diff --git a/opennlp-distr/pom.xml b/opennlp-distr/pom.xml
index 6284ec6c6..47be69a41 100644
--- a/opennlp-distr/pom.xml
+++ b/opennlp-distr/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.opennlp</groupId>
     <artifactId>opennlp</artifactId>
-    <version>2.5.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.5.3</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/opennlp-dl-gpu/pom.xml b/opennlp-dl-gpu/pom.xml
index f169967e6..db0ab2b6c 100644
--- a/opennlp-dl-gpu/pom.xml
+++ b/opennlp-dl-gpu/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.opennlp</groupId>
     <artifactId>opennlp</artifactId>
-    <version>2.5.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.5.3</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.apache.opennlp</groupId>
diff --git a/opennlp-dl/pom.xml b/opennlp-dl/pom.xml
index 6bdd18607..32e866734 100644
--- a/opennlp-dl/pom.xml
+++ b/opennlp-dl/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.opennlp</groupId>
     <artifactId>opennlp</artifactId>
-    <version>2.5.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.5.3</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.apache.opennlp</groupId>
diff --git a/opennlp-docs/pom.xml b/opennlp-docs/pom.xml
index 5c516a529..478f73004 100644
--- a/opennlp-docs/pom.xml
+++ b/opennlp-docs/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
 	<groupId>org.apache.opennlp</groupId>
 	<artifactId>opennlp</artifactId>
-	<version>2.5.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>2.5.3</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   
diff --git a/opennlp-morfologik-addon/pom.xml b/opennlp-morfologik-addon/pom.xml
index b7a9a79d3..ed0d38516 100644
--- a/opennlp-morfologik-addon/pom.xml
+++ b/opennlp-morfologik-addon/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.opennlp</groupId>
 		<artifactId>opennlp</artifactId>
-		<version>2.5.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.5.3</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/opennlp-tools-models/pom.xml b/opennlp-tools-models/pom.xml
index 7dc888e4a..0b9d25d6f 100644
--- a/opennlp-tools-models/pom.xml
+++ b/opennlp-tools-models/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.opennlp</groupId>
         <artifactId>opennlp</artifactId>
-        <version>2.5.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.5.3</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>opennlp-tools-models</artifactId>
diff --git a/opennlp-tools/pom.xml b/opennlp-tools/pom.xml
index 4a3bb0f78..3236ae44b 100644
--- a/opennlp-tools/pom.xml
+++ b/opennlp-tools/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.opennlp</groupId>
     <artifactId>opennlp</artifactId>
-    <version>2.5.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.5.3</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/opennlp-uima/pom.xml b/opennlp-uima/pom.xml
index c904175b3..b1880b26b 100644
--- a/opennlp-uima/pom.xml
+++ b/opennlp-uima/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 	<parent>
 	    <groupId>org.apache.opennlp</groupId>
 	    <artifactId>opennlp</artifactId>
-	    <version>2.5.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	    <version>2.5.3</version>
 	    <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0a0c7accf..61e178810 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
 	<groupId>org.apache.opennlp</groupId>
 	<artifactId>opennlp</artifactId>
-	<version>2.5.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>2.5.3</version>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 
 	<name>Apache OpenNLP Reactor</name>
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 		<connection>scm:git:https://github.com/apache/opennlp.git</connection>
 		<developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:apache/opennlp.git</developerConnection>
 		<url>https://github.com/apache/opennlp.git</url>
-		<tag>opennlp-2.5.1</tag>
+		<tag>opennlp-2.5.3</tag>
 	</scm>
 
 	<repositories>