diff --git a/build.properties b/build.properties
index b623c02..9d670a0 100644
--- a/build.properties
+++ b/build.properties
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 ## ===================================================================
 ## 3. Project specific properties
 
-version = svn-trunk
+version = 2.9
 
 ## Allows you to switch off the compilation of the internal image
 ## codecs which depend on Sun-private classes. Setting this to true
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 207548d..c7e30bf 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
   <groupId>org.apache.xmlgraphics</groupId>
   <artifactId>xmlgraphics-commons</artifactId>
-  <version>2.9.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>2.9</version>
   <name>Apache XML Graphics Commons</name>
   <description>XML Graphics Common Support</description>
   <url>http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/commons/</url>