diff --git a/client-java-contrib/admissionreview/pom.xml b/client-java-contrib/admissionreview/pom.xml
index 50930d1d43..b5c40bd45f 100644
--- a/client-java-contrib/admissionreview/pom.xml
+++ b/client-java-contrib/admissionreview/pom.xml
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.kubernetes</groupId>
         <artifactId>client-java-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>18.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>18.0.0</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
-    <version>18.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>18.0.0</version>
 
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/client-java-contrib/cert-manager/pom.xml b/client-java-contrib/cert-manager/pom.xml
index 8b4e1cb1f5..6bb451f122 100644
--- a/client-java-contrib/cert-manager/pom.xml
+++ b/client-java-contrib/cert-manager/pom.xml
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.kubernetes</groupId>
         <artifactId>client-java-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>18.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>18.0.0</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <!-- the version tracks the release version of the CRDs in the upstream cert-manager project -->
-    <version>18.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>18.0.0</version>
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.kubernetes</groupId>
diff --git a/client-java-contrib/prometheus-operator/pom.xml b/client-java-contrib/prometheus-operator/pom.xml
index fb1ea30364..f9549dde82 100644
--- a/client-java-contrib/prometheus-operator/pom.xml
+++ b/client-java-contrib/prometheus-operator/pom.xml
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>client-java-parent</artifactId>
         <groupId>io.kubernetes</groupId>
-        <version>18.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>18.0.0</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
     <artifactId>client-java-prometheus-operator-models</artifactId>
-    <version>18.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>18.0.0</version>
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.kubernetes</groupId>
diff --git a/e2e/pom.xml b/e2e/pom.xml
index 950f4db020..e4ce7f2c5d 100644
--- a/e2e/pom.xml
+++ b/e2e/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>client-java-parent</artifactId>
         <groupId>io.kubernetes</groupId>
-        <version>18.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>18.0.0</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/examples/examples-release-13/pom.xml b/examples/examples-release-13/pom.xml
index 851f134602..d1c47a08ca 100644
--- a/examples/examples-release-13/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/examples-release-13/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>io.kubernetes</groupId>
 		<artifactId>client-java-examples-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>18.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>18.0.0</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/examples/examples-release-14/pom.xml b/examples/examples-release-14/pom.xml
index 82d697b501..4eebf4604c 100644
--- a/examples/examples-release-14/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/examples-release-14/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>io.kubernetes</groupId>
 		<artifactId>client-java-examples-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>18.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>18.0.0</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/examples/examples-release-15/pom.xml b/examples/examples-release-15/pom.xml
index 855b6445f6..260bcbf56b 100644
--- a/examples/examples-release-15/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/examples-release-15/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>io.kubernetes</groupId>
 		<artifactId>client-java-examples-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>18.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>18.0.0</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/examples/pom.xml b/examples/pom.xml
index 960524ef04..f32df3c357 100644
--- a/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/pom.xml
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>io.kubernetes</groupId>
 		<artifactId>client-java-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>18.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>18.0.0</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
-	<version>18.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>18.0.0</version>
 
 	<artifactId>client-java-examples-parent</artifactId>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
diff --git a/extended/pom.xml b/extended/pom.xml
index 077841f79e..395599f650 100644
--- a/extended/pom.xml
+++ b/extended/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>client-java-parent</artifactId>
         <groupId>io.kubernetes</groupId>
-        <version>18.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>18.0.0</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/fluent/pom.xml b/fluent/pom.xml
index a84cc4e6b9..057d96912c 100644
--- a/fluent/pom.xml
+++ b/fluent/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.kubernetes</groupId>
         <artifactId>client-java-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>18.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>18.0.0</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/kubernetes/pom.xml b/kubernetes/pom.xml
index fe52475401..59c7ced82e 100644
--- a/kubernetes/pom.xml
+++ b/kubernetes/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.kubernetes</groupId>
     <artifactId>client-java-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>18.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>18.0.0</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 551a7d5c6a..1289adf48b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>client-java-parent</artifactId>
   <groupId>io.kubernetes</groupId>
-  <version>18.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>18.0.0</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>Kubernetes Client API</name>
   <url>https://github.com/kubernetes-client/java</url>
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     <connection>scm:git:git@github.com:kubernetes-client/java.git</connection>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:kubernetes-client/java.git</developerConnection>
     <url>https://github.com/kubernetes-client/java</url>
-    <tag>HEAD</tag>
+    <tag>v18.0.0</tag>
   </scm>
 
   <prerequisites>
diff --git a/proto/pom.xml b/proto/pom.xml
index 5cde29a5a9..fec7215c4d 100644
--- a/proto/pom.xml
+++ b/proto/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>io.kubernetes</groupId>
 		<artifactId>client-java-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>18.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>18.0.0</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/spring-aot/pom.xml b/spring-aot/pom.xml
index 80c55cda8c..6e9dd7a729 100644
--- a/spring-aot/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-aot/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>io.kubernetes</groupId>
     <artifactId>client-java-spring-aot-integration</artifactId>
@@ -10,7 +9,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>client-java-parent</artifactId>
         <groupId>io.kubernetes</groupId>
-        <version>18.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>18.0.0</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <properties>
diff --git a/spring/pom.xml b/spring/pom.xml
index cc9eccc827..2b6f2685c7 100644
--- a/spring/pom.xml
+++ b/spring/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>client-java-parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>io.kubernetes</groupId>
-    <version>18.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>18.0.0</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/util/pom.xml b/util/pom.xml
index c2f39463a2..2098219385 100644
--- a/util/pom.xml
+++ b/util/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.kubernetes</groupId>
         <artifactId>client-java-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>18.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>18.0.0</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <dependencies>