diff --git a/amps/ags/pom.xml b/amps/ags/pom.xml
index ff9628cb08..8c7b3d68b7 100644
--- a/amps/ags/pom.xml
+++ b/amps/ags/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
    <parent>
       <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
       <artifactId>alfresco-community-repo-amps</artifactId>
-      <version>17.96-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>17.96</version>
    </parent>
 
    <modules>
diff --git a/amps/ags/rm-automation/pom.xml b/amps/ags/rm-automation/pom.xml
index 35b4119e4a..e3bdf8c91d 100644
--- a/amps/ags/rm-automation/pom.xml
+++ b/amps/ags/rm-automation/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
    <parent>
       <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
       <artifactId>alfresco-governance-services-community-parent</artifactId>
-      <version>17.96-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>17.96</version>
    </parent>
 
    <modules>
diff --git a/amps/ags/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/pom.xml b/amps/ags/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/pom.xml
index 15092e3117..633a326ebb 100644
--- a/amps/ags/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/pom.xml
+++ b/amps/ags/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
    <parent>
       <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
       <artifactId>alfresco-governance-services-automation-community-repo</artifactId>
-      <version>17.96-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>17.96</version>
    </parent>
 
    <build>
diff --git a/amps/ags/rm-community/pom.xml b/amps/ags/rm-community/pom.xml
index 7d6c0fc3b9..0f83a5f01c 100644
--- a/amps/ags/rm-community/pom.xml
+++ b/amps/ags/rm-community/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
    <parent>
       <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
       <artifactId>alfresco-governance-services-community-parent</artifactId>
-      <version>17.96-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>17.96</version>
    </parent>
 
    <modules>
diff --git a/amps/ags/rm-community/rm-community-repo/pom.xml b/amps/ags/rm-community/rm-community-repo/pom.xml
index a9154e0533..faa94d9342 100644
--- a/amps/ags/rm-community/rm-community-repo/pom.xml
+++ b/amps/ags/rm-community/rm-community-repo/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
    <parent>
       <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
       <artifactId>alfresco-governance-services-community-repo-parent</artifactId>
-      <version>17.96-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>17.96</version>
    </parent>
 
    <properties>
diff --git a/amps/ags/rm-community/rm-community-rest-api-explorer/pom.xml b/amps/ags/rm-community/rm-community-rest-api-explorer/pom.xml
index d50162863b..893f4170eb 100644
--- a/amps/ags/rm-community/rm-community-rest-api-explorer/pom.xml
+++ b/amps/ags/rm-community/rm-community-rest-api-explorer/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
         <artifactId>alfresco-governance-services-community-repo-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>17.96-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>17.96</version>
     </parent>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/amps/pom.xml b/amps/pom.xml
index 292428c4a5..302900e1a5 100644
--- a/amps/pom.xml
+++ b/amps/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
         <artifactId>alfresco-community-repo</artifactId>
-        <version>17.96-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>17.96</version>
     </parent>
 
     <modules>
diff --git a/amps/share-services/pom.xml b/amps/share-services/pom.xml
index a915d14053..97161c95ed 100644
--- a/amps/share-services/pom.xml
+++ b/amps/share-services/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
         <artifactId>alfresco-community-repo-amps</artifactId>
-        <version>17.96-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>17.96</version>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 516f96d406..638e939dec 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
    <parent>
       <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
       <artifactId>alfresco-community-repo</artifactId>
-      <version>17.96-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>17.96</version>
    </parent>
 
    <dependencies>
diff --git a/data-model/pom.xml b/data-model/pom.xml
index 450cf6a46c..6ff2513847 100644
--- a/data-model/pom.xml
+++ b/data-model/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
         <artifactId>alfresco-community-repo</artifactId>
-        <version>17.96-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>17.96</version>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/mmt/pom.xml b/mmt/pom.xml
index 82f8e40170..3b7b4ab7f8 100644
--- a/mmt/pom.xml
+++ b/mmt/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
         <artifactId>alfresco-community-repo</artifactId>
-        <version>17.96-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>17.96</version>
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/packaging/distribution/pom.xml b/packaging/distribution/pom.xml
index 39530f8584..db61a82b84 100644
--- a/packaging/distribution/pom.xml
+++ b/packaging/distribution/pom.xml
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
         <artifactId>alfresco-community-repo-packaging</artifactId>
-        <version>17.96-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>17.96</version>
     </parent>
 </project>
diff --git a/packaging/docker-alfresco/pom.xml b/packaging/docker-alfresco/pom.xml
index c8e2fd4661..2d7a0003ac 100644
--- a/packaging/docker-alfresco/pom.xml
+++ b/packaging/docker-alfresco/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
         <artifactId>alfresco-community-repo-packaging</artifactId>
-        <version>17.96-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>17.96</version>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/packaging/pom.xml b/packaging/pom.xml
index 837630ed94..3288c77ec1 100644
--- a/packaging/pom.xml
+++ b/packaging/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
         <artifactId>alfresco-community-repo</artifactId>
-        <version>17.96-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>17.96</version>
     </parent>
 
