diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7bf11f17..cbd49669 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
   <groupId>com.openpojo</groupId>
   <artifactId>openpojo</artifactId>
-  <version>0.8.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.8.8</version>
   <name>${project.artifactId}</name>
 
   <description>This project was born out of a need to validate all POJOs (Plain Old Java Object) are behaving correctly.