diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0a58a2343..813b09fc7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
   <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
   <artifactId>ebean</artifactId>
-  <version>12.1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>12.1.6</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <name>ebean</name>
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
   <scm>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:ebean-orm/ebean.git</developerConnection>
-    <tag>HEAD</tag>
+    <tag>ebean-12.1.6</tag>
   </scm>
 
   <profiles>