diff --git a/doc/mimir-version.tex b/doc/mimir-version.tex
index d9af829..f9e78eb 100644
--- a/doc/mimir-version.tex
+++ b/doc/mimir-version.tex
@@ -1 +1 @@
-\newcommand{\mimirversion}{6.1-SNAPSHOT}
+\newcommand{\mimirversion}{6.1}
diff --git a/mimir-client/pom.xml b/mimir-client/pom.xml
index ea2dbeb..08ce065 100644
--- a/mimir-client/pom.xml
+++ b/mimir-client/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>uk.ac.gate.mimir</groupId>
     <artifactId>mimir-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>6.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>6.1</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
@@ -25,13 +25,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>uk.ac.gate.mimir</groupId>
       <artifactId>mimir-connector</artifactId>
-      <version>6.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>6.1</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>uk.ac.gate.mimir</groupId>
       <artifactId>mimir-core</artifactId>
-      <version>6.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>6.1</version>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>it.unimi.di</groupId>
diff --git a/mimir-connector/pom.xml b/mimir-connector/pom.xml
index ea1b3d2..7cc280c 100644
--- a/mimir-connector/pom.xml
+++ b/mimir-connector/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>uk.ac.gate.mimir</groupId>
     <artifactId>mimir-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>6.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>6.1</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>uk.ac.gate</groupId>
       <artifactId>gate-core</artifactId>
-      <version>8.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>8.6</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
diff --git a/mimir-core/pom.xml b/mimir-core/pom.xml
index f4b0a3a..f3b70c6 100644
--- a/mimir-core/pom.xml
+++ b/mimir-core/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>uk.ac.gate.mimir</groupId>
     <artifactId>mimir-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>6.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>6.1</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>uk.ac.gate</groupId>
       <artifactId>gate-core</artifactId>
-      <version>8.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>8.6</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <exclusions>
         <!--
diff --git a/mimir-indexing-plugin/pom.xml b/mimir-indexing-plugin/pom.xml
index a70d31e..96812e7 100644
--- a/mimir-indexing-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/mimir-indexing-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 	<!-- this is the description of this plugin -->
 	<groupId>uk.ac.gate.mimir</groupId>
 	<artifactId>mimir-indexing-plugin</artifactId>
-	<version>6.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>6.1</version>
 
 	<name>Mímir indexer</name>
 	<description>Provides a PR to post documents to a Mímir index as part of a GATE pipeline</description>
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>uk.ac.gate.mimir</groupId>
 			<artifactId>mimir-connector</artifactId>
-			<version>6.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>6.1</version>
 		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 
diff --git a/mimir-test/pom.xml b/mimir-test/pom.xml
index ebec632..5fa19c4 100644
--- a/mimir-test/pom.xml
+++ b/mimir-test/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>uk.ac.gate.mimir</groupId>
     <artifactId>mimir-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>6.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>6.1</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
@@ -25,14 +25,14 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>uk.ac.gate.mimir</groupId>
       <artifactId>mimir-core</artifactId>
-      <version>6.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>6.1</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>uk.ac.gate.mimir</groupId>
       <artifactId>mimir-client</artifactId>
-      <version>6.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>6.1</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/mimir-test/src/test/java/gate/mimir/test/TestQueries.java b/mimir-test/src/test/java/gate/mimir/test/TestQueries.java
index 100f606..d042b05 100644
--- a/mimir-test/src/test/java/gate/mimir/test/TestQueries.java
+++ b/mimir-test/src/test/java/gate/mimir/test/TestQueries.java
@@ -89,11 +89,11 @@ public class TestQueries {
   public static void oneTimeSetUp() throws Exception {
     Gate.init();
     // load the tokeniser plugin
-    Gate.getCreoleRegister().registerPlugin(new Plugin.Maven("uk.ac.gate.plugins", "annie", "8.6-SNAPSHOT"));
+    Gate.getCreoleRegister().registerPlugin(new Plugin.Maven("uk.ac.gate.plugins", "annie", "8.6"));
     // load the DB plugin
-    Gate.getCreoleRegister().registerPlugin(new Plugin.Maven("uk.ac.gate.mimir", "mimir-plugin-dbh2", "6.1-SNAPSHOT"));
+    Gate.getCreoleRegister().registerPlugin(new Plugin.Maven("uk.ac.gate.mimir", "mimir-plugin-dbh2", "6.1"));
     // load the measurements plugin
-    Gate.getCreoleRegister().registerPlugin(new Plugin.Maven("uk.ac.gate.mimir", "mimir-plugin-measurements", "6.1-SNAPSHOT"));
+    Gate.getCreoleRegister().registerPlugin(new Plugin.Maven("uk.ac.gate.mimir", "mimir-plugin-measurements", "6.1"));
     
