diff --git a/cascading2/pom.xml b/cascading2/pom.xml
index d84e3002b..cb6d49072 100644
--- a/cascading2/pom.xml
+++ b/cascading2/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.twitter.elephantbird</groupId>
     <artifactId>elephant-bird</artifactId>
-    <version>4.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.8</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index a9494293a..33837844e 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.twitter.elephantbird</groupId>
     <artifactId>elephant-bird</artifactId>
-    <version>4.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.8</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/crunch/pom.xml b/crunch/pom.xml
index 387bed629..c35567688 100644
--- a/crunch/pom.xml
+++ b/crunch/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.twitter.elephantbird</groupId>
     <artifactId>elephant-bird</artifactId>
-    <version>4.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.8</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/examples/pom.xml b/examples/pom.xml
index b4a83a906..bcca741b1 100644
--- a/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.twitter.elephantbird</groupId>
     <artifactId>elephant-bird</artifactId>
-    <version>4.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.8</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/hadoop-compat/pom.xml b/hadoop-compat/pom.xml
index 7d9ff7e34..27d3f0fd7 100644
--- a/hadoop-compat/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-compat/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.twitter.elephantbird</groupId>
     <artifactId>elephant-bird</artifactId>
-    <version>4.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.8</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/hive/pom.xml b/hive/pom.xml
index 843b08e18..c754bff4c 100644
--- a/hive/pom.xml
+++ b/hive/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.twitter.elephantbird</groupId>
     <artifactId>elephant-bird</artifactId>
-    <version>4.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.8</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/lucene/pom.xml b/lucene/pom.xml
index d8e5b64d8..86f9e25cc 100644
--- a/lucene/pom.xml
+++ b/lucene/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.twitter.elephantbird</groupId>
     <artifactId>elephant-bird</artifactId>
-    <version>4.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.8</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/mahout/pom.xml b/mahout/pom.xml
index 68589f706..1ceb6a2de 100644
--- a/mahout/pom.xml
+++ b/mahout/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.twitter.elephantbird</groupId>
     <artifactId>elephant-bird</artifactId>
-    <version>4.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.8</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/pig-lucene/pom.xml b/pig-lucene/pom.xml
index c40ba9844..b07d48996 100644
--- a/pig-lucene/pom.xml
+++ b/pig-lucene/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.twitter.elephantbird</groupId>
     <artifactId>elephant-bird</artifactId>
-    <version>4.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.8</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/pig/pom.xml b/pig/pom.xml
index 910a33f5d..c27f38e91 100644
--- a/pig/pom.xml
+++ b/pig/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.twitter.elephantbird</groupId>
     <artifactId>elephant-bird</artifactId>
-    <version>4.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.8</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index dc1b5d3d6..cbd533c98 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
   <groupId>com.twitter.elephantbird</groupId>
   <artifactId>elephant-bird</artifactId>
-  <version>4.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>4.8</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <name>Elephant Bird</name>
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
     <connection>scm:git:https://github.com/twitter/elephant-bird.git</connection>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:twitter/elephant-bird.git</developerConnection>
     <url>https://github.com/twitter/elephant-bird</url>
-    <tag>HEAD</tag>
+    <tag>elephant-bird-4.8</tag>
   </scm>
 
   <properties>
diff --git a/rcfile/pom.xml b/rcfile/pom.xml
index dacc81535..76976b064 100644
--- a/rcfile/pom.xml
+++ b/rcfile/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.twitter.elephantbird</groupId>
     <artifactId>elephant-bird</artifactId>
-    <version>4.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.8</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>