diff --git a/hoodie-cli/pom.xml b/hoodie-cli/pom.xml
index edc2773e9..253ae85f4 100644
--- a/hoodie-cli/pom.xml
+++ b/hoodie-cli/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hoodie</artifactId>
     <groupId>com.uber.hoodie</groupId>
-    <version>0.2.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.5</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/hoodie-client/pom.xml b/hoodie-client/pom.xml
index a1d118ccd..50e7e3d7c 100644
--- a/hoodie-client/pom.xml
+++ b/hoodie-client/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>hoodie</artifactId>
         <groupId>com.uber.hoodie</groupId>
-        <version>0.2.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.2.5</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/hoodie-common/pom.xml b/hoodie-common/pom.xml
index 83158bfce..1d01ea65c 100644
--- a/hoodie-common/pom.xml
+++ b/hoodie-common/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>hoodie</artifactId>
         <groupId>com.uber.hoodie</groupId>
-        <version>0.2.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.2.5</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/hoodie-hadoop-mr/pom.xml b/hoodie-hadoop-mr/pom.xml
index d0bce106e..0ceeaf1d6 100644
--- a/hoodie-hadoop-mr/pom.xml
+++ b/hoodie-hadoop-mr/pom.xml
@@ -15,13 +15,11 @@
   ~ limitations under the License.
   -->
 
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hoodie</artifactId>
     <groupId>com.uber.hoodie</groupId>
-    <version>0.2.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.5</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/hoodie-hive/pom.xml b/hoodie-hive/pom.xml
index 153eeb1e1..c7f886bc3 100644
--- a/hoodie-hive/pom.xml
+++ b/hoodie-hive/pom.xml
@@ -15,13 +15,11 @@
   ~ limitations under the License.
   -->
 
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hoodie</artifactId>
     <groupId>com.uber.hoodie</groupId>
-    <version>0.2.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.5</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ec6ea6ea0..98554c444 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <groupId>com.uber.hoodie</groupId>
     <artifactId>hoodie</artifactId>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
-    <version>0.2.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.5</version>
     <modules>
         <module>hoodie-common</module>
         <module>hoodie-client</module>
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
         <connection>scm:git:git@github.com:uber/hoodie.git</connection>
         <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:uber/hoodie.git</developerConnection>
         <url>git@github.com:uber/hoodie.git</url>
-        <tag>HEAD</tag>
+        <tag>hoodie-0.2.5</tag>
     </scm>
 
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