diff --git a/empire-db-codegen/pom.xml b/empire-db-codegen/pom.xml
index ca00034..31b8f33 100644
--- a/empire-db-codegen/pom.xml
+++ b/empire-db-codegen/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>empire-db-parent</artifactId>
 		<groupId>org.apache.empire-db</groupId>
-		<version>2.4.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.4.5</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>empire-db-codegen</artifactId>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
diff --git a/empire-db-dist/pom.xml b/empire-db-dist/pom.xml
index 9f4244c..4f1bd23 100644
--- a/empire-db-dist/pom.xml
+++ b/empire-db-dist/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>empire-db-parent</artifactId>
 		<groupId>org.apache.empire-db</groupId>
-		<version>2.4.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.4.5</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>empire-db-dist</artifactId>
 	<name>Apache Empire-db Distribtion</name>
diff --git a/empire-db-examples/empire-db-example-advanced/pom.xml b/empire-db-examples/empire-db-example-advanced/pom.xml
index 1e81f42..01760c4 100644
--- a/empire-db-examples/empire-db-example-advanced/pom.xml
+++ b/empire-db-examples/empire-db-example-advanced/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.empire-db</groupId>
 		<artifactId>empire-db-examples</artifactId>
-		<version>2.4.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.4.5</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>empire-db-example-advanced</artifactId>
 	<name>Apache Empire-db Advanced Example</name>
diff --git a/empire-db-examples/empire-db-example-basic/pom.xml b/empire-db-examples/empire-db-example-basic/pom.xml
index 801b402..1498dc5 100644
--- a/empire-db-examples/empire-db-example-basic/pom.xml
+++ b/empire-db-examples/empire-db-example-basic/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.empire-db</groupId>
 		<artifactId>empire-db-examples</artifactId>
-		<version>2.4.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.4.5</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>empire-db-example-basic</artifactId>
 	<name>Apache Empire-db Basic Example</name>
diff --git a/empire-db-examples/empire-db-example-cxf/pom.xml b/empire-db-examples/empire-db-example-cxf/pom.xml
index 0be98ed..86a44f5 100644
--- a/empire-db-examples/empire-db-example-cxf/pom.xml
+++ b/empire-db-examples/empire-db-example-cxf/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>empire-db-examples</artifactId>
 		<groupId>org.apache.empire-db</groupId>
-		<version>2.4.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.4.5</version>
 	</parent>
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<artifactId>empire-db-example-cxf</artifactId>
diff --git a/empire-db-examples/empire-db-example-jsf2/pom.xml b/empire-db-examples/empire-db-example-jsf2/pom.xml
index fbf3328..4e54deb 100644
--- a/empire-db-examples/empire-db-example-jsf2/pom.xml
+++ b/empire-db-examples/empire-db-example-jsf2/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>empire-db-examples</artifactId>
 		<groupId>org.apache.empire-db</groupId>
-		<version>2.4.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.4.5</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>empire-db-example-jsf2</artifactId>
 	<name>Apache Empire-db JSF2 Example</name>
diff --git a/empire-db-examples/empire-db-example-spring/pom.xml b/empire-db-examples/empire-db-example-spring/pom.xml
index 101cb25..3d7eb6f 100644
--- a/empire-db-examples/empire-db-example-spring/pom.xml
+++ b/empire-db-examples/empire-db-example-spring/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.empire-db</groupId>
 		<artifactId>empire-db-examples</artifactId>
-		<version>2.4.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.4.5</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>empire-db-example-spring</artifactId>
 	<name>Apache Empire-db Spring Example</name>
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.empire-db</groupId>
 			<artifactId>empire-db-spring</artifactId>
-			<version>2.4.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>2.4.5</version>
 		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 
diff --git a/empire-db-examples/empire-db-example-struts2-cxf/pom.xml b/empire-db-examples/empire-db-example-struts2-cxf/pom.xml
index c57a731..569a5f8 100644
--- a/empire-db-examples/empire-db-example-struts2-cxf/pom.xml
+++ b/empire-db-examples/empire-db-example-struts2-cxf/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>empire-db-examples</artifactId>
 		<groupId>org.apache.empire-db</groupId>
-		<version>2.4.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.4.5</version>
 	</parent>
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<artifactId>empire-db-example-struts2-cxf</artifactId>
diff --git a/empire-db-examples/empire-db-example-struts2/pom.xml b/empire-db-examples/empire-db-example-struts2/pom.xml
index b8034a4..a69618d 100644
