diff --git a/assembly/pom.xml b/assembly/pom.xml
index d4297418..11115269 100644
--- a/assembly/pom.xml
+++ b/assembly/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.qubole.rubix</groupId>
         <artifactId>rubix-root</artifactId>
-        <version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.2.8</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 491048d1..adc6adc6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <groupId>com.qubole.rubix</groupId>
     <artifactId>rubix-root</artifactId>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
-    <version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.8</version>
     <name>rubix</name>
     <url>http://github.com/qubole/rubix</url>
     <description>Caching Framework for Big Data Engines</description>
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
         <connection>scm:git:git://github.com/qubole/rubix.git</connection>
         <url>http://github.com/qubole/rubix</url>
         <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:qubole/rubix.git</developerConnection>
-      <tag>HEAD</tag>
+      <tag>rubix-root-0.2.8</tag>
   </scm>
 
     <inceptionYear>2016</inceptionYear>
diff --git a/rubix-bookkeeper/pom.xml b/rubix-bookkeeper/pom.xml
index 54258773..b1d1f319 100644
--- a/rubix-bookkeeper/pom.xml
+++ b/rubix-bookkeeper/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.qubole.rubix</groupId>
         <artifactId>rubix-root</artifactId>
-        <version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.2.8</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/rubix-core/pom.xml b/rubix-core/pom.xml
index 02189046..1e0122f7 100644
--- a/rubix-core/pom.xml
+++ b/rubix-core/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.qubole.rubix</groupId>
         <artifactId>rubix-root</artifactId>
-        <version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.2.8</version>
     </parent>
 
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/rubix-hadoop1/pom.xml b/rubix-hadoop1/pom.xml
index 86c78a39..46650192 100644
--- a/rubix-hadoop1/pom.xml
+++ b/rubix-hadoop1/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.qubole.rubix</groupId>
         <artifactId>rubix-root</artifactId>
-        <version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.2.8</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/rubix-hadoop2/pom.xml b/rubix-hadoop2/pom.xml
index dbf415e7..a5c353db 100644
--- a/rubix-hadoop2/pom.xml
+++ b/rubix-hadoop2/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.qubole.rubix</groupId>
         <artifactId>rubix-root</artifactId>
-        <version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.2.8</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/rubix-presto/pom.xml b/rubix-presto/pom.xml
index 61e79674..cd6a6899 100644
--- a/rubix-presto/pom.xml
+++ b/rubix-presto/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.qubole.rubix</groupId>
         <artifactId>rubix-root</artifactId>
-        <version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.2.8</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/rubix-spi/pom.xml b/rubix-spi/pom.xml
index e9a69736..999f7aad 100644
--- a/rubix-spi/pom.xml
+++ b/rubix-spi/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.qubole.rubix</groupId>
         <artifactId>rubix-root</artifactId>
-        <version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.2.8</version>
     </parent>
 
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/rubix-tests/pom.xml b/rubix-tests/pom.xml
index fe3177c3..83c9b75f 100644
--- a/rubix-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/rubix-tests/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.qubole.rubix</groupId>
         <artifactId>rubix-root</artifactId>
-        <version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.2.8</version>
     </parent>
 
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
@@ -20,14 +20,14 @@
             <groupId>com.qubole.rubix</groupId>
             <artifactId>rubix-core</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
-            <version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>0.2.8</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.qubole.rubix</groupId>
             <artifactId>rubix-core</artifactId>
             <type>test-jar</type>
             <scope>test</scope>
-            <version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>0.2.8</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.qubole.rubix</groupId>