diff --git a/docs/pom.xml b/docs/pom.xml
index 7681ae5fe85..23987671b9c 100644
--- a/docs/pom.xml
+++ b/docs/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.dropwizard</groupId>
         <artifactId>dropwizard-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.9.0-rc5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.9.0-rc5</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>docs</artifactId>
diff --git a/dropwizard-archetypes/java-simple/pom.xml b/dropwizard-archetypes/java-simple/pom.xml
index b7bef91ef54..ec4e7429e8f 100644
--- a/dropwizard-archetypes/java-simple/pom.xml
+++ b/dropwizard-archetypes/java-simple/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.dropwizard.archetypes</groupId>
     <artifactId>dropwizard-archetypes</artifactId>
-    <version>0.9.0-rc5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.9.0-rc5</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>java-simple</artifactId>
diff --git a/dropwizard-archetypes/pom.xml b/dropwizard-archetypes/pom.xml
index 83edbc053aa..59dbfcfeac0 100644
--- a/dropwizard-archetypes/pom.xml
+++ b/dropwizard-archetypes/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.dropwizard</groupId>
     <artifactId>dropwizard-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.9.0-rc5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.9.0-rc5</version>
   </parent>
 
   <properties>
diff --git a/dropwizard-assets/pom.xml b/dropwizard-assets/pom.xml
index 1cf76aa7970..328686d348f 100644
--- a/dropwizard-assets/pom.xml
+++ b/dropwizard-assets/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.dropwizard</groupId>
         <artifactId>dropwizard-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.9.0-rc5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.9.0-rc5</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>dropwizard-assets</artifactId>
diff --git a/dropwizard-auth/pom.xml b/dropwizard-auth/pom.xml
index d795abe7337..82441549b77 100644
--- a/dropwizard-auth/pom.xml
+++ b/dropwizard-auth/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.dropwizard</groupId>
         <artifactId>dropwizard-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.9.0-rc5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.9.0-rc5</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>dropwizard-auth</artifactId>
diff --git a/dropwizard-benchmarks/pom.xml b/dropwizard-benchmarks/pom.xml
index 5e043e8a678..df12543dcd8 100644
--- a/dropwizard-benchmarks/pom.xml
+++ b/dropwizard-benchmarks/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>dropwizard-parent</artifactId>
         <groupId>io.dropwizard</groupId>
-        <version>0.9.0-rc5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.9.0-rc5</version>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/dropwizard-bom/pom.xml b/dropwizard-bom/pom.xml
index f17b644e995..6db7c080cab 100644
--- a/dropwizard-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/dropwizard-bom/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.dropwizard</groupId>
         <artifactId>dropwizard-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.9.0-rc5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.9.0-rc5</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>dropwizard-bom</artifactId>
diff --git a/dropwizard-client/pom.xml b/dropwizard-client/pom.xml
index 9012f707dce..7a9eceedce0 100644
--- a/dropwizard-client/pom.xml
+++ b/dropwizard-client/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.dropwizard</groupId>
         <artifactId>dropwizard-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.9.0-rc5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.9.0-rc5</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>dropwizard-client</artifactId>
diff --git a/dropwizard-configuration/pom.xml b/dropwizard-configuration/pom.xml
index 5dba9a70a33..5c2f423bb20 100644
--- a/dropwizard-configuration/pom.xml
+++ b/dropwizard-configuration/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.dropwizard</groupId>
         <artifactId>dropwizard-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.9.0-rc5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.9.0-rc5</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>dropwizard-configuration</artifactId>
diff --git a/dropwizard-core/pom.xml b/dropwizard-core/pom.xml
index 014f29bbb91..f0353aa39d3 100644
--- a/dropwizard-core/pom.xml
+++ b/dropwizard-core/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.dropwizard</groupId>
         <artifactId>dropwizard-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.9.0-rc5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.9.0-rc5</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>dropwizard-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/dropwizard-db/pom.xml b/dropwizard-db/pom.xml
index d5846750c64..49603d5fd6e 100644
--- a/dropwizard-db/pom.xml
+++ b/dropwizard-db/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.dropwizard</groupId>
         <artifactId>dropwizard-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.9.0-rc5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.9.0-rc5</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>dropwizard-db</artifactId>
diff --git a/dropwizard-example/README.md b/dropwizard-example/README.md
index ab3081f2a97..052bd5d73c2 100644
--- a/dropwizard-example/README.md
+++ b/dropwizard-example/README.md
@@ -35,11 +35,11 @@ To test the example application run the following commands.
 
 * To setup the h2 database run.
 
-        java -jar target/dropwizard-example-0.9.0-rc5-SNAPSHOT.jar db migrate example.yml
+        java -jar target/dropwizard-example-0.9.0-rc5.jar db migrate example.yml
 
 * To run the server run.
 