--- a/empire-db-examples/empire-db-example-struts2/pom.xml
+++ b/empire-db-examples/empire-db-example-struts2/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.empire-db</groupId>
 		<artifactId>empire-db-examples</artifactId>
-		<version>2.4.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.4.5</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>empire-db-example-struts2</artifactId>
 	<packaging>war</packaging>
diff --git a/empire-db-examples/pom.xml b/empire-db-examples/pom.xml
index d640701..69bf1ae 100644
--- a/empire-db-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/empire-db-examples/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.empire-db</groupId>
 		<artifactId>empire-db-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.4.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.4.5</version>
 	</parent>
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<artifactId>empire-db-examples</artifactId>
diff --git a/empire-db-jsf2/pom.xml b/empire-db-jsf2/pom.xml
index d0119e5..4a78953 100644
--- a/empire-db-jsf2/pom.xml
+++ b/empire-db-jsf2/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>empire-db-parent</artifactId>
 		<groupId>org.apache.empire-db</groupId>
-		<version>2.4.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.4.5</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>empire-db-jsf2</artifactId>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
diff --git a/empire-db-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/empire-db-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index 613fc11..da05311 100644
--- a/empire-db-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/empire-db-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>empire-db-parent</artifactId>
 		<groupId>org.apache.empire-db</groupId>
-		<version>2.4.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.4.5</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>empire-db-maven-plugin</artifactId>
 	<packaging>maven-plugin</packaging>
diff --git a/empire-db-spring/pom.xml b/empire-db-spring/pom.xml
index 3579299..51b5a77 100644
--- a/empire-db-spring/pom.xml
+++ b/empire-db-spring/pom.xml
@@ -15,13 +15,12 @@
    See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
    limitations under the License.
 -->
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>empire-db-parent</artifactId>
 		<groupId>org.apache.empire-db</groupId>
-		<version>2.4.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.4.5</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>empire-db-spring</artifactId>
 	<name>Apache Empire-db Spring JDBC Template</name>
diff --git a/empire-db-struts2/pom.xml b/empire-db-struts2/pom.xml
index 6c881af..0a8ca87 100644
--- a/empire-db-struts2/pom.xml
+++ b/empire-db-struts2/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>empire-db-parent</artifactId>
 		<groupId>org.apache.empire-db</groupId>
-		<version>2.4.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.4.5</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>empire-db-struts2</artifactId>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
diff --git a/empire-db/pom.xml b/empire-db/pom.xml
index d7d5df9..df291cc 100644
--- a/empire-db/pom.xml
+++ b/empire-db/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>empire-db-parent</artifactId>
 		<groupId>org.apache.empire-db</groupId>
-		<version>2.4.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.4.5</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>empire-db</artifactId>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8b205ba..dba427d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 	<groupId>org.apache.empire-db</groupId>
 	<artifactId>empire-db-parent</artifactId>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
-	<version>2.4.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>2.4.5</version>
 	<name>Apache Empire-db</name>
 	<description>Apache Empire-db is an Open Source relational data persistence component which allows database vendor independent dynamic query definition as well as safe and simple data retrieval and updating. Compared to most other solutions like e.g. Hibernate, TopLink, iBATIS or JPA implementations, Empire-db takes a considerably different approach, with a special focus on compile-time safety, reduced redundancies and improved developer productivity.</description>
 	<inceptionYear>2008</inceptionYear>
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@
 		<connection>scm:git:http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/empire-db.git</connection>
 		<developerConnection>scm:git:https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/empire-db.git</developerConnection>
 		<url>http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/wicket/repo?p=empire-db.git</url>
-		<tag>HEAD</tag>
+		<tag>apache-empire-db-2.4.5-rc1</tag>
 	</scm>
 
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