diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e368c4ae87..d71676e101 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ project(ORC C CXX)
 # Version number of package
 SET(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR "1")
 SET(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR "7")
-SET(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_PATCH "9-SNAPSHOT")
+SET(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_PATCH "9")
 SET(ORC_VERSION "${CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR}.${CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR}.${CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_PATCH}")
 set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake_modules")
 
diff --git a/java/bench/core/pom.xml b/java/bench/core/pom.xml
index b503ac99d3..cead130285 100644
--- a/java/bench/core/pom.xml
+++ b/java/bench/core/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.orc</groupId>
     <artifactId>orc-benchmarks</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.7.9</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/java/bench/hive/pom.xml b/java/bench/hive/pom.xml
index 79c9e93bc1..1f50e30804 100644
--- a/java/bench/hive/pom.xml
+++ b/java/bench/hive/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.orc</groupId>
     <artifactId>orc-benchmarks</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.7.9</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/java/bench/pom.xml b/java/bench/pom.xml
index e4b60f82f1..af8adaca10 100644
--- a/java/bench/pom.xml
+++ b/java/bench/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.orc</groupId>
     <artifactId>orc</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.7.9</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/java/bench/spark/pom.xml b/java/bench/spark/pom.xml
index e38d92999c..128903c8d5 100644
--- a/java/bench/spark/pom.xml
+++ b/java/bench/spark/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.orc</groupId>
     <artifactId>orc-benchmarks</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.7.9</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/java/core/pom.xml b/java/core/pom.xml
index 2219957347..2a70ba2e1d 100644
--- a/java/core/pom.xml
+++ b/java/core/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.orc</groupId>
     <artifactId>orc</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.7.9</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/java/examples/pom.xml b/java/examples/pom.xml
index 250e582eae..b4657611fd 100644
--- a/java/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/java/examples/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.orc</groupId>
     <artifactId>orc</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.7.9</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/java/mapreduce/pom.xml b/java/mapreduce/pom.xml
index adbf9f8cf5..91a0a88951 100644
--- a/java/mapreduce/pom.xml
+++ b/java/mapreduce/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.orc</groupId>
     <artifactId>orc</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.7.9</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/java/pom.xml b/java/pom.xml
index 436880e195..4fdebab2ef 100644
--- a/java/pom.xml
+++ b/java/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.apache.orc</groupId>
   <artifactId>orc</artifactId>
-  <version>1.7.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.7.9</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <name>Apache ORC</name>
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.orc</groupId>
         <artifactId>orc-shims</artifactId>
-        <version>1.7.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.7.9</version>
         <exclusions>
           <exclusion>
             <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
@@ -645,17 +645,17 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.orc</groupId>
         <artifactId>orc-core</artifactId>
-        <version>1.7.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.7.9</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.orc</groupId>
         <artifactId>orc-mapreduce</artifactId>
-        <version>1.7.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.7.9</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.orc</groupId>
         <artifactId>orc-tools</artifactId>
-        <version>1.7.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.7.9</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <!-- inter-project depedencies -->
diff --git a/java/shims/pom.xml b/java/shims/pom.xml
index 962b0fba58..e22118533c 100644
--- a/java/shims/pom.xml
+++ b/java/shims/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.orc</groupId>
     <artifactId>orc</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.7.9</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/java/tools/pom.xml b/java/tools/pom.xml
index d785291d9a..e57a11d27a 100644
--- a/java/tools/pom.xml
+++ b/java/tools/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.orc</groupId>
     <artifactId>orc</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.7.9</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>