     
     indexDirs = new File[helperTypes.length];
diff --git a/mimir-test/src/test/java/gate/mimir/test/TestQueryParser.java b/mimir-test/src/test/java/gate/mimir/test/TestQueryParser.java
index f0c2df2..cad6eac 100644
--- a/mimir-test/src/test/java/gate/mimir/test/TestQueryParser.java
+++ b/mimir-test/src/test/java/gate/mimir/test/TestQueryParser.java
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public static void init() {
     try {
       Gate.init();
       //Gate.getCreoleRegister().registerDirectories(new File(Gate.getPluginsHome(), "ANNIE").toURI().toURL());
-      Gate.getCreoleRegister().registerPlugin(new Plugin.Maven("uk.ac.gate.plugins", "annie", "8.6-SNAPSHOT"));
+      Gate.getCreoleRegister().registerPlugin(new Plugin.Maven("uk.ac.gate.plugins", "annie", "8.6"));
     } catch(Exception e) {
       fail("Gate initialization failed!");
     }
diff --git a/plugins/db-h2/pom.xml b/plugins/db-h2/pom.xml
index 477f034..9aec39b 100644
--- a/plugins/db-h2/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/db-h2/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 		<groupId>uk.ac.gate</groupId>
 		<artifactId>gate-plugin-base</artifactId>
 		<!-- this should be the version of GATE you wish to build against -->
-		<version>8.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>8.6</version>
 
 		<!-- this forces the parent to always be resolved from the repo -->
 		<relativePath></relativePath>
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 	<!-- this is the description of this plugin -->
 	<groupId>uk.ac.gate.mimir</groupId>
 	<artifactId>mimir-plugin-dbh2</artifactId>
-	<version>6.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>6.1</version>
 
 	<name>H2 DB Semantic Annotation Helper</name>
 	<description>SemanticAnnotationHelper for Mímir storing annotation details in an H2 database.</description>
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>uk.ac.gate.mimir</groupId>
 			<artifactId>mimir-core</artifactId>
-			<version>6.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>6.1</version>
 			<scope>provided</scope>
 		</dependency>
 
diff --git a/plugins/measurements/pom.xml b/plugins/measurements/pom.xml
index 38b033a..7fd35cf 100644
--- a/plugins/measurements/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/measurements/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 		<groupId>uk.ac.gate</groupId>
 		<artifactId>gate-plugin-base</artifactId>
 		<!-- this should be the version of GATE you wish to build against -->
-		<version>8.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>8.6</version>
 
 		<!-- this forces the parent to always be resolved from the repo -->
 		<relativePath></relativePath>
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 	<!-- this is the description of this plugin -->
 	<groupId>uk.ac.gate.mimir</groupId>
 	<artifactId>mimir-plugin-measurements</artifactId>
-	<version>6.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>6.1</version>
 
 	<name>Measurements Semantic Annotation Helper</name>
 	<description>SemanticAnnotationHelper designed to allow flexible queries over Measurement annotations.</description>
@@ -38,14 +38,14 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>uk.ac.gate.mimir</groupId>
 			<artifactId>mimir-core</artifactId>
-			<version>6.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>6.1</version>
 			<scope>provided</scope>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>uk.ac.gate.plugins</groupId>
 			<artifactId>tagger-measurements</artifactId>
-			<version>8.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>8.6</version>
 			<scope>provided</scope>
 		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
diff --git a/plugins/measurements/src/main/resources/creole.xml b/plugins/measurements/src/main/resources/creole.xml
index 956bf71..b8b2b74 100644
--- a/plugins/measurements/src/main/resources/creole.xml
+++ b/plugins/measurements/src/main/resources/creole.xml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 <!-- This plugin does not provide any GATE resources, but uses the CREOLE 
 mechanism to supply a set of jar files to be added to the classpath of the caller.-->
 <CREOLE-DIRECTORY>
-  <REQUIRES GROUP="uk.ac.gate.plugins" ARTIFACT="tagger-measurements" VERSION="8.6-SNAPSHOT"/>
+  <REQUIRES GROUP="uk.ac.gate.plugins" ARTIFACT="tagger-measurements" VERSION="8.6"/>
 </CREOLE-DIRECTORY>
diff --git a/plugins/sparql/pom.xml b/plugins/sparql/pom.xml
index de5a877..6e6a76d 100644
--- a/plugins/sparql/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/sparql/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 		<groupId>uk.ac.gate</groupId>
 		<artifactId>gate-plugin-base</artifactId>
 		<!-- this should be the version of GATE you wish to build against -->
-		<version>8.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>8.6</version>
 
