diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8dc7fa467bb811265e02bbb934f6cf9fb2fad93d..31fda1b9dd9946ed826993236732059e140ff170 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
     <groupId>no.nibio.vips.model</groupId>
     <artifactId>DOWNCASTModel</artifactId>
-    <version>1.1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.1.8</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <dependencies>