diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 488eb0c9a..8b70f78e7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
   <groupId>com.yahoo.datasketches</groupId>
   <artifactId>sketches-core</artifactId>
-  <version>0.5.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.5.1</version>
 
   <name>${project.groupId}:${project.artifactId}</name>
   <description>Data Sketches Core</description>
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     <connection>scm:git:ssh://git@github.com/DataSketches/sketches-core.git</connection>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:ssh://git@github.com/DataSketches/sketches-core.git</developerConnection>
     <url>https://github.com/DataSketches/sketches-core.git</url>
-    <tag>HEAD</tag>
+    <tag>sketches-core-0.5.1</tag>
   </scm>
 
   <properties>