     <modules>
diff --git a/packaging/tests/pom.xml b/packaging/tests/pom.xml
index 34d8c9c8a8..ad9b4baf55 100644
--- a/packaging/tests/pom.xml
+++ b/packaging/tests/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
         <artifactId>alfresco-community-repo-packaging</artifactId>
-        <version>17.96-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>17.96</version>
     </parent>
 
     <modules>
diff --git a/packaging/tests/tas-cmis/pom.xml b/packaging/tests/tas-cmis/pom.xml
index 85efc81e4e..7745babb20 100644
--- a/packaging/tests/tas-cmis/pom.xml
+++ b/packaging/tests/tas-cmis/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
         <artifactId>alfresco-community-repo-tests</artifactId>
-        <version>17.96-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>17.96</version>
     </parent>
 
     <developers>
diff --git a/packaging/tests/tas-email/pom.xml b/packaging/tests/tas-email/pom.xml
index 7e69276ede..4726678953 100644
--- a/packaging/tests/tas-email/pom.xml
+++ b/packaging/tests/tas-email/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
         <artifactId>alfresco-community-repo-tests</artifactId>
-        <version>17.96-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>17.96</version>
     </parent>
 
     <developers>
diff --git a/packaging/tests/tas-integration/pom.xml b/packaging/tests/tas-integration/pom.xml
index eb16d4a375..16f08e2dc5 100644
--- a/packaging/tests/tas-integration/pom.xml
+++ b/packaging/tests/tas-integration/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
         <artifactId>alfresco-community-repo-tests</artifactId>
-        <version>17.96-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>17.96</version>
     </parent>
 
     <developers>
diff --git a/packaging/tests/tas-restapi/pom.xml b/packaging/tests/tas-restapi/pom.xml
index 09190979b9..ec8a31fbc4 100644
--- a/packaging/tests/tas-restapi/pom.xml
+++ b/packaging/tests/tas-restapi/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
         <artifactId>alfresco-community-repo-tests</artifactId>
-        <version>17.96-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>17.96</version>
     </parent>
 
     <developers>
diff --git a/packaging/tests/tas-webdav/pom.xml b/packaging/tests/tas-webdav/pom.xml
index 40f93db5f8..53d4c175f0 100644
--- a/packaging/tests/tas-webdav/pom.xml
+++ b/packaging/tests/tas-webdav/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
         <artifactId>alfresco-community-repo-tests</artifactId>
-        <version>17.96-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>17.96</version>
     </parent>
 
     <developers>
diff --git a/packaging/war/pom.xml b/packaging/war/pom.xml
index 4f4d2491e0..92f6024994 100644
--- a/packaging/war/pom.xml
+++ b/packaging/war/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
         <artifactId>alfresco-community-repo-packaging</artifactId>
-        <version>17.96-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>17.96</version>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4c9815111f..2b5b514b19 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <artifactId>alfresco-community-repo</artifactId>
-    <version>17.96-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>17.96</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <name>Alfresco Community Repo Parent</name>
 
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
         <connection>scm:git:https://github.com/Alfresco/alfresco-community-repo.git</connection>
         <developerConnection>scm:git:https://github.com/Alfresco/alfresco-community-repo.git</developerConnection>
         <url>https://github.com/Alfresco/alfresco-community-repo</url>
-        <tag>HEAD</tag>
+        <tag>17.96</tag>
     </scm>
 
     <distributionManagement>
diff --git a/remote-api/pom.xml b/remote-api/pom.xml
index 47b27b152e..4a0737f177 100644
--- a/remote-api/pom.xml
+++ b/remote-api/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
         <artifactId>alfresco-community-repo</artifactId>
-        <version>17.96-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>17.96</version>
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/repository/pom.xml b/repository/pom.xml
index a8f78b2745..20b469419a 100644
--- a/repository/pom.xml
+++ b/repository/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
         <artifactId>alfresco-community-repo</artifactId>
-        <version>17.96-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>17.96</version>
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>