diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1016d5fd5..a6466ef60 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
     <groupId>org.spdx</groupId>
     <artifactId>java-spdx-library</artifactId>
-    <version>1.1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.1.6</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <name>java-spdx-library</name>