diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 8f0dd53fb..ab297d1d8 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.springframework.security.extensions</groupId>
   <artifactId>spring-security-saml2-core</artifactId>
-  <version>1.0.9.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.0.9.RELEASE</version>
   <name>Spring Security SAML v2 library</name>
   <description>Spring Security SAML v2 library</description>
   <url>https://github.com/SpringSource/spring-security-saml</url>
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index b1d2ce6d1..d921050c5 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-version=1.0.9.BUILD-SNAPSHOT
+version=1.0.9.RELEASE
 maxParallelForks=1