diff --git a/archetypes/pom.xml b/archetypes/pom.xml
index ab68d1c8a..ec47352e5 100644
--- a/archetypes/pom.xml
+++ b/archetypes/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.springframework.batch</groupId>
     <artifactId>spring-batch-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.1.9.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.1.9.RELEASE</version>
     <relativePath>../spring-batch-parent</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <modules>
diff --git a/archetypes/simple-cli/pom.xml b/archetypes/simple-cli/pom.xml
index eede364dd..36506e5ec 100644
--- a/archetypes/simple-cli/pom.xml
+++ b/archetypes/simple-cli/pom.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<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/maven-v4_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/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<groupId>org.springframework.batch</groupId>
 	<artifactId>spring-batch-simple-cli</artifactId>
-	<version>2.1.9.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>2.1.9.RELEASE</version>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 	<name>Commandline</name>
 	<url>http://www.springframework.org/spring-batch/archetypes/simple-cli-archetype</url>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index effd8ae06..121e23909 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 	<name>Spring Batch</name>
 	<description>Spring Batch provides tools for enterprise batch or bulk processing. It can be used to wire up jobs, and track
 	their execution, or simply as an optimization for repetitive processing in a transactional environment. Spring Batch is part of the Spring Portfolio.</description>
-	<version>2.1.9.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>2.1.9.RELEASE</version>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 	<modules>
 		<module>spring-batch-parent</module>
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@
 		<url>http://github.com/SpringSource/spring-batch</url>
 		<connection>scm:git:git://github.com/SpringSource/spring-batch.git</connection>
 		<developerConnection>scm:git:ssh://git@github.com/SpringSource/spring-batch.git</developerConnection>
-	</scm>
+	  <tag>2.1.9.RELEASE</tag>
+  </scm>
 	<issueManagement>
 		<system>JIRA</system>
 		<url>http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/spring/browse/BATCH</url>
diff --git a/spring-batch-core-tests/pom.xml b/spring-batch-core-tests/pom.xml
index 4efaece28..29ab927a0 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-batch-core-tests/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.batch</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-batch-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.1.9.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.1.9.RELEASE</version>
 		<relativePath>../spring-batch-parent</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 	<profiles>
diff --git a/spring-batch-core/pom.xml b/spring-batch-core/pom.xml
index 332122988..1ee1f651c 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-batch-core/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.batch</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-batch-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.1.9.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.1.9.RELEASE</version>
 		<relativePath>../spring-batch-parent</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 	<profiles>
diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure-tests/pom.xml b/spring-batch-infrastructure-tests/pom.xml
index 9738c3ffb..cff1a1497 100644
--- a/spring-batch-infrastructure-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-batch-infrastructure-tests/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.batch</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-batch-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.1.9.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.1.9.RELEASE</version>
 		<relativePath>../spring-batch-parent</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 	<properties>
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.batch</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-batch-infrastructure</artifactId>
-			<version>2.1.9.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>2.1.9.RELEASE</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>hsqldb</groupId>
diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/pom.xml b/spring-batch-infrastructure/pom.xml
index 28078d847..0935b94d8 100644
--- a/spring-batch-infrastructure/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-batch-infrastructure/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.batch</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-batch-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.1.9.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.1.9.RELEASE</version>
 		<relativePath>../spring-batch-parent</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 	<build>
diff --git a/spring-batch-parent/pom.xml b/spring-batch-parent/pom.xml
index 3ae382078..9607c6ef3 100644
--- a/spring-batch-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-batch-parent/pom.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<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/maven-v4_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/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<groupId>org.springframework.batch</groupId>
 	<artifactId>spring-batch-parent</artifactId>
-	<version>2.1.9.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>2.1.9.RELEASE</version>
 	<name>Spring Batch Parent</name>
 	<description>Spring Batch parent project.  Defines dependencies and common configuration for the build process.</description>
 	<url>http://static.springframework.org/spring-batch/${project.artifactId}</url>
@@ -13,7 +12,8 @@
 		<url>http://github.com/SpringSource/spring-batch</url>
 		<connection>scm:git:git://github.com/SpringSource/spring-batch.git</connection>
 		<developerConnection>scm:git:git://github.com/SpringSource/spring-batch.git</developerConnection>
-	</scm>
+	  <tag>2.1.9.RELEASE</tag>
+  </scm>
 	<licenses>
 		<license>
 			<name>Apache 2.0</name>
diff --git a/spring-batch-samples/pom.xml b/spring-batch-samples/pom.xml
index 576ac61d1..92753ac8e 100644
--- a/spring-batch-samples/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-batch-samples/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.batch</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-batch-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.1.9.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.1.9.RELEASE</version>
 		<relativePath>../spring-batch-parent</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 	<properties>
diff --git a/spring-batch-test/pom.xml b/spring-batch-test/pom.xml
index d5e7c9137..b497d8111 100755
--- a/spring-batch-test/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-batch-test/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.batch</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-batch-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.1.9.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.1.9.RELEASE</version>
 		<relativePath>../spring-batch-parent</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 	<profiles>