diff --git a/fluent-hc/pom.xml b/fluent-hc/pom.xml
index cff645e..d02c919 100644
--- a/fluent-hc/pom.xml
+++ b/fluent-hc/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
     <artifactId>httpcomponents-client</artifactId>
-    <version>4.5.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.5.9</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>fluent-hc</artifactId>
   <name>Apache HttpClient Fluent API</name>
diff --git a/httpclient-cache/pom.xml b/httpclient-cache/pom.xml
index 1370b3d..af7c08a 100644
--- a/httpclient-cache/pom.xml
+++ b/httpclient-cache/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
     <artifactId>httpcomponents-client</artifactId>
-    <version>4.5.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.5.9</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>httpclient-cache</artifactId>
   <name>Apache HttpClient Cache</name>
diff --git a/httpclient-osgi/pom.xml b/httpclient-osgi/pom.xml
index a85cc6e..16832a2 100644
--- a/httpclient-osgi/pom.xml
+++ b/httpclient-osgi/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
     <artifactId>httpcomponents-client</artifactId>
-    <version>4.5.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.5.9</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>httpclient-osgi</artifactId>
   <name>Apache HttpClient OSGi bundle</name>
diff --git a/httpclient-win/pom.xml b/httpclient-win/pom.xml
index 1b73d46..bd35af4 100644
--- a/httpclient-win/pom.xml
+++ b/httpclient-win/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
     <artifactId>httpcomponents-client</artifactId>
-    <version>4.5.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.5.9</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>httpclient-win</artifactId>
   <name>Apache HttpClient Windows features</name>
diff --git a/httpclient/pom.xml b/httpclient/pom.xml
index 6d3b38d..20bf9bc 100644
--- a/httpclient/pom.xml
+++ b/httpclient/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
     <artifactId>httpcomponents-client</artifactId>
-    <version>4.5.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.5.9</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
   <name>Apache HttpClient</name>
diff --git a/httpmime/pom.xml b/httpmime/pom.xml
index e28e518..10e6ba9 100644
--- a/httpmime/pom.xml
+++ b/httpmime/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
     <artifactId>httpcomponents-client</artifactId>
-    <version>4.5.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.5.9</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>httpmime</artifactId>
   <name>Apache HttpClient Mime</name>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4b9f125..ef0123b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>httpcomponents-client</artifactId>
   <name>Apache HttpComponents Client</name>
-  <version>4.5.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>4.5.9</version>
   <description>Apache HttpComponents Client is a library of components for building client side HTTP services</description>
   <url>http://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-client-ga/</url>
   <inceptionYear>1999</inceptionYear>
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
     <connection>scm:git:https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/httpcomponents-client.git</connection>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/httpcomponents-client.git</developerConnection>
     <url>https://github.com/apache/httpcomponents-client/tree/${project.scm.tag}</url>
-    <tag>4.5.9-SNAPSHOT</tag>
+    <tag>4.5.9</tag>
   </scm>
 
   <properties>