diff --git a/components/bio-formats-plugins/pom.xml b/components/bio-formats-plugins/pom.xml
index 0f273084a31..1cc8f5c99f2 100644
--- a/components/bio-formats-plugins/pom.xml
+++ b/components/bio-formats-plugins/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>ome</groupId>
     <artifactId>pom-bio-formats</artifactId>
-    <version>8.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>8.1.0</version>
     <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/components/bio-formats-tools/pom.xml b/components/bio-formats-tools/pom.xml
index 6f69965f018..778608ac36c 100644
--- a/components/bio-formats-tools/pom.xml
+++ b/components/bio-formats-tools/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>ome</groupId>
     <artifactId>pom-bio-formats</artifactId>
-    <version>8.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>8.1.0</version>
     <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/components/bundles/bioformats_package/pom.xml b/components/bundles/bioformats_package/pom.xml
index 9f9e6a56b55..14ebb94ff82 100644
--- a/components/bundles/bioformats_package/pom.xml
+++ b/components/bundles/bioformats_package/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>ome</groupId>
     <artifactId>pom-bio-formats</artifactId>
-    <version>8.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>8.1.0</version>
     <relativePath>../../../</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/components/forks/turbojpeg/pom.xml b/components/forks/turbojpeg/pom.xml
index d3c86cc6bb7..39b66283683 100644
--- a/components/forks/turbojpeg/pom.xml
+++ b/components/forks/turbojpeg/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>ome</groupId>
     <artifactId>pom-bio-formats</artifactId>
-    <version>8.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>8.1.0</version>
     <relativePath>../../../</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/components/formats-api/pom.xml b/components/formats-api/pom.xml
index ac13b855ca9..077f8e65670 100644
--- a/components/formats-api/pom.xml
+++ b/components/formats-api/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>ome</groupId>
     <artifactId>pom-bio-formats</artifactId>
-    <version>8.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>8.1.0</version>
     <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/components/formats-bsd/pom.xml b/components/formats-bsd/pom.xml
index d95773cf07e..c833de697ea 100644
--- a/components/formats-bsd/pom.xml
+++ b/components/formats-bsd/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>ome</groupId>
     <artifactId>pom-bio-formats</artifactId>
-    <version>8.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>8.1.0</version>
     <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/components/formats-gpl/pom.xml b/components/formats-gpl/pom.xml
index 02e136cd640..9af9a0d2c65 100644
--- a/components/formats-gpl/pom.xml
+++ b/components/formats-gpl/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>ome</groupId>
     <artifactId>pom-bio-formats</artifactId>
-    <version>8.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>8.1.0</version>
     <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/components/test-suite/pom.xml b/components/test-suite/pom.xml
index 74c5dcd3dec..8cdf43e4e22 100644
--- a/components/test-suite/pom.xml
+++ b/components/test-suite/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>ome</groupId>
     <artifactId>pom-bio-formats</artifactId>
-    <version>8.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>8.1.0</version>
     <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6f8490c0b97..a8be083d42c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
   <groupId>ome</groupId>
   <artifactId>pom-bio-formats</artifactId>
-  <version>8.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>8.1.0</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <name>Bio-Formats projects</name>
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
          When possible, we advise using the relevant groupId and version
          properties for your dependencies rather than hardcoding them. -->
 
-    <release.version>8.1.0-SNAPSHOT</release.version>
+    <release.version>8.1.0</release.version>
     <date>${maven.build.timestamp}</date>
     <year>2017</year>
     <project.rootdir>${basedir}</project.rootdir>