diff --git a/httpcore-ab/pom.xml b/httpcore-ab/pom.xml
index 3446f68..a5192e9 100644
--- a/httpcore-ab/pom.xml
+++ b/httpcore-ab/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
     <artifactId>httpcomponents-core</artifactId>
-    <version>4.4.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.4.9</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>httpcore-ab</artifactId>
   <name>Apache HttpCore Benchmarking Tool</name>
diff --git a/httpcore-nio/pom.xml b/httpcore-nio/pom.xml
index dc2bcc8..7ddafd6 100644
--- a/httpcore-nio/pom.xml
+++ b/httpcore-nio/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
     <artifactId>httpcomponents-core</artifactId>
-    <version>4.4.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.4.9</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>httpcore-nio</artifactId>
   <name>Apache HttpCore NIO</name>
diff --git a/httpcore-osgi/pom.xml b/httpcore-osgi/pom.xml
index d85811d..262415d 100644
--- a/httpcore-osgi/pom.xml
+++ b/httpcore-osgi/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
     <artifactId>httpcomponents-core</artifactId>
-    <version>4.4.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.4.9</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>httpcore-osgi</artifactId>
   <name>Apache HttpCore OSGi bundle</name>
diff --git a/httpcore/pom.xml b/httpcore/pom.xml
index 97e70be..ddf61e9 100644
--- a/httpcore/pom.xml
+++ b/httpcore/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
     <artifactId>httpcomponents-core</artifactId>
-    <version>4.4.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.4.9</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>httpcore</artifactId>
   <name>Apache HttpCore</name>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 48d6346..2f281af 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>httpcomponents-core</artifactId>
   <name>Apache HttpComponents Core</name>
-  <version>4.4.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>4.4.9</version>
   <description>Apache HttpComponents Core is a library of components for building HTTP enabled services</description>
   <url>http://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-core</url>
   <inceptionYear>2005</inceptionYear>
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
     <connection>scm:git:https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/httpcomponents-core.git</connection>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/httpcomponents-core.git</developerConnection>
     <url>https://github.com/apache/httpcomponents-core/tree/${project.scm.tag}</url>
-    <tag>4.4.9-SNAPSHOT</tag>
+    <tag>4.4.9</tag>
   </scm>
 
   <modules>