diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index de96bce8..dbc5b9b4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
     <groupId>uk.ac.ebi.eva</groupId>
     <artifactId>eva-pipeline</artifactId>
-    <version>2.9.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.9.8</version>
 
     <packaging>jar</packaging>