diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 04a5206f..c41360ac 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>http_request</artifactId>
-    <version>1.8.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.8.9</version>
     <packaging>hpi</packaging>
     <name>HTTP Request Plugin</name>
     <url>http://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/HTTP+Request+Plugin</url>
@@ -153,7 +153,8 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
         <connection>scm:git:ssh://github.com/jenkinsci/http-request-plugin.git</connection>
         <developerConnection>scm:git:ssh://git@github.com/jenkinsci/http-request-plugin.git</developerConnection>
         <url>https://github.com/jenkinsci/http-request-plugin</url>
-    </scm>
+      <tag>http_request-1.8.9</tag>
+  </scm>
     <developers>
         <developer>
             <id>janario</id>