-        java -jar target/dropwizard-example-0.9.0-rc5-SNAPSHOT.jar server example.yml
+        java -jar target/dropwizard-example-0.9.0-rc5.jar server example.yml
 
 * To hit the Hello World example (hit refresh a few times).
 
diff --git a/dropwizard-example/pom.xml b/dropwizard-example/pom.xml
index fbbef8cbad7..95739e1c7fc 100644
--- a/dropwizard-example/pom.xml
+++ b/dropwizard-example/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     </prerequisites>
 
     <artifactId>dropwizard-example</artifactId>
-    <version>0.9.0-rc5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.9.0-rc5</version>
     <groupId>io.dropwizard</groupId>
     <name>Dropwizard Example Application</name>
 
diff --git a/dropwizard-forms/pom.xml b/dropwizard-forms/pom.xml
index 4ccf2adda46..251dfc50d05 100644
--- a/dropwizard-forms/pom.xml
+++ b/dropwizard-forms/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.dropwizard</groupId>
         <artifactId>dropwizard-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.9.0-rc5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.9.0-rc5</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>dropwizard-forms</artifactId>
diff --git a/dropwizard-hibernate/pom.xml b/dropwizard-hibernate/pom.xml
index be441a7f10f..b4c3412e49e 100644
--- a/dropwizard-hibernate/pom.xml
+++ b/dropwizard-hibernate/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.dropwizard</groupId>
         <artifactId>dropwizard-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.9.0-rc5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.9.0-rc5</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>dropwizard-hibernate</artifactId>
diff --git a/dropwizard-jackson/pom.xml b/dropwizard-jackson/pom.xml
index 56a96adaca9..0c535aa59b6 100644
--- a/dropwizard-jackson/pom.xml
+++ b/dropwizard-jackson/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.dropwizard</groupId>
         <artifactId>dropwizard-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.9.0-rc5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.9.0-rc5</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>dropwizard-jackson</artifactId>
diff --git a/dropwizard-jdbi/pom.xml b/dropwizard-jdbi/pom.xml
index 47239e82a2f..e059dbd959f 100755
--- a/dropwizard-jdbi/pom.xml
+++ b/dropwizard-jdbi/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.dropwizard</groupId>
         <artifactId>dropwizard-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.9.0-rc5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.9.0-rc5</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>dropwizard-jdbi</artifactId>
diff --git a/dropwizard-jersey/pom.xml b/dropwizard-jersey/pom.xml
index 6af35e41a3b..eacda88a231 100644
--- a/dropwizard-jersey/pom.xml
+++ b/dropwizard-jersey/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.dropwizard</groupId>
         <artifactId>dropwizard-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.9.0-rc5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.9.0-rc5</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>dropwizard-jersey</artifactId>
diff --git a/dropwizard-jetty/pom.xml b/dropwizard-jetty/pom.xml
index 48a2c2057dd..a6fa59bdb14 100644
--- a/dropwizard-jetty/pom.xml
+++ b/dropwizard-jetty/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.dropwizard</groupId>
         <artifactId>dropwizard-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.9.0-rc5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.9.0-rc5</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>dropwizard-jetty</artifactId>
diff --git a/dropwizard-lifecycle/pom.xml b/dropwizard-lifecycle/pom.xml
index d1c0eed2b8e..8d0dbd67886 100644
--- a/dropwizard-lifecycle/pom.xml
+++ b/dropwizard-lifecycle/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.dropwizard</groupId>
         <artifactId>dropwizard-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.9.0-rc5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.9.0-rc5</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>dropwizard-lifecycle</artifactId>
diff --git a/dropwizard-logging/pom.xml b/dropwizard-logging/pom.xml
index 820fe3392f6..ef75caf4e4b 100644
--- a/dropwizard-logging/pom.xml
+++ b/dropwizard-logging/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.dropwizard</groupId>
         <artifactId>dropwizard-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.9.0-rc5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.9.0-rc5</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>dropwizard-logging</artifactId>
diff --git a/dropwizard-metrics-ganglia/pom.xml b/dropwizard-metrics-ganglia/pom.xml
index 91a50e40b92..525a220bfbd 100644
--- a/dropwizard-metrics-ganglia/pom.xml
+++ b/dropwizard-metrics-ganglia/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.dropwizard</groupId>
         <artifactId>dropwizard-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.9.0-rc5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.9.0-rc5</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>dropwizard-metrics-ganglia</artifactId>
diff --git a/dropwizard-metrics-graphite/pom.xml b/dropwizard-metrics-graphite/pom.xml
index c482e4d0ee8..8e9260ac8ac 100644
--- a/dropwizard-metrics-graphite/pom.xml
+++ b/dropwizard-metrics-graphite/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.dropwizard</groupId>
         <artifactId>dropwizard-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.9.0-rc5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.9.0-rc5</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>dropwizard-metrics-graphite</artifactId>
diff --git a/dropwizard-metrics/pom.xml b/dropwizard-metrics/pom.xml
