diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 747e22a..e8b7a7a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -17,9 +17,7 @@
  * 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>
 		<groupId>org.apache</groupId>
@@ -27,7 +25,7 @@
 		<version>18</version>
 	</parent>
 	<groupId>org.apache.sysds</groupId>
-	<version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>2.0.0</version>
 	<artifactId>systemds</artifactId>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 	<name>SystemDS</name>
@@ -69,7 +67,8 @@
 
 	<scm>
 		<developerConnection>scm:git:https://github.com/apache/systemds.git</developerConnection>
-	</scm>
+	  <tag>v2.0.0-rc1</tag>
+  </scm>
 
 	<build>
 		<!-- Adds scripts to main jar, in-memory jar, sources jar, and standalone jar -->