diff --git a/usage/all/pom.xml b/usage/all/pom.xml
index d2773da..f845b47 100644
--- a/usage/all/pom.xml
+++ b/usage/all/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.brooklyn</groupId>
         <artifactId>brooklyn-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>  <!-- BROOKLYN_VERSION -->
+        <version>0.6.0</version>  <!-- BROOKLYN_VERSION -->
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/usage/archetypes/quickstart/NOTES.txt b/usage/archetypes/quickstart/NOTES.txt
index 1f4a03f..a8eddbb 100644
--- a/usage/archetypes/quickstart/NOTES.txt
+++ b/usage/archetypes/quickstart/NOTES.txt
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
     pushd /tmp
     rm -rf brooklyn-sample
-    export BV=0.6.0-SNAPSHOT    # BROOKLYN_VERSION
+    export BV=0.6.0    # BROOKLYN_VERSION
     
     mvn archetype:generate                                  \
                                                             \
diff --git a/usage/archetypes/quickstart/pom.xml b/usage/archetypes/quickstart/pom.xml
index 80769b3..3a119cf 100644
--- a/usage/archetypes/quickstart/pom.xml
+++ b/usage/archetypes/quickstart/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.brooklyn</groupId>
     <artifactId>brooklyn-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>  <!-- BROOKLYN_VERSION -->
+    <version>0.6.0</version>  <!-- BROOKLYN_VERSION -->
     <relativePath>../../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/usage/archetypes/quickstart/src/brooklyn-sample/pom.xml b/usage/archetypes/quickstart/src/brooklyn-sample/pom.xml
index 5d69a50..bf6c45d 100644
--- a/usage/archetypes/quickstart/src/brooklyn-sample/pom.xml
+++ b/usage/archetypes/quickstart/src/brooklyn-sample/pom.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
 
-    <brooklyn.version>0.6.0-SNAPSHOT</brooklyn.version>  <!-- BROOKLYN_VERSION -->
+    <brooklyn.version>0.6.0</brooklyn.version>  <!-- BROOKLYN_VERSION -->
     <logback.version>1.0.7</logback.version>
     <testng.version>6.3.1</testng.version>
     <surefire.version>2.13</surefire.version>
diff --git a/usage/dist/pom.xml b/usage/dist/pom.xml
index e4754f9..92eca2d 100644
--- a/usage/dist/pom.xml
+++ b/usage/dist/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.brooklyn</groupId>
         <artifactId>brooklyn-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>  <!-- BROOKLYN_VERSION -->
+        <version>0.6.0</version>  <!-- BROOKLYN_VERSION -->
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/usage/dist/src/main/dist/conf/catalog.xml b/usage/dist/src/main/dist/conf/catalog.xml
index e4fb8e6..367b159 100644
--- a/usage/dist/src/main/dist/conf/catalog.xml
+++ b/usage/dist/src/main/dist/conf/catalog.xml
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
     </template>
     
     <classpath>
-      <entry>https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/artifact/maven/redirect?r=releases&amp;g=io.brooklyn.example&amp;a=brooklyn-example-simple-web-cluster&amp;v=0.6.0-SNAPSHOT&amp;e=jar</entry> <!-- BROOKLYN_VERSION -->
-      <entry>https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/artifact/maven/redirect?r=releases&amp;g=io.brooklyn.example&amp;a=brooklyn-example-global-web-fabric&amp;v=0.6.0-SNAPSHOT&amp;e=jar</entry> <!-- BROOKLYN_VERSION -->
+      <entry>https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/artifact/maven/redirect?r=releases&amp;g=io.brooklyn.example&amp;a=brooklyn-example-simple-web-cluster&amp;v=0.6.0&amp;e=jar</entry> <!-- BROOKLYN_VERSION -->
+      <entry>https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/artifact/maven/redirect?r=releases&amp;g=io.brooklyn.example&amp;a=brooklyn-example-global-web-fabric&amp;v=0.6.0&amp;e=jar</entry> <!-- BROOKLYN_VERSION -->
     </classpath>
 </catalog>