diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 87d10e7cea..9984d37785 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ You can include this library from Sonatype OSS for SNAPSHOTS, or Maven central f
 <dependency>
   <groupId>io.swagger.parser.v3</groupId>
   <artifactId>swagger-parser</artifactId>
-  <version>2.1.5</version>
+  <version>2.1.6</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
diff --git a/modules/swagger-parser-cli/pom.xml b/modules/swagger-parser-cli/pom.xml
index 7558a0f1f6..bfe3c977a1 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-parser-cli/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/swagger-parser-cli/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>swagger-parser-project</artifactId>
         <groupId>io.swagger.parser.v3</groupId>
-        <version>2.1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.1.6</version>
         <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.swagger.parser.v3</groupId>
             <artifactId>swagger-parser-v3</artifactId>
-            <version>2.1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>2.1.6</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/modules/swagger-parser-core/pom.xml b/modules/swagger-parser-core/pom.xml
index a098d718fb..391101a9b7 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-parser-core/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/swagger-parser-core/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.swagger.parser.v3</groupId>
         <artifactId>swagger-parser-project</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.1.6</version>
         <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/modules/swagger-parser-v2-converter/pom.xml b/modules/swagger-parser-v2-converter/pom.xml
index 2929e40cef..8e4a7cbcde 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-parser-v2-converter/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/swagger-parser-v2-converter/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.swagger.parser.v3</groupId>
         <artifactId>swagger-parser-project</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.1.6</version>
         <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/modules/swagger-parser-v3/pom.xml b/modules/swagger-parser-v3/pom.xml
index e24670248a..cf601c5fdf 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-parser-v3/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/swagger-parser-v3/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.swagger.parser.v3</groupId>
         <artifactId>swagger-parser-project</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.1.6</version>
         <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/modules/swagger-parser/pom.xml b/modules/swagger-parser/pom.xml
index f5eb02ad19..8a136c2b7f 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-parser/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/swagger-parser/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.swagger.parser.v3</groupId>
         <artifactId>swagger-parser-project</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.1.6</version>
         <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3a9ec3dea4..05bd65392c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>io.swagger.parser.v3</groupId>
     <artifactId>swagger-parser-project</artifactId>
-    <version>2.1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.1.6</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <name>swagger-parser-project</name>
     <developers>