diff --git a/adam-apis/pom.xml b/adam-apis/pom.xml
index 428fd10c91..7354f0043c 100644
--- a/adam-apis/pom.xml
+++ b/adam-apis/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.bdgenomics.adam</groupId>
     <artifactId>adam-parent_2.11</artifactId>
-    <version>0.18.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.18.1</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/adam-cli/pom.xml b/adam-cli/pom.xml
index 184b9b0ec8..a783f36a4b 100644
--- a/adam-cli/pom.xml
+++ b/adam-cli/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.bdgenomics.adam</groupId>
     <artifactId>adam-parent_2.11</artifactId>
-    <version>0.18.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.18.1</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
             </goals>
             <configuration>
               <transformers>
-                <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ServicesResourceTransformer"/>
+                <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ServicesResourceTransformer" />
               </transformers>
             </configuration>
           </execution>
diff --git a/adam-core/pom.xml b/adam-core/pom.xml
index f8b1526729..c0ae977995 100644
--- a/adam-core/pom.xml
+++ b/adam-core/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.bdgenomics.adam</groupId>
     <artifactId>adam-parent_2.11</artifactId>
-    <version>0.18.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.18.1</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/distribution/pom.xml b/distribution/pom.xml
index ccb2785af7..ef46675a2d 100644
--- a/distribution/pom.xml
+++ b/distribution/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.bdgenomics.adam</groupId>
         <artifactId>adam-parent_2.11</artifactId>
-        <version>0.18.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.18.1</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8cbb6c4081..14b7e0fa71 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.bdgenomics.adam</groupId>
   <artifactId>adam-parent_2.11</artifactId>
-  <version>0.18.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.18.1</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>ADAM_2.11</name>
   <description>A fast, scalable genome analysis system</description>
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
     <connection>scm:git:git@github.com:bigdatagenomics/adam.git</connection>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:bigdatagenomics/adam.git</developerConnection>
     <url>scm:git:git@github.com:bigdatagenomics/adam.git</url>
-    <tag>master</tag>
+    <tag>adam-parent_2.11-0.18.1</tag>
   </scm>
   <developers>
     <developer>