index e802dba5d41..479688ecf98 100644
--- a/dropwizard-metrics/pom.xml
+++ b/dropwizard-metrics/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.dropwizard</groupId>
         <artifactId>dropwizard-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.9.0-rc5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.9.0-rc5</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>dropwizard-metrics</artifactId>
diff --git a/dropwizard-migrations/pom.xml b/dropwizard-migrations/pom.xml
index b2be7eba622..a3258d18e5a 100644
--- a/dropwizard-migrations/pom.xml
+++ b/dropwizard-migrations/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.dropwizard</groupId>
         <artifactId>dropwizard-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.9.0-rc5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.9.0-rc5</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>dropwizard-migrations</artifactId>
diff --git a/dropwizard-servlets/pom.xml b/dropwizard-servlets/pom.xml
index 1c9acdf4506..881fc0cd234 100644
--- a/dropwizard-servlets/pom.xml
+++ b/dropwizard-servlets/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.dropwizard</groupId>
         <artifactId>dropwizard-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.9.0-rc5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.9.0-rc5</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>dropwizard-servlets</artifactId>
diff --git a/dropwizard-spdy/pom.xml b/dropwizard-spdy/pom.xml
index 1dd6df9b332..25c914c9a10 100644
--- a/dropwizard-spdy/pom.xml
+++ b/dropwizard-spdy/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.dropwizard</groupId>
         <artifactId>dropwizard-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.9.0-rc5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.9.0-rc5</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>dropwizard-spdy</artifactId>
diff --git a/dropwizard-testing/pom.xml b/dropwizard-testing/pom.xml
index 9bf8804c5fe..15d170273e2 100644
--- a/dropwizard-testing/pom.xml
+++ b/dropwizard-testing/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.dropwizard</groupId>
         <artifactId>dropwizard-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.9.0-rc5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.9.0-rc5</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>dropwizard-testing</artifactId>
diff --git a/dropwizard-util/pom.xml b/dropwizard-util/pom.xml
index b970d59e1be..e3f12f41fca 100644
--- a/dropwizard-util/pom.xml
+++ b/dropwizard-util/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.dropwizard</groupId>
         <artifactId>dropwizard-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.9.0-rc5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.9.0-rc5</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>dropwizard-util</artifactId>
diff --git a/dropwizard-validation/pom.xml b/dropwizard-validation/pom.xml
index 3fb8c5d495f..79ce8cddb57 100644
--- a/dropwizard-validation/pom.xml
+++ b/dropwizard-validation/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.dropwizard</groupId>
         <artifactId>dropwizard-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.9.0-rc5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.9.0-rc5</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>dropwizard-validation</artifactId>
diff --git a/dropwizard-views-freemarker/pom.xml b/dropwizard-views-freemarker/pom.xml
index 4bf5fdadf9d..e5aaedecced 100644
--- a/dropwizard-views-freemarker/pom.xml
+++ b/dropwizard-views-freemarker/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.dropwizard</groupId>
         <artifactId>dropwizard-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.9.0-rc5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.9.0-rc5</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>dropwizard-views-freemarker</artifactId>
diff --git a/dropwizard-views-mustache/pom.xml b/dropwizard-views-mustache/pom.xml
index 118b640a346..89b88caec0a 100644
--- a/dropwizard-views-mustache/pom.xml
+++ b/dropwizard-views-mustache/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.dropwizard</groupId>
         <artifactId>dropwizard-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.9.0-rc5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.9.0-rc5</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>dropwizard-views-mustache</artifactId>
diff --git a/dropwizard-views/pom.xml b/dropwizard-views/pom.xml
index ef20f93a4ae..e85e9c2eded 100644
--- a/dropwizard-views/pom.xml
+++ b/dropwizard-views/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.dropwizard</groupId>
         <artifactId>dropwizard-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.9.0-rc5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.9.0-rc5</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>dropwizard-views</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 311e9852f7e..b501b6448aa 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
     <groupId>io.dropwizard</groupId>
     <artifactId>dropwizard-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.9.0-rc5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.9.0-rc5</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
     <name>Dropwizard Project</name>
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@
         <connection>scm:git:git://github.com/dropwizard/dropwizard.git</connection>
         <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:dropwizard/dropwizard.git</developerConnection>
         <url>https://github.com/dropwizard/dropwizard</url>
-        <tag>HEAD</tag>
+        <tag>v0.9.0-rc5</tag>
     </scm>
 
     <issueManagement>