diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3277a2d3..57f39cfe 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
+<?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/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 	<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 	<artifactId>spring-data-gemfire</artifactId>
-	<version>1.7.6.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>1.7.6.RELEASE</version>
 
 	<name>Spring Data Gemfire</name>