diff --git a/java/pom.xml b/java/pom.xml
index fe8e96bec..22a0815e3 100644
--- a/java/pom.xml
+++ b/java/pom.xml
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@
         <url>https://github.com/envoyproxy/protoc-gen-validate</url>
         <connection>scm:git:git@github.com:lyft/protoc-gen-validate.git</connection>
         <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:lyft/protoc-gen-validate.git</developerConnection>
-      <tag>HEAD</tag>
+      <tag>v0.6.9-rc.0</tag>
   </scm>
 
     <distributionManagement>