
+++ b/components/bio-formats-tools/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>ome</groupId>
     <artifactId>pom-bio-formats</artifactId>
-    <version>7.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>7.0.0</version>
     <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/components/bundles/bioformats_package/pom.xml b/components/bundles/bioformats_package/pom.xml
index 7c93b302d8e..884e15c6676 100644
--- a/components/bundles/bioformats_package/pom.xml
+++ b/components/bundles/bioformats_package/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>ome</groupId>
     <artifactId>pom-bio-formats</artifactId>
-    <version>7.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>7.0.0</version>
     <relativePath>../../../</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/components/forks/turbojpeg/pom.xml b/components/forks/turbojpeg/pom.xml
index d1d05bd9d0d..b2c0c5bd4f2 100644
--- a/components/forks/turbojpeg/pom.xml
+++ b/components/forks/turbojpeg/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>ome</groupId>
     <artifactId>pom-bio-formats</artifactId>
-    <version>7.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>7.0.0</version>
     <relativePath>../../../</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/components/formats-api/pom.xml b/components/formats-api/pom.xml
index 03e26cd630e..3ae0290b16b 100644
--- a/components/formats-api/pom.xml
+++ b/components/formats-api/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>ome</groupId>
     <artifactId>pom-bio-formats</artifactId>
-    <version>7.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>7.0.0</version>
     <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/components/formats-bsd/pom.xml b/components/formats-bsd/pom.xml
index 3870cf1c3f3..105a6d55fc9 100644
--- a/components/formats-bsd/pom.xml
+++ b/components/formats-bsd/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>ome</groupId>
     <artifactId>pom-bio-formats</artifactId>
-    <version>7.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>7.0.0</version>
     <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/components/formats-gpl/pom.xml b/components/formats-gpl/pom.xml
index 6e515fe6ebc..74fad07d023 100644
--- a/components/formats-gpl/pom.xml
+++ b/components/formats-gpl/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>ome</groupId>
     <artifactId>pom-bio-formats</artifactId>
-    <version>7.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>7.0.0</version>
     <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/components/test-suite/pom.xml b/components/test-suite/pom.xml
index a55d2931133..b59dd2deebb 100644
--- a/components/test-suite/pom.xml
+++ b/components/test-suite/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>ome</groupId>
     <artifactId>pom-bio-formats</artifactId>
-    <version>7.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>7.0.0</version>
     <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4e10d3228e4..4f0c6b0f0f3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
   <groupId>ome</groupId>
   <artifactId>pom-bio-formats</artifactId>
-  <version>7.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>7.0.0</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <name>Bio-Formats projects</name>
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
          When possible, we advise using the relevant groupId and version
          properties for your dependencies rather than hardcoding them. -->
 
-    <release.version>7.0.0-SNAPSHOT</release.version>
+    <release.version>7.0.0</release.version>
     <date>${maven.build.timestamp}</date>
     <year>2017</year>
     <project.rootdir>${basedir}</project.rootdir>