diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2536060..8f8a794 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
     <groupId>org.graylog2</groupId>
     <artifactId>syslog4j</artifactId>
-    <version>0.9.53-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.9.53</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <name>syslog4j-graylog2</name>