diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ea6edb2..fa57c4c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
     <groupId>io.bf2.kafka</groupId>
     <artifactId>group-authorizer</artifactId>
-    <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.0.0</version>
 
     <name>strimzi-kafka-group-authorizer</name>
     <description>A Group ACL Authorizer for Strmzi Kafaka</description>
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     <scm>
         <connection>scm:git:git://github.com/bf2fc6cc711aee1a0c2a/kafka-group-authorizer.git</connection>
         <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:bf2fc6cc711aee1a0c2a/kafka-group-authorizer.git</developerConnection>
-        <tag>HEAD</tag>
+        <tag>2.0.0</tag>
     </scm>
 
     <developers>
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@
         <profile>
             <id>release</id>
             <properties>
-                <release.properties></release.properties>
+                <release.properties />
             </properties>
             <build>
                 <plugins>
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@
         <profile>
             <id>release-perform</id>
             <properties>
-                <release.arguments></release.arguments>
+                <release.arguments />
                 <!-- we don't want to deploy to a maven repository -->
                 <maven.deploy.skip>true</maven.deploy.skip>
             </properties>