diff --git a/archetype/pom.xml b/archetype/pom.xml
index 9bbe3421f..266925297 100644
--- a/archetype/pom.xml
+++ b/archetype/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.digitalpebble.stormcrawler</groupId>
     <artifactId>storm-crawler</artifactId>
-    <version>1.16-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.16</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>storm-crawler-archetype</artifactId>
   <name>storm-crawler-archetype</name>
diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index c5a89e4cf..beb784e78 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.digitalpebble.stormcrawler</groupId>
 		<artifactId>storm-crawler</artifactId>
-		<version>1.16-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.16</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>storm-crawler-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/external/aws/pom.xml b/external/aws/pom.xml
index 8a26cc907..3ba3db175 100644
--- a/external/aws/pom.xml
+++ b/external/aws/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.digitalpebble.stormcrawler</groupId>
 		<artifactId>storm-crawler-external</artifactId>
-		<version>1.16-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.16</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/external/elasticsearch/archetype/pom.xml b/external/elasticsearch/archetype/pom.xml
index 5e2ed7b81..ad2435faa 100644
--- a/external/elasticsearch/archetype/pom.xml
+++ b/external/elasticsearch/archetype/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.digitalpebble.stormcrawler</groupId>
     <artifactId>storm-crawler</artifactId>
-    <version>1.16-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.16</version>
     <relativePath>../../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/external/elasticsearch/pom.xml b/external/elasticsearch/pom.xml
index 60500aa95..6272c8777 100644
--- a/external/elasticsearch/pom.xml
+++ b/external/elasticsearch/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.digitalpebble.stormcrawler</groupId>
 		<artifactId>storm-crawler-external</artifactId>
-		<version>1.16-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.16</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/external/langid/pom.xml b/external/langid/pom.xml
index 3809e30fd..4c791f30c 100644
--- a/external/langid/pom.xml
+++ b/external/langid/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.digitalpebble.stormcrawler</groupId>
 		<artifactId>storm-crawler-external</artifactId>
-		<version>1.16-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.16</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/external/pom.xml b/external/pom.xml
index 7f9d49782..5c50814d1 100644
--- a/external/pom.xml
+++ b/external/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.digitalpebble.stormcrawler</groupId>
 		<artifactId>storm-crawler</artifactId>
-		<version>1.16-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.16</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/external/solr/pom.xml b/external/solr/pom.xml
index ced2e948b..a523546b2 100644
--- a/external/solr/pom.xml
+++ b/external/solr/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.digitalpebble.stormcrawler</groupId>
 		<artifactId>storm-crawler-external</artifactId>
-		<version>1.16-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.16</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/external/sql/pom.xml b/external/sql/pom.xml
index 89b096898..807ceaf97 100644
--- a/external/sql/pom.xml
+++ b/external/sql/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.digitalpebble.stormcrawler</groupId>
 		<artifactId>storm-crawler-external</artifactId>
-		<version>1.16-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.16</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/external/tika/pom.xml b/external/tika/pom.xml
index c9195900e..509af863f 100644
--- a/external/tika/pom.xml
+++ b/external/tika/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.digitalpebble.stormcrawler</groupId>
 		<artifactId>storm-crawler-external</artifactId>
-		<version>1.16-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.16</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/external/warc/pom.xml b/external/warc/pom.xml
index 7b4a341ce..9899f5f97 100644
--- a/external/warc/pom.xml
+++ b/external/warc/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.digitalpebble.stormcrawler</groupId>
 		<artifactId>storm-crawler-external</artifactId>
-		<version>1.16-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.16</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5cf2b4650..10670f3ae 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 	<groupId>com.digitalpebble.stormcrawler</groupId>
 	<artifactId>storm-crawler</artifactId>
-	<version>1.16-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>1.16</version>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 
 	<name>storm-crawler</name>
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 		<connection>scm:git:https://github.com/DigitalPebble/storm-crawler.git</connection>
 		<developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:DigitalPebble/storm-crawler.git</developerConnection>
 		<url>https://github.com/DigitalPebble/storm-crawler</url>
-	  <tag>HEAD</tag>
+	  <tag>1.16</tag>
   </scm>
 
 	<issueManagement>