diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6523628c..c3b18b54 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     <groupId>com.ibm.stocator</groupId>
     <artifactId>stocator</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
-    <version>1.1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.1.6</version>
     <name>${project.groupId}:${project.artifactId}</name>
     <description>Storage Connector based on the HDFS interface</description>
     <url>https://github.com/SparkTC/stocator</url>