[maven-release-plugin] prepare release 0.18.0
diff --git a/apache-qpid-proton-j/pom.xml b/apache-qpid-proton-j/pom.xml
index 8970897..d2ba008 100644
--- a/apache-qpid-proton-j/pom.xml
+++ b/apache-qpid-proton-j/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.qpid</groupId>
     <artifactId>proton-j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.18.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.18.0</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/examples/engine/pom.xml b/examples/engine/pom.xml
index 5c1dc66..44ae442 100644
--- a/examples/engine/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/engine/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.qpid</groupId>
     <artifactId>proton-j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.18.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.18.0</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/examples/reactor/pom.xml b/examples/reactor/pom.xml
index c60d62e..01772dc 100644
--- a/examples/reactor/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/reactor/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.qpid</groupId>
     <artifactId>proton-j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.18.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.18.0</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 06a0cdf..4d4dfe3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
   <groupId>org.apache.qpid</groupId>
   <artifactId>proton-j-parent</artifactId>
-  <version>0.18.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.18.0</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <name>Proton-J Parent</name>
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@
     <connection>scm:git:http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/qpid-proton-j.git</connection>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/qpid-proton-j.git</developerConnection>
     <url>https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=qpid-proton-j.git</url>
-    <tag>HEAD</tag>
+    <tag>0.18.0</tag>
   </scm>
   <issueManagement>
     <url>https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PROTON</url>
diff --git a/proton-j/pom.xml b/proton-j/pom.xml
index 40a5333..30ad7f6 100644
--- a/proton-j/pom.xml
+++ b/proton-j/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.qpid</groupId>
     <artifactId>proton-j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.18.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.18.0</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/tests/pom.xml b/tests/pom.xml
index c406d13..599c4e5 100644
--- a/tests/pom.xml
+++ b/tests/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.qpid</groupId>
     <artifactId>proton-j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.18.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.18.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>proton-tests</artifactId>