diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 39627d1d0f..36162ef04e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
org.broadinstitute.gatk
gatk-root
- 3.9-SNAPSHOT
+ 3.8-1
public/gatk-root
diff --git a/public/external-example/pom.xml b/public/external-example/pom.xml
index 86fe100a8d..83e2e90315 100644
--- a/public/external-example/pom.xml
+++ b/public/external-example/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
External Example
- 3.9-SNAPSHOT
+ 3.8-1