diff --git a/BAR/pom.xml b/BAR/pom.xml
index 707c9b8f..669dee9a 100755
--- a/BAR/pom.xml
+++ b/BAR/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 <groupId>com.github.tferr</groupId>
 <artifactId>BAR_</artifactId>
-<version>1.1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+<version>1.1.8</version>
 
 <name>BAR_.jar</name>
 <description>BAR: A curated collection of Broadly Applicable Routines for ImageJ.</description>
diff --git a/BAR/src/main/java/bar/Utils.java b/BAR/src/main/java/bar/Utils.java
index a0c19de4..d8bd33e3 100755
--- a/BAR/src/main/java/bar/Utils.java
+++ b/BAR/src/main/java/bar/Utils.java
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 public class Utils implements PlugIn {
 
 	/** The BAR version (as displayed in the BAR>About... dialog */
-	static final String VERSION = "1.1.8dev";
+	static final String VERSION = "1.1.8";
 
 	/** A reference to the build date */
 	public static final String BUILD_DATE = "2016";