diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 264fb99d55..7d2648fd7f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>gov.nsa.emissary</groupId>
   <artifactId>emissary</artifactId>
-  <version>8.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>8.0.0</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Emissary</name>
   <description>Distributed P2P Data-driven Workflow Framework</description>
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     <connection>scm:git:https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/emissary.git</connection>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:NationalSecurityAgency/emissary.git</developerConnection>
     <url>https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/emissary</url>
-  </scm>
+  <tag>8.0.0</tag></scm>
   <issueManagement>
     <system>GitHub</system>
     <url>https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/emissary/issues</url>