diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 078475fc3..5573b9cad 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>org.owasp.esapi</groupId>
     <artifactId>esapi</artifactId>
-    <version>2.5.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.5.1.0</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <distributionManagement>