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index ee1070124..87937faba 100644
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+        <version>2.6.8</version>
         <relativePath/>
     </parent>
     <groupId>io.helidon.examples.webserver</groupId>
diff --git a/examples/webserver/tls/pom.xml b/examples/webserver/tls/pom.xml
index a6149f2fd..c445f0b76 100644
--- a/examples/webserver/tls/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/webserver/tls/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
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         <groupId>io.helidon.applications</groupId>
         <artifactId>helidon-se</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.8</version>
         <relativePath/>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/examples/webserver/tutorial/pom.xml b/examples/webserver/tutorial/pom.xml
index 6e0ecfa89..95975a1eb 100644
--- a/examples/webserver/tutorial/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/webserver/tutorial/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.helidon.applications</groupId>
         <artifactId>helidon-se</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.8</version>
         <relativePath/>
     </parent>
     <groupId>io.helidon.examples.webserver</groupId>
diff --git a/examples/webserver/websocket/pom.xml b/examples/webserver/websocket/pom.xml
index 5378d5152..e9effdf4a 100644
--- a/examples/webserver/websocket/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/webserver/websocket/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.helidon.applications</groupId>
         <artifactId>helidon-se</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.8</version>
         <relativePath/>
     </parent>
     <groupId>io.helidon.examples.webserver</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a814ccd89..58eab65ed 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.helidon</groupId>
         <artifactId>helidon-dependencies</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.8</version>
         <relativePath></relativePath>
     </parent>
     <groupId>io.helidon.examples</groupId>
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
         <version.java>11</version.java>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
-        <helidon.version>2.6.8-SNAPSHOT</helidon.version>
+        <helidon.version>2.6.8</helidon.version>
 
         <spotbugs.skip>false</spotbugs.skip>
         <spotbugs.threshold>Medium</spotbugs.threshold>