 		<!-- this forces the parent to always be resolved from the repo -->
 		<relativePath></relativePath>
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 	<!-- this is the description of this plugin -->
 	<groupId>uk.ac.gate.mimir</groupId>
 	<artifactId>mimir-plugin-sparql</artifactId>
-	<version>6.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>6.1</version>
 
 	<name>SPARQL Semantic Annotation Helper</name>
 	<description>SemanticAnnotationHelper that adds SPARQL querying to another helper.</description>
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>uk.ac.gate.mimir</groupId>
 			<artifactId>mimir-core</artifactId>
-			<version>6.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>6.1</version>
 			<scope>provided</scope>
 		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cc2762a..4efc0fd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>uk.ac.gate.mimir</groupId>
   <artifactId>mimir-parent</artifactId>
-  <version>6.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>6.1</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <url>http://gate.ac.uk/mimir</url>
 
diff --git a/webapp/mimir-cloud/build.gradle b/webapp/mimir-cloud/build.gradle
index 095d724..14c4416 100644
--- a/webapp/mimir-cloud/build.gradle
+++ b/webapp/mimir-cloud/build.gradle
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ buildscript {
     }
 }
 
-version "6.1-SNAPSHOT"
+version "6.1"
 group "uk.ac.gate"
 
 apply plugin:"eclipse"
diff --git a/webapp/mimir-web-ui/build.gradle b/webapp/mimir-web-ui/build.gradle
index 4072df6..a8c8d24 100644
--- a/webapp/mimir-web-ui/build.gradle
+++ b/webapp/mimir-web-ui/build.gradle
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ buildscript {
     }
 }
 
-version "6.1-SNAPSHOT"
+version "6.1"
 group "uk.ac.gate.mimir"
 
 apply plugin: 'java'
diff --git a/webapp/mimir-web/build.gradle b/webapp/mimir-web/build.gradle
index 43533eb..3741961 100644
--- a/webapp/mimir-web/build.gradle
+++ b/webapp/mimir-web/build.gradle
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ buildscript {
     }
 }
 
-version "6.1-SNAPSHOT"
+version "6.1"
 group "uk.ac.gate.mimir"
 
 apply plugin:"eclipse"
@@ -57,9 +57,9 @@ dependencies {
       exclude group:'org.slf4j', module:'slf4j-log4j12'
     }
 
-    compile("uk.ac.gate.mimir:mimir-core:6.1-SNAPSHOT", exclLog4j)
-    compile("uk.ac.gate.mimir:mimir-client:6.1-SNAPSHOT", exclLog4j)
-    compile("uk.ac.gate:gate-spring:8.6-SNAPSHOT", exclLog4j)
+    compile("uk.ac.gate.mimir:mimir-core:6.1", exclLog4j)
+    compile("uk.ac.gate.mimir:mimir-client:6.1", exclLog4j)
+    compile("uk.ac.gate:gate-spring:8.6", exclLog4j)
 
     console "org.grails:grails-console"
     profile "org.grails.profiles:web-plugin"
diff --git a/webapp/mimir-web/src/main/resources/gate/mimir/query/default-query-tokeniser.xgapp b/webapp/mimir-web/src/main/resources/gate/mimir/query/default-query-tokeniser.xgapp
index 0fcceee..13a3834 100644
--- a/webapp/mimir-web/src/main/resources/gate/mimir/query/default-query-tokeniser.xgapp
+++ b/webapp/mimir-web/src/main/resources/gate/mimir/query/default-query-tokeniser.xgapp
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
       <gate.creole.Plugin-Maven>
         <group>uk.ac.gate.plugins</group>
         <artifact>annie</artifact>
-        <version>8.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>8.6</version>
       </gate.creole.Plugin-Maven>
     </localList>
     <collectionType>java.util.ArrayList</collectionType>