diff --git a/frontend/pom.xml b/frontend/pom.xml
index 87fc2b8d46..a5fddf9798 100644
--- a/frontend/pom.xml
+++ b/frontend/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.zanata</groupId>
     <artifactId>server</artifactId>
-    <version>3.9.0-rc-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.9.0</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>frontend</artifactId>
   <name>frontend</name>
diff --git a/functional-test/pom.xml b/functional-test/pom.xml
index 70f0185df1..787c969d0b 100644
--- a/functional-test/pom.xml
+++ b/functional-test/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.zanata</groupId>
     <artifactId>server</artifactId>
-    <version>3.9.0-rc-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.9.0</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>functional-test</artifactId>
   <!--if we want to use pom packaging, we need to explicitly enable some plugins and various things-->
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bfcd0025ed..900eb1ad23 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>server</artifactId>
-  <version>3.9.0-rc-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>3.9.0</version>
   <name>Zanata server modules</name>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <parent>
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     <connection>scm:git:git://github.com/zanata/zanata-server.git</connection>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:zanata/zanata-server.git</developerConnection>
     <url>https://github.com/zanata/zanata-server</url>
-    <tag>HEAD</tag>
+    <tag>server-3.9.0</tag>
   </scm>
 
   <properties>
diff --git a/zanata-liquibase/pom.xml b/zanata-liquibase/pom.xml
index 8b9bdd1ea9..908f7b8535 100644
--- a/zanata-liquibase/pom.xml
+++ b/zanata-liquibase/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>server</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.zanata</groupId>
-    <version>3.9.0-rc-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.9.0</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/zanata-model/pom.xml b/zanata-model/pom.xml
index 670ad38043..8d7e3cb34b 100644
--- a/zanata-model/pom.xml
+++ b/zanata-model/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.zanata</groupId>
     <artifactId>server</artifactId>
-    <version>3.9.0-rc-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.9.0</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>zanata-model</artifactId>
   <name>Zanata model</name>
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     <connection>scm:git:git://github.com/zanata/zanata.git</connection>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:zanata/zanata.git</developerConnection>
     <url>https://github.com/zanata/zanata</url>
-    <tag>HEAD</tag>
+    <tag>server-3.9.0</tag>
   </scm>
 
   <properties>
diff --git a/zanata-test-war/pom.xml b/zanata-test-war/pom.xml
index 5258ee104f..c856dfd8b8 100644
--- a/zanata-test-war/pom.xml
+++ b/zanata-test-war/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.zanata</groupId>
     <artifactId>server</artifactId>
-    <version>3.9.0-rc-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.9.0</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>zanata-test-war</artifactId>
   <name>zanata-test-war</name>
diff --git a/zanata-war/pom.xml b/zanata-war/pom.xml
index 66bb18e7f7..4ec14ac59c 100644
--- a/zanata-war/pom.xml
+++ b/zanata-war/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.zanata</groupId>
     <artifactId>server</artifactId>
-    <version>3.9.0-rc-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.9.0</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>zanata-war</artifactId>
   <packaging>war</packaging>
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     <connection>scm:git:git://github.com/zanata/zanata.git</connection>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:zanata/zanata.git</developerConnection>
     <url>https://github.com/zanata/zanata</url>
-    <tag>HEAD</tag>
+    <tag>server-3.9.0</tag>
   </scm>
 
   <properties>