diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c145dd0e..403643d1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <artifactId>java-dogstatsd-client</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>java-dogstatsd-client</name>
-  <version>2.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>2.5</version>
   <description>A tiny library allowing Java applications to communicate with DataDog statsd instances easily.</description>
   <url>https://github.com/DataDog/java-dogstatsd-client</url>
 
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     <url>https://github.com/DataDog/java-dogstatsd-client</url>
     <connection>scm:git:git://github.com/DataDog/java-dogstatsd-client.git</connection>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:Datadog/java-dogstatsd-client.git</developerConnection>
-    <tag>HEAD</tag>
+    <tag>java-dogstatsd-client-2.5</tag>
   </scm>
 
   <developers>