diff --git a/checkstyle/pom.xml b/checkstyle/pom.xml
index d9bb0bd..207b1b8 100644
--- a/checkstyle/pom.xml
+++ b/checkstyle/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
   <groupId>org.apache.lens</groupId>
   <artifactId>checkstyle</artifactId>
   <name>Lens Checkstyle Rules</name>
-  <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>2.6.0</version>
 
   <build>
     <plugins>
@@ -49,4 +49,8 @@
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
+
+  <scm>
+    <tag>apache-lens-2.6.0</tag>
+  </scm>
 </project>
diff --git a/lens-api/pom.xml b/lens-api/pom.xml
index 2471c6a..db25aef 100644
--- a/lens-api/pom.xml
+++ b/lens-api/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>apache-lens</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.lens</groupId>
-    <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.6.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>lens-api</artifactId>
diff --git a/lens-cli/pom.xml b/lens-cli/pom.xml
index bc2c7d4..39b3a07 100644
--- a/lens-cli/pom.xml
+++ b/lens-cli/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>apache-lens</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.lens</groupId>
-    <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.6.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <properties>
diff --git a/lens-client/pom.xml b/lens-client/pom.xml
index 3f4357f..1ade6e4 100644
--- a/lens-client/pom.xml
+++ b/lens-client/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>apache-lens</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.lens</groupId>
-    <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.6.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <properties>
diff --git a/lens-cube/pom.xml b/lens-cube/pom.xml
index 96febab..fbc73c3 100644
--- a/lens-cube/pom.xml
+++ b/lens-cube/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>apache-lens</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.lens</groupId>
-    <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.6.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>lens-cube</artifactId>
diff --git a/lens-dist/pom.xml b/lens-dist/pom.xml
index d506523..1d3a0ef 100644
--- a/lens-dist/pom.xml
+++ b/lens-dist/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>apache-lens</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.lens</groupId>
-    <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.6.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>lens-dist</artifactId>
diff --git a/lens-driver-es/pom.xml b/lens-driver-es/pom.xml
index 03b9d5c..481e2a9 100644
--- a/lens-driver-es/pom.xml
+++ b/lens-driver-es/pom.xml
@@ -19,13 +19,12 @@
   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>
     <groupId>org.apache.lens</groupId>
     <artifactId>apache-lens</artifactId>
-    <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.6.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>lens-driver-es</artifactId>
diff --git a/lens-driver-hive/pom.xml b/lens-driver-hive/pom.xml
index bcbe395..002ef69 100644
--- a/lens-driver-hive/pom.xml
+++ b/lens-driver-hive/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>apache-lens</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.lens</groupId>
-    <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.6.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <properties>
diff --git a/lens-driver-jdbc/pom.xml b/lens-driver-jdbc/pom.xml
index 13e50ae..dbf1c234 100644
--- a/lens-driver-jdbc/pom.xml
+++ b/lens-driver-jdbc/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>apache-lens</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.lens</groupId>
-    <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.6.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>lens-driver-jdbc</artifactId>
diff --git a/lens-examples/pom.xml b/lens-examples/pom.xml
index fc234db..240a82d 100644
--- a/lens-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/lens-examples/pom.xml
@@ -19,14 +19,13 @@
   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>
   <name>Lens Examples</name>
   <parent>
     <artifactId>apache-lens</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.lens</groupId>
-    <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.6.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>lens-examples</artifactId>
diff --git a/lens-ml-dist/pom.xml b/lens-ml-dist/pom.xml
index a496fd4..4adc777 100644
--- a/lens-ml-dist/pom.xml
+++ b/lens-ml-dist/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>apache-lens</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.lens</groupId>
-    <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.6.0</version>
   </parent>
     
   <artifactId>lens-ml-dist</artifactId>
diff --git a/lens-ml-lib/pom.xml b/lens-ml-lib/pom.xml
index a4632ac..b7a0486 100644
--- a/lens-ml-lib/pom.xml
+++ b/lens-ml-lib/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>apache-lens</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.lens</groupId>
-    <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.6.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <properties>
diff --git a/lens-query-lib/pom.xml b/lens-query-lib/pom.xml
index ec16458..a66c850 100644
--- a/lens-query-lib/pom.xml
+++ b/lens-query-lib/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>apache-lens</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.lens</groupId>
-    <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.6.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>lens-query-lib</artifactId>
diff --git a/lens-regression/pom.xml b/lens-regression/pom.xml
index f0d3864..db0263c 100644
--- a/lens-regression/pom.xml
+++ b/lens-regression/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>apache-lens</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.lens</groupId>
-    <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.6.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>lens-regression</artifactId>
diff --git a/lens-server-api/pom.xml b/lens-server-api/pom.xml
index 6056a8f..07a84ca 100644
--- a/lens-server-api/pom.xml
+++ b/lens-server-api/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>apache-lens</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.lens</groupId>
-    <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.6.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>lens-server-api</artifactId>
diff --git a/lens-server/pom.xml b/lens-server/pom.xml
index 4ee514b..f46c6da 100644
--- a/lens-server/pom.xml
+++ b/lens-server/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>apache-lens</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.lens</groupId>
-    <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.6.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <properties>
diff --git a/lens-ship-jars/pom.xml b/lens-ship-jars/pom.xml
index 7bcb27a..7e25021 100644
--- a/lens-ship-jars/pom.xml
+++ b/lens-ship-jars/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>apache-lens</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.lens</groupId>
-    <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.6.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>lens-ship-jars</artifactId>
diff --git a/lens-storage-db/pom.xml b/lens-storage-db/pom.xml
index 6de1605..dadb999 100644
--- a/lens-storage-db/pom.xml
+++ b/lens-storage-db/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>apache-lens</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.lens</groupId>
-    <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.6.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>lens-storage-db</artifactId>
diff --git a/lens-ui/pom.xml b/lens-ui/pom.xml
index 342b77a..32482d1 100644
--- a/lens-ui/pom.xml
+++ b/lens-ui/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>apache-lens</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.lens</groupId>
-    <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.6.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>lens-ui</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 075f55c..f9ce799 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@
   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>
@@ -128,7 +127,7 @@
 
   <groupId>org.apache.lens</groupId>
   <artifactId>apache-lens</artifactId>
-  <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>2.6.0</version>
   <name>Lens</name>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <description>Unified Analytics Platform</description>
@@ -377,7 +376,7 @@
     <connection>scm:git:https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/lens.git</connection>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/lens.git</developerConnection>
     <url>https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/lens.git</url>
-    <tag>HEAD</tag>
+    <tag>apache-lens-2.6.0</tag>
   </scm>
 
   <reporting>
@@ -705,7 +704,7 @@
           <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.lens</groupId>
             <artifactId>checkstyle</artifactId>
-            <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>2.6.0</version>
           </dependency>
         </dependencies>
         <executions>
@@ -1804,7 +1803,7 @@
               <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.lens</groupId>
                 <artifactId>checkstyle</artifactId>
-                <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+                <version>2.6.0</version>
               </dependency>
             </dependencies>
             <executions>