diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f1cbeedc..204c1453 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
     <groupId>com.openpojo</groupId>
     <artifactId>openpojo</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.1</version>
     <name>${project.artifactId}</name>
 
     <description>This project was born out of a need to validate all POJOs (Plain Old Java Object) are behaving correctly.