diff --git a/biojava-aa-prop/pom.xml b/biojava-aa-prop/pom.xml
index a0723de6f1..d5c8948351 100644
--- a/biojava-aa-prop/pom.xml
+++ b/biojava-aa-prop/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>biojava</artifactId>
 		<groupId>org.biojava</groupId>
-		<version>6.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>6.0.3</version>
 	</parent>
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<artifactId>biojava-aa-prop</artifactId>
@@ -70,12 +70,12 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.biojava</groupId>
 			<artifactId>biojava-core</artifactId>
-			<version>6.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>6.0.3</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.biojava</groupId>
 			<artifactId>biojava-structure</artifactId>
-			<version>6.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>6.0.3</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- logging dependencies (managed by parent pom, don't set versions or scopes here) -->
diff --git a/biojava-alignment/pom.xml b/biojava-alignment/pom.xml
index 48bb55b19b..3824df00fe 100644
--- a/biojava-alignment/pom.xml
+++ b/biojava-alignment/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>biojava</artifactId>
 		<groupId>org.biojava</groupId>
-		<version>6.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>6.0.3</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>biojava-alignment</artifactId>
 	<name>biojava-alignment</name>
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.biojava</groupId>
 			<artifactId>biojava-core</artifactId>
-			<version>6.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>6.0.3</version>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/biojava-core/pom.xml b/biojava-core/pom.xml
index fad7c80fda..971f310284 100644
--- a/biojava-core/pom.xml
+++ b/biojava-core/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>biojava</artifactId>
 		<groupId>org.biojava</groupId>
-		<version>6.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>6.0.3</version>
 	</parent>
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<artifactId>biojava-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/biojava-genome/pom.xml b/biojava-genome/pom.xml
index 765dfc963c..525836bf61 100644
--- a/biojava-genome/pom.xml
+++ b/biojava-genome/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>biojava</artifactId>
 		<groupId>org.biojava</groupId>
-		<version>6.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>6.0.3</version>
 	</parent>
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<artifactId>biojava-genome</artifactId>
@@ -85,13 +85,13 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.biojava</groupId>
 			<artifactId>biojava-core</artifactId>
-			<version>6.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>6.0.3</version>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.biojava</groupId>
 			<artifactId>biojava-alignment</artifactId>
-			<version>6.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>6.0.3</version>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/biojava-integrationtest/pom.xml b/biojava-integrationtest/pom.xml
index d984a4a4b4..64600ac6a0 100644
--- a/biojava-integrationtest/pom.xml
+++ b/biojava-integrationtest/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>biojava</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.biojava</groupId>
-    <version>6.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>6.0.3</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>biojava-integrationtest</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     <dependency>
     	<groupId>org.biojava</groupId>
     	<artifactId>biojava-structure</artifactId>
-    	<version>6.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    	<version>6.0.3</version>
     </dependency>
 		<!-- logging dependencies (managed by parent pom, don't set versions or scopes here) -->
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/biojava-modfinder/pom.xml b/biojava-modfinder/pom.xml
index 8004e45117..ab2cbaac60 100644
--- a/biojava-modfinder/pom.xml
+++ b/biojava-modfinder/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>biojava</artifactId>
 		<groupId>org.biojava</groupId>
-		<version>6.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>6.0.3</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>biojava-modfinder</artifactId>
 	<name>biojava-modfinder</name>
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.biojava</groupId>
 			<artifactId>biojava-structure</artifactId>
-			<version>6.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>6.0.3</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
diff --git a/biojava-ontology/pom.xml b/biojava-ontology/pom.xml
index 3419cd6418..72b1ec30b4 100644
--- a/biojava-ontology/pom.xml
+++ b/biojava-ontology/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.biojava</groupId>
     <artifactId>biojava</artifactId>
-    <version>6.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>6.0.3</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>biojava-ontology</artifactId>
diff --git a/biojava-protein-comparison-tool/pom.xml b/biojava-protein-comparison-tool/pom.xml
index d9aa9ded4b..66232bc0c4 100644
--- a/biojava-protein-comparison-tool/pom.xml
+++ b/biojava-protein-comparison-tool/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>biojava</artifactId>
 		<groupId>org.biojava</groupId>
-		<version>6.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>6.0.3</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>biojava-protein-comparison-tool</artifactId>
@@ -36,23 +36,23 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.biojava</groupId>
 			<artifactId>biojava-alignment</artifactId>
-			<version>6.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>6.0.3</version>
 
