diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a4c129aebc7d038f991d220bc914e092bbf64dd5..22e168a6cfafc782131ca1ee64e69a133008e2a7 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <groupId>no.nibio</groupId>
     <artifactId>VIPSCore</artifactId>
     <packaging>war</packaging>
-     <version>9.9.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+     <version>9.9.7</version>
 
     <name>VIPSCore</name>
     <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>