diff --git a/aws-serverless-java-container-core/pom.xml b/aws-serverless-java-container-core/pom.xml
index 1d42a1457..964c2c10b 100644
--- a/aws-serverless-java-container-core/pom.xml
+++ b/aws-serverless-java-container-core/pom.xml
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
     <name>AWS Serverless Java container support - Core</name>
     <description>Allows Java applications written for a servlet container to run in AWS Lambda</description>
     <url>https://aws.amazon.com/lambda</url>
-    <version>1.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.8.1</version>
 
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.amazonaws.serverless</groupId>
         <artifactId>aws-serverless-java-container</artifactId>
-        <version>1.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.8.1</version>
         <relativePath>..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/aws-serverless-java-container-jersey/pom.xml b/aws-serverless-java-container-jersey/pom.xml
index e1c083474..3022c0416 100644
--- a/aws-serverless-java-container-jersey/pom.xml
+++ b/aws-serverless-java-container-jersey/pom.xml
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
     <name>AWS Serverless Java container support - Jersey implementation</name>
     <description>Allows Java applications written for Jersey to run in AWS Lambda</description>
     <url>https://aws.amazon.com/lambda</url>
-    <version>1.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.8.1</version>
 
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.amazonaws.serverless</groupId>
         <artifactId>aws-serverless-java-container</artifactId>
-        <version>1.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.8.1</version>
         <relativePath>..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.amazonaws.serverless</groupId>
             <artifactId>aws-serverless-java-container-core</artifactId>
-            <version>1.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>1.8.1</version>
             <exclusions>
                 <exclusion>
                     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
diff --git a/aws-serverless-java-container-spark/pom.xml b/aws-serverless-java-container-spark/pom.xml
index 7a1a914d4..ddc9e7dbb 100644
--- a/aws-serverless-java-container-spark/pom.xml
+++ b/aws-serverless-java-container-spark/pom.xml
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
     <name>AWS Serverless Java container support - Spark implementation</name>
     <description>Allows Java applications written for Spark to run in AWS Lambda</description>
     <url>https://aws.amazon.com/lambda</url>
-    <version>1.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.8.1</version>
 
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.amazonaws.serverless</groupId>
         <artifactId>aws-serverless-java-container</artifactId>
-        <version>1.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.8.1</version>
         <relativePath>..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.amazonaws.serverless</groupId>
             <artifactId>aws-serverless-java-container-core</artifactId>
-            <version>1.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>1.8.1</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.sparkjava/spark-core -->
diff --git a/aws-serverless-java-container-spring/pom.xml b/aws-serverless-java-container-spring/pom.xml
index 8b32e991c..88beeadd1 100644
--- a/aws-serverless-java-container-spring/pom.xml
+++ b/aws-serverless-java-container-spring/pom.xml
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
     <name>AWS Serverless Java container support - Spring implementation</name>
     <description>Allows Java applications written for the Spring framework to run in AWS Lambda</description>
     <url>https://aws.amazon.com/lambda</url>
-    <version>1.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.8.1</version>
 
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.amazonaws.serverless</groupId>
         <artifactId>aws-serverless-java-container</artifactId>
-        <version>1.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.8.1</version>
         <relativePath>..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.amazonaws.serverless</groupId>
             <artifactId>aws-serverless-java-container-core</artifactId>
-            <version>1.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>1.8.1</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.springframework/spring-webmvc -->
diff --git a/aws-serverless-java-container-springboot2/pom.xml b/aws-serverless-java-container-springboot2/pom.xml
index 3e7e3274b..185b0498e 100644
--- a/aws-serverless-java-container-springboot2/pom.xml
+++ b/aws-serverless-java-container-springboot2/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>aws-serverless-java-container</artifactId>
         <groupId>com.amazonaws.serverless</groupId>
-        <version>1.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.8.1</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     <name>AWS Serverless Java container support - SpringBoot 2 implementation</name>
     <description>Allows Java applications written for SpringBoot 2 to run in AWS Lambda</description>
     <url>https://aws.amazon.com/lambda</url>
-    <version>1.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.8.1</version>
 
     <properties>
         <spring.version>5.3.19</spring.version>
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.amazonaws.serverless</groupId>
             <artifactId>aws-serverless-java-container-core</artifactId>
-            <version>1.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>1.8.1</version>
         </dependency>
         <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/io.projectreactor/reactor-core -->
         <dependency>
diff --git a/aws-serverless-java-container-struts2/pom.xml b/aws-serverless-java-container-struts2/pom.xml
index c2ec5923e..69509d7b5 100644
--- a/aws-serverless-java-container-struts2/pom.xml
+++ b/aws-serverless-java-container-struts2/pom.xml
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
     <name>AWS Serverless Java container support - Struts2 implementation</name>
     <description>Allows Java applications written for the Struts2 framework to run in AWS Lambda</description>
     <url>https://aws.amazon.com/lambda</url>
-    <version>1.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.8.1</version>
 
