diff --git a/cli/pom.xml b/cli/pom.xml
index bdb58ddeb49e7dcce087591c05763e5b421c4c07..d33aa29cb6f0af60667c958ace87eb16f5b64b55 100644
--- a/cli/pom.xml
+++ b/cli/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jenkins-ci.main</groupId>
     <artifactId>pom</artifactId>
-    <version>2.53-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.53</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>cli</artifactId>
diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 0225545fac43b9092345722f639979e091880912..2efba027dc84e4120e091d7cc8c9e99558a5a915 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jenkins-ci.main</groupId>
     <artifactId>pom</artifactId>
-    <version>2.53-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.53</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>jenkins-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d7bba8bda5ef0c0fbeddf7b673888a5ae6b882c1..04628332017e6a7013b5bcd214861b8efc086743 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
 
   <groupId>org.jenkins-ci.main</groupId>
   <artifactId>pom</artifactId>
-  <version>2.53-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>2.53</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <name>Jenkins main module</name>
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
     <connection>scm:git:git://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins.git</connection>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:ssh://git@github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins.git</developerConnection>
     <url>https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins</url>
-    <tag>HEAD</tag>
+    <tag>jenkins-2.53</tag>
   </scm>
 
   <distributionManagement>
diff --git a/test/pom.xml b/test/pom.xml
index cdbf26669281e5fdf14e0b30703b5171ad4f077f..2211557ba204174cdeaa7c33ea4ecc9d4b41b05e 100644
--- a/test/pom.xml
+++ b/test/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jenkins-ci.main</groupId>
     <artifactId>pom</artifactId>
-    <version>2.53-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.53</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>test</artifactId>
diff --git a/war/pom.xml b/war/pom.xml
index fcb995f18604dceb32282fbfdb5ddeb825dfdd8e..5532f8a8f5cdafc4e79d11d9b0f79ca9c00c5555 100644
--- a/war/pom.xml
+++ b/war/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jenkins-ci.main</groupId>
     <artifactId>pom</artifactId>
-    <version>2.53-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.53</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>jenkins-war</artifactId>