diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 66bfad63d6c5dfea3695a2c945735b6ff4b7e217..9a4d629c39ed234d4a82249e93feb9cb31a8ed91 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<groupId>org.gitlab4j</groupId>
 	<artifactId>gitlab4j-api</artifactId>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
-	<version>4.7.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>4.7.9</version>
 	<name>GitLab API Java Client</name>
 	<description>GitLab API for Java (gitlab4j-api) provides a full featured Java API for working with GitLab repositories via the GitLab REST API</description>
 	<url>http://www.messners.com/#gitlab4j-api/gitlab4j-api.html</url>
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 		<url>git@github.com:gmessner/gitlab4j-api.git</url>
 		<connection>scm:git:git@github.com:gmessner/gitlab4j-api.git</connection>
 		<developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:gmessner/gitlab4j-api.git</developerConnection>
-		<tag>HEAD</tag>
+		<tag>gitlab4j-api-4.7.9</tag>
 	</scm>
 
 	<build>