[maven-release-plugin] prepare release sketches-0.8.3
diff --git a/memory/pom.xml b/memory/pom.xml
index f8b9149..4397d14 100644
--- a/memory/pom.xml
+++ b/memory/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.yahoo.datasketches</groupId>
         <artifactId>sketches</artifactId>
-        <version>0.8.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.8.3</version>
     </parent>
     
 </project>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0c5e37b..840e218 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
     <groupId>com.yahoo.datasketches</groupId>
     <artifactId>sketches</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.3</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
     <!-- Project Information -->
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
         <connection>scm:git:ssh://git@github.com/DataSketches/sketches-core.git</connection>
         <developerConnection>scm:git:ssh://git@github.com/DataSketches/sketches-core.git</developerConnection>
         <url>https://github.com/DataSketches/sketches-core.git</url>
-        <tag>HEAD</tag>
+        <tag>sketches-0.8.3</tag>
     </scm>
 
     <prerequisites>
diff --git a/sketches/pom.xml b/sketches/pom.xml
index d583a8b..0dcb065 100644
--- a/sketches/pom.xml
+++ b/sketches/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.yahoo.datasketches</groupId>
         <artifactId>sketches</artifactId>
-        <version>0.8.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.8.3</version>
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>