diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a34ab73739..d7f49b8828 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <artifactId>alfresco-remote-api</artifactId>
     <name>Alfresco Remote API</name>
-    <version>7.39-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>7.40</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <parent>
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
         <connection>scm:git:git@github.com:Alfresco/alfresco-remote-api.git</connection>
         <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:Alfresco/alfresco-remote-api.git</developerConnection>
         <url>https://github.com/Alfresco/alfresco-remote-api</url>
-        <tag>HEAD</tag>
+        <tag>alfresco-remote-api-7.40</tag>
     </scm>
 
     <distributionManagement>