diff --git a/lib/jopenssl/version.rb b/lib/jopenssl/version.rb
index ad242f85..5d2b69bc 100644
--- a/lib/jopenssl/version.rb
+++ b/lib/jopenssl/version.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module Jopenssl
   module Version
-    VERSION = '0.9.6.dev'
+    VERSION = '0.9.6'
     BOUNCY_CASTLE_VERSION = '1.49'
   end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b401dd95..3d964f97 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>rubygems</groupId>
   <artifactId>jruby-openssl</artifactId>
-  <version>0.9.6.dev-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.9.6</version>
   <packaging>gem</packaging>
   <name>JRuby OpenSSL</name>
   <description>JRuby-OpenSSL is an add-on gem for JRuby that emulates the Ruby OpenSSL native library.</description>
@@ -164,21 +164,6 @@
           <useRepositoryLayout>true</useRepositoryLayout>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.8.1</version>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>deploy</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <skip>false</skip>
-              <altDeploymentRepository>sonatype-nexus-snapshots::default::https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/</altDeploymentRepository>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>