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.biojava</groupId>
 			<artifactId>biojava-core</artifactId>
-			<version>6.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>6.0.3</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.biojava</groupId>
 			<artifactId>biojava-structure</artifactId>
-			<version>6.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>6.0.3</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.biojava</groupId>
 			<artifactId>biojava-structure-gui</artifactId>
-			<version>6.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>6.0.3</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>net.sourceforge.jmol</groupId>
diff --git a/biojava-protein-disorder/pom.xml b/biojava-protein-disorder/pom.xml
index 6b9d4c30d8..2dc43a6d17 100644
--- a/biojava-protein-disorder/pom.xml
+++ b/biojava-protein-disorder/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>biojava</artifactId>
 		<groupId>org.biojava</groupId>
-		<version>6.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>6.0.3</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>biojava-protein-disorder</artifactId>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.biojava</groupId>
 			<artifactId>biojava-core</artifactId>
-			<version>6.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>6.0.3</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<!-- logging dependencies (managed by parent pom, don't set versions or
 			scopes here) -->
diff --git a/biojava-structure-gui/pom.xml b/biojava-structure-gui/pom.xml
index daa0091439..0dcc87ee7a 100644
--- a/biojava-structure-gui/pom.xml
+++ b/biojava-structure-gui/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>biojava</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.biojava</groupId>
-		<version>6.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>6.0.3</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <artifactId>biojava-structure-gui</artifactId>
@@ -27,13 +27,13 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.biojava</groupId>
             <artifactId>biojava-structure</artifactId>
-			<version>6.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>6.0.3</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.biojava</groupId>
             <artifactId>biojava-core</artifactId>
-			<version>6.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>6.0.3</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
 
diff --git a/biojava-structure/pom.xml b/biojava-structure/pom.xml
index 916d514b39..5a3941fd9f 100644
--- a/biojava-structure/pom.xml
+++ b/biojava-structure/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>biojava</artifactId>
 		<groupId>org.biojava</groupId>
-		<version>6.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>6.0.3</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>biojava-structure</artifactId>
 	<name>biojava-structure</name>
@@ -44,13 +44,13 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.biojava</groupId>
 			<artifactId>biojava-alignment</artifactId>
-			<version>6.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>6.0.3</version>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.biojava</groupId>
 			<artifactId>biojava-core</artifactId>
-			<version>6.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>6.0.3</version>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 
diff --git a/biojava-survival/pom.xml b/biojava-survival/pom.xml
index 3cbfa19ff0..b65b90c65c 100644
--- a/biojava-survival/pom.xml
+++ b/biojava-survival/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.biojava</groupId>
         <artifactId>biojava</artifactId>
-        <version>6.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>6.0.3</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>biojava-survival</artifactId>
diff --git a/biojava-ws/pom.xml b/biojava-ws/pom.xml
index 0245a790d0..cf73d76e63 100644
--- a/biojava-ws/pom.xml
+++ b/biojava-ws/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>biojava</artifactId>
 		<groupId>org.biojava</groupId>
-		<version>6.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>6.0.3</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>biojava-ws</artifactId>
 	<name>biojava-ws</name>
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.biojava</groupId>
 			<artifactId>biojava-core</artifactId>
-			<version>6.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>6.0.3</version>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ddcefc3c4f..9bff817901 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 	<groupId>org.biojava</groupId>
 	<artifactId>biojava</artifactId>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
-	<version>6.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>6.0.3</version>
 	<name>biojava</name>
 	<description>BioJava is an open-source project dedicated to providing a Java framework for processing biological
         data. It provides analytical and statistical routines, parsers for common file formats and allows the
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 		<developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:biojava/biojava.git</developerConnection>
 		<url>https://github.com/biojava/biojava</url>
 
-		<tag>HEAD</tag>
+		<tag>biojava-6.0.3</tag>
 	</scm>
 
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