diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7b81fa9ffd..e41c6a99a9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   <artifactId>warnings-ng</artifactId>
   <packaging>hpi</packaging>
   <name>Warnings Next Generation Plugin</name>
-  <version>${revision}${changelist}</version>
+  <version>8.1.0</version>
 
   <description>Jenkins Warnings Next Generation plugin collects compiler warnings or issues reported by static
     analysis tools and visualizes the results. It has built-in support for numerous static analysis tools
@@ -634,7 +634,7 @@
     <connection>scm:git:git://github.com/jenkinsci/${project.artifactId}-plugin.git</connection>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:jenkinsci/${project.artifactId}-plugin.git</developerConnection>
     <url>https://github.com/jenkinsci/${project.artifactId}-plugin</url>
-    <tag>${scmTag}</tag>
+    <tag>warnings-ng-8.1.0</tag>
   </scm>
 
   <repositories>