diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f7ef365678466c2f15a09438b0767cf05744e57f..2595140e957a094c97e2a86fa1b44db24e0accf3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 	<groupId>de.flapdoodle.embedmongo</groupId>
 	<artifactId>de.flapdoodle.embedmongo</artifactId>
 	<name>Flapdoodle Embedded MongoDB</name>
-	<version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>1.8</version>
 
 	<description>A embedded mongodb ...</description>
 	<url>http://github.com/michaelmosmann/embedmongo.flapdoodle.de</url>