diff --git a/agent/pom.xml b/agent/pom.xml
index 86b0e258..5eccc0c7 100644
--- a/agent/pom.xml
+++ b/agent/pom.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jboss.byteman</groupId>
         <artifactId>byteman-root</artifactId>
-        <version>4.0.21-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.0.21</version>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/byteman/pom.xml b/byteman/pom.xml
index 17e51199..c2e738ac 100644
--- a/byteman/pom.xml
+++ b/byteman/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jboss.byteman</groupId>
         <artifactId>byteman-root</artifactId>
-        <version>4.0.21-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.0.21</version>
     </parent>
 
     <description>
diff --git a/contrib/bmunit/pom.xml b/contrib/bmunit/pom.xml
index 950ad7e5..e017b741 100644
--- a/contrib/bmunit/pom.xml
+++ b/contrib/bmunit/pom.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jboss.byteman</groupId>
         <artifactId>byteman-root</artifactId>
-        <version>4.0.21-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.0.21</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <build>
diff --git a/contrib/bmunit5/pom.xml b/contrib/bmunit5/pom.xml
index 48d9ae02..11266b8f 100644
--- a/contrib/bmunit5/pom.xml
+++ b/contrib/bmunit5/pom.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jboss.byteman</groupId>
         <artifactId>byteman-root</artifactId>
-        <version>4.0.21-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.0.21</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <build>
diff --git a/contrib/dtest/pom.xml b/contrib/dtest/pom.xml
index ba10ef7c..a79bc044 100644
--- a/contrib/dtest/pom.xml
+++ b/contrib/dtest/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jboss.byteman</groupId>
         <artifactId>byteman-root</artifactId>
-        <version>4.0.21-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.0.21</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/contrib/rulecheck-maven-plugin/example/pom.xml b/contrib/rulecheck-maven-plugin/example/pom.xml
index cd9e0d2d..fa8476f1 100644
--- a/contrib/rulecheck-maven-plugin/example/pom.xml
+++ b/contrib/rulecheck-maven-plugin/example/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.jboss.byteman</groupId>
         <artifactId>byteman-rulecheck-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>4.0.21-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.0.21</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>rulecheck-test</id>
diff --git a/contrib/rulecheck-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/contrib/rulecheck-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index 4fe1ea07..e8d69d08 100644
--- a/contrib/rulecheck-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/contrib/rulecheck-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.jboss.byteman</groupId>
 		<artifactId>byteman-root</artifactId>
-		<version>4.0.21-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>4.0.21</version>
 		<relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/docs/asciidoc/pom.xml b/docs/asciidoc/pom.xml
index 66152a81..9818e21b 100644
--- a/docs/asciidoc/pom.xml
+++ b/docs/asciidoc/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jboss.byteman</groupId>
     <artifactId>byteman-docs</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.21-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.0.21</version>
   </parent>
     
   <artifactId>byteman-asciidoc</artifactId>
diff --git a/docs/pom.xml b/docs/pom.xml
index 0294834a..a906a555 100644
--- a/docs/pom.xml
+++ b/docs/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jboss.byteman</groupId>
     <artifactId>byteman-root</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.21-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.0.21</version>
   </parent>
     
   <artifactId>byteman-docs</artifactId>
diff --git a/download/pom.xml b/download/pom.xml
index bce14ab9..36626a2d 100644
--- a/download/pom.xml
+++ b/download/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jboss.byteman</groupId>
         <artifactId>byteman-root</artifactId>
-        <version>4.0.21-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.0.21</version>
     </parent>
     <description>
         The Byteman download includes the byteman agent, submit and install jars. the contributed
diff --git a/install/pom.xml b/install/pom.xml
index 450b0fe4..a038686f 100644
--- a/install/pom.xml
+++ b/install/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jboss.byteman</groupId>
         <artifactId>byteman-root</artifactId>
-        <version>4.0.21-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.0.21</version>
     </parent>
 
     <profiles>
diff --git a/jigsaw/pom.xml b/jigsaw/pom.xml
index 2cccf057..913c2d28 100644
--- a/jigsaw/pom.xml
+++ b/jigsaw/pom.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jboss.byteman</groupId>
         <artifactId>byteman-root</artifactId>
-        <version>4.0.21-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.0.21</version>
     </parent>
     <properties>
         <!-- don't install or deploy this jar, instead use it to
diff --git a/layer/pom.xml b/layer/pom.xml
index ca9694b9..9cb76e39 100644
--- a/layer/pom.xml
+++ b/layer/pom.xml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jboss.byteman</groupId>
         <artifactId>byteman-root</artifactId>
-        <version>4.0.21-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.0.21</version>
     </parent>
     <build>
         <plugins>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 58bdd3e5..c7e681de 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
         into Java application and JVM runtime methods. Its primary purpose is to support execution tracing and fault
         injection testing.
     </description>
-    <version>4.0.21-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.0.21</version>
     <name>byteman-root</name>
     <url>http://www.jboss.org/byteman</url>
 
diff --git a/sample/pom.xml b/sample/pom.xml
index 16b8f8cb..c995ff53 100644
--- a/sample/pom.xml
+++ b/sample/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jboss.byteman</groupId>
         <artifactId>byteman-root</artifactId>
-        <version>4.0.21-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.0.21</version>
     </parent>
     <description>
         The Byteman sample jar contains some example helper classes and auxiliary classes used by the]
diff --git a/submit/pom.xml b/submit/pom.xml
index e4d0f6f1..ee5a0383 100644
--- a/submit/pom.xml
+++ b/submit/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jboss.byteman</groupId>
         <artifactId>byteman-root</artifactId>
-        <version>4.0.21-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.0.21</version>
     </parent>
     <build>
       <plugins>
diff --git a/tests/pom.xml b/tests/pom.xml
index 46a39709..e134af47 100644
--- a/tests/pom.xml
+++ b/tests/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jboss.byteman</groupId>
         <artifactId>byteman-root</artifactId>
-        <version>4.0.21-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.0.21</version>
     </parent>
 
     <description>