diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c1c714b4ae..6f474f19cc 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <artifactId>jgroups</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <name>JGroups</name>
-    <version>5.3.5.Final-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>5.3.5.Final</version>
     <description>Reliable cluster communication toolkit</description>
     <url>http://www.jgroups.org</url>
 
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
         <connection>scm:git:git://github.com/belaban/JGroups.git</connection>
         <developerConnection>scm:git:ssh://git@github.com/belaban/JGroups.git</developerConnection>
         <url>https://github.com/belaban/JGroups</url>
-        <tag>HEAD</tag>
+        <tag>jgroups-5.3.5.Final</tag>
     </scm>
 
     <issueManagement>