diff --git a/activemq-filters/pom.xml b/activemq-filters/pom.xml
index d8a6f19d..3ad60a8c 100644
--- a/activemq-filters/pom.xml
+++ b/activemq-filters/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>pulsar-jms-parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>com.datastax.oss</groupId>
-    <version>2.4.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.4.4</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>pulsar-jms-activemq-filters</artifactId>
diff --git a/examples/payara-micro/pom.xml b/examples/payara-micro/pom.xml
index 38cec8c5..c4722260 100644
--- a/examples/payara-micro/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/payara-micro/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.datastax.oss</groupId>
     <artifactId>pulsar-jms-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.4.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.4.4</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <properties>
diff --git a/examples/spring/pom.xml b/examples/spring/pom.xml
index 17e93851..5303d008 100644
--- a/examples/spring/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/spring/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>pulsar-jms-parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>com.datastax.oss</groupId>
-    <version>2.4.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.4.4</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>com.example</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index feedcc69..78f2d6f0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <groupId>com.datastax.oss</groupId>
   <artifactId>pulsar-jms-parent</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>2.4.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>2.4.4</version>
   <name>DataStax Starlight for JMS</name>
   <description>Implementation of the Java Messaging Service Client API around Apache Pulsar Java Client</description>
   <url>https://github.com/datastax/pulsar-jms</url>
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ limitations under the License.]]></inlineHeader>
     <connection>scm:git:git@github.com:datastax/pulsar-jms.git</connection>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:datastax/pulsar-jms.git</developerConnection>
     <url>https://github.com/datastax/pulsar-jms</url>
-    <tag>HEAD</tag>
+    <tag>2.4.4</tag>
   </scm>
   <developers>
     <developer>
diff --git a/pulsar-jms-all/pom.xml b/pulsar-jms-all/pom.xml
index 344490a9..9a69f981 100644
--- a/pulsar-jms-all/pom.xml
+++ b/pulsar-jms-all/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>pulsar-jms-parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>com.datastax.oss</groupId>
-    <version>2.4.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.4.4</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>pulsar-jms-all</artifactId>
diff --git a/pulsar-jms-cli/pom.xml b/pulsar-jms-cli/pom.xml
index f7717c0d..86f12d79 100644
--- a/pulsar-jms-cli/pom.xml
+++ b/pulsar-jms-cli/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>pulsar-jms-parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>com.datastax.oss</groupId>
-    <version>2.4.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.4.4</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/pulsar-jms-filters/pom.xml b/pulsar-jms-filters/pom.xml
index b597a325..89a3d644 100644
--- a/pulsar-jms-filters/pom.xml
+++ b/pulsar-jms-filters/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>pulsar-jms-parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>com.datastax.oss</groupId>
-    <version>2.4.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.4.4</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>pulsar-jms-filters</artifactId>
diff --git a/pulsar-jms-integration-tests/pom.xml b/pulsar-jms-integration-tests/pom.xml
index 4e13a017..1f76b9d1 100644
--- a/pulsar-jms-integration-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/pulsar-jms-integration-tests/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>pulsar-jms-parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>com.datastax.oss</groupId>
-    <version>2.4.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.4.4</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
@@ -97,8 +97,8 @@
             <configuration>
               <tasks>
                 <echo>copy filters</echo>
-                <mkdir dir="${project.build.outputDirectory}/filters" />
-                <copy verbose="true" file="${basedir}/../pulsar-jms-filters/target/pulsar-jms-${project.version}-nar.nar" tofile="${project.build.outputDirectory}/filters/jms-filter.nar" />
+                <mkdir dir="${project.build.outputDirectory}/filters"/>
+                <copy verbose="true" file="${basedir}/../pulsar-jms-filters/target/pulsar-jms-${project.version}-nar.nar" tofile="${project.build.outputDirectory}/filters/jms-filter.nar"/>
               </tasks>
             </configuration>
           </execution>
diff --git a/pulsar-jms/pom.xml b/pulsar-jms/pom.xml
index 19fdd970..51a07aab 100644
--- a/pulsar-jms/pom.xml
+++ b/pulsar-jms/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>pulsar-jms-parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>com.datastax.oss</groupId>
-    <version>2.4.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.4.4</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>pulsar-jms</artifactId>
@@ -108,8 +108,8 @@
             <configuration>
               <tasks>
                 <echo>copy filters</echo>
-                <mkdir dir="${project.build.outputDirectory}/filters" />
-                <copy verbose="true" file="${basedir}/../pulsar-jms-filters/target/pulsar-jms-filters-${project.version}.jar" tofile="${project.build.outputDirectory}/filters/jms-filter.nar" />
+                <mkdir dir="${project.build.outputDirectory}/filters"/>
+                <copy verbose="true" file="${basedir}/../pulsar-jms-filters/target/pulsar-jms-filters-${project.version}.jar" tofile="${project.build.outputDirectory}/filters/jms-filter.nar"/>
               </tasks>
             </configuration>
           </execution>
diff --git a/resource-adapter-tests/pom.xml b/resource-adapter-tests/pom.xml
index 2a854ce4..8a0d2a13 100644
--- a/resource-adapter-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/resource-adapter-tests/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>pulsar-jms-parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>com.datastax.oss</groupId>
-    <version>2.4.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.4.4</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/resource-adapter/pom.xml b/resource-adapter/pom.xml
index c8302ea9..d6be9af7 100644
--- a/resource-adapter/pom.xml
+++ b/resource-adapter/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>pulsar-jms-parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>com.datastax.oss</groupId>
-    <version>2.4.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.4.4</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/tck-executor/pom.xml b/tck-executor/pom.xml
index 058abe6c..f2481e95 100644
--- a/tck-executor/pom.xml
+++ b/tck-executor/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>pulsar-jms-parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>com.datastax.oss</groupId>
-    <version>2.4.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.4.4</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>tck-executor</artifactId>