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.amazonaws.serverless</groupId>
         <artifactId>aws-serverless-java-container</artifactId>
-        <version>1.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.8.1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.amazonaws.serverless</groupId>
             <artifactId>aws-serverless-java-container-core</artifactId>
-            <version>1.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>1.8.1</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
diff --git a/aws-serverless-jersey-archetype/pom.xml b/aws-serverless-jersey-archetype/pom.xml
index 8f0a225cd..52efcd346 100644
--- a/aws-serverless-jersey-archetype/pom.xml
+++ b/aws-serverless-jersey-archetype/pom.xml
@@ -4,17 +4,17 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.amazonaws.serverless</groupId>
         <artifactId>aws-serverless-java-container</artifactId>
-        <version>1.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.8.1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <groupId>com.amazonaws.serverless.archetypes</groupId>
     <artifactId>aws-serverless-jersey-archetype</artifactId>
-    <version>1.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.8.1</version>
     <packaging>maven-archetype</packaging>
 
     <scm>
         <url>https://github.com/awslabs/aws-serverless-java-container.git</url>
-      <tag>HEAD</tag>
+      <tag>aws-serverless-java-container-1.8.1</tag>
   </scm>
 
     <licenses>
diff --git a/aws-serverless-spark-archetype/pom.xml b/aws-serverless-spark-archetype/pom.xml
index fea28b1f8..e7a7bc59b 100644
--- a/aws-serverless-spark-archetype/pom.xml
+++ b/aws-serverless-spark-archetype/pom.xml
@@ -4,17 +4,17 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.amazonaws.serverless</groupId>
         <artifactId>aws-serverless-java-container</artifactId>
-        <version>1.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.8.1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <groupId>com.amazonaws.serverless.archetypes</groupId>
     <artifactId>aws-serverless-spark-archetype</artifactId>
-    <version>1.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.8.1</version>
     <packaging>maven-archetype</packaging>
 
     <scm>
         <url>https://github.com/awslabs/aws-serverless-java-container.git</url>
-      <tag>HEAD</tag>
+      <tag>aws-serverless-java-container-1.8.1</tag>
   </scm>
 
     <licenses>
diff --git a/aws-serverless-spring-archetype/pom.xml b/aws-serverless-spring-archetype/pom.xml
index 723de360d..6250b927d 100644
--- a/aws-serverless-spring-archetype/pom.xml
+++ b/aws-serverless-spring-archetype/pom.xml
@@ -4,17 +4,17 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.amazonaws.serverless</groupId>
         <artifactId>aws-serverless-java-container</artifactId>
-        <version>1.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.8.1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <groupId>com.amazonaws.serverless.archetypes</groupId>
     <artifactId>aws-serverless-spring-archetype</artifactId>
-    <version>1.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.8.1</version>
     <packaging>maven-archetype</packaging>
 
     <scm>
         <url>https://github.com/awslabs/aws-serverless-java-container.git</url>
-      <tag>HEAD</tag>
+      <tag>aws-serverless-java-container-1.8.1</tag>
   </scm>
 
     <licenses>
diff --git a/aws-serverless-springboot2-archetype/pom.xml b/aws-serverless-springboot2-archetype/pom.xml
index ecf410f52..d7cf61f34 100644
--- a/aws-serverless-springboot2-archetype/pom.xml
+++ b/aws-serverless-springboot2-archetype/pom.xml
@@ -4,17 +4,17 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.amazonaws.serverless</groupId>
         <artifactId>aws-serverless-java-container</artifactId>
-        <version>1.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.8.1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <groupId>com.amazonaws.serverless.archetypes</groupId>
     <artifactId>aws-serverless-springboot2-archetype</artifactId>
-    <version>1.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.8.1</version>
     <packaging>maven-archetype</packaging>
 
     <scm>
         <url>https://github.com/awslabs/aws-serverless-java-container.git</url>
-      <tag>HEAD</tag>
+      <tag>aws-serverless-java-container-1.8.1</tag>
   </scm>
 
     <licenses>
diff --git a/aws-serverless-struts2-archetype/pom.xml b/aws-serverless-struts2-archetype/pom.xml
index cb96c077b..d775d6744 100644
--- a/aws-serverless-struts2-archetype/pom.xml
+++ b/aws-serverless-struts2-archetype/pom.xml
@@ -4,17 +4,17 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.amazonaws.serverless</groupId>
         <artifactId>aws-serverless-java-container</artifactId>
-        <version>1.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.8.1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <groupId>com.amazonaws.serverless.archetypes</groupId>
     <artifactId>aws-serverless-struts2-archetype</artifactId>
-    <version>1.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.8.1</version>
     <packaging>maven-archetype</packaging>
 
     <scm>
         <url>https://github.com/awslabs/aws-serverless-java-container.git</url>
-      <tag>HEAD</tag>
+      <tag>aws-serverless-java-container-1.8.1</tag>
   </scm>
 
     <licenses>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bdea29d9c..d930519e3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <groupId>com.amazonaws.serverless</groupId>
     <artifactId>aws-serverless-java-container</artifactId>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
-    <version>1.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.8.1</version>
     <name>AWS Serverless Java container</name>
     <description>A Java framework to run Spring, Spring Boot, Jersey, Spark, and Struts applications inside AWS Lambda</description>
     <url>https://github.com/awslabs/aws-serverless-java-container</url>
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     <scm>
         <url>https://github.com/awslabs/aws-serverless-java-container</url>
         <connection>scm:git:https://github.com/awslabs/aws-serverless-java-container.git</connection>
-      <tag>HEAD</tag>
+      <tag>aws-serverless-java-container-1.8.1</tag>
   </scm>
 
     <repositories>