diff --git a/api/pom.xml b/api/pom.xml
index a425475688..473e8235a3 100644
--- a/api/pom.xml
+++ b/api/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.gentics.mesh</groupId>
 		<artifactId>mesh</artifactId>
-		<version>1.6.40-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6.40</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<properties>
diff --git a/bom/pom.xml b/bom/pom.xml
index afd7c3e332..53d686e21f 100644
--- a/bom/pom.xml
+++ b/bom/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.gentics.mesh</groupId>
 		<artifactId>mesh</artifactId>
-		<version>1.6.40-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6.40</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<properties>
diff --git a/changelog-system/pom.xml b/changelog-system/pom.xml
index aedcae43fa..06f6d7c1d8 100644
--- a/changelog-system/pom.xml
+++ b/changelog-system/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.gentics.mesh</groupId>
 		<artifactId>mesh</artifactId>
-		<version>1.6.40-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6.40</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<properties>
diff --git a/common/pom.xml b/common/pom.xml
index 87af35549d..75e1dfba89 100644
--- a/common/pom.xml
+++ b/common/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.gentics.mesh</groupId>
 		<artifactId>mesh</artifactId>
-		<version>1.6.40-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6.40</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<properties>
diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index ff506bbfa6..b967a3168c 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.gentics.mesh</groupId>
 		<artifactId>mesh</artifactId>
-		<version>1.6.40-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6.40</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<properties>
diff --git a/databases/orientdb/pom.xml b/databases/orientdb/pom.xml
index 5b2c7151be..edfb63a347 100644
--- a/databases/orientdb/pom.xml
+++ b/databases/orientdb/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.gentics.mesh</groupId>
 		<artifactId>mesh-databases</artifactId>
-		<version>1.6.40-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6.40</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<properties>
diff --git a/databases/pom.xml b/databases/pom.xml
index aed14ac973..f8187c1702 100644
--- a/databases/pom.xml
+++ b/databases/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.gentics.mesh</groupId>
 		<artifactId>mesh</artifactId>
-		<version>1.6.40-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6.40</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<properties>
diff --git a/demo/pom.xml b/demo/pom.xml
index b4627c2f92..2236b449a5 100644
--- a/demo/pom.xml
+++ b/demo/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.gentics.mesh</groupId>
 		<artifactId>mesh</artifactId>
-		<version>1.6.40-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6.40</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<properties>
diff --git a/distributed-coordinator/pom.xml b/distributed-coordinator/pom.xml
index bcaec0d554..2d8401cbbb 100644
--- a/distributed-coordinator/pom.xml
+++ b/distributed-coordinator/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.gentics.mesh</groupId>
 		<artifactId>mesh</artifactId>
-		<version>1.6.40-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6.40</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>mesh-distributed-coordinator</artifactId>
diff --git a/distributed/pom.xml b/distributed/pom.xml
index 9d914e257d..f7a2b77d7a 100644
--- a/distributed/pom.xml
+++ b/distributed/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.gentics.mesh</groupId>
 		<artifactId>mesh</artifactId>
-		<version>1.6.40-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6.40</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<properties>
diff --git a/doc/pom.xml b/doc/pom.xml
index fae5ae1694..592a0d8e7b 100644
--- a/doc/pom.xml
+++ b/doc/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.gentics.mesh</groupId>
 		<artifactId>mesh</artifactId>
-		<version>1.6.40-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6.40</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>mesh-doc</artifactId>
diff --git a/elasticsearch/pom.xml b/elasticsearch/pom.xml
index 400c52b7f6..46a4dbb7e2 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/pom.xml
+++ b/elasticsearch/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.gentics.mesh</groupId>
 		<artifactId>mesh</artifactId>
-		<version>1.6.40-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6.40</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<properties>
diff --git a/ferma/pom.xml b/ferma/pom.xml
index c2cdb5cc00..b6cc0a9e3c 100644
--- a/ferma/pom.xml
+++ b/ferma/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.gentics.mesh</groupId>
 		<artifactId>mesh</artifactId>
-		<version>1.6.40-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6.40</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>ferma</artifactId>
diff --git a/madl/api/pom.xml b/madl/api/pom.xml
index 9eff4d21ce..85533ff0d3 100644
--- a/madl/api/pom.xml
+++ b/madl/api/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.gentics.mesh</groupId>
 		<artifactId>madl</artifactId>
-		<version>1.6.40-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6.40</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>madl-api</artifactId>
diff --git a/madl/core/pom.xml b/madl/core/pom.xml
index 784d441819..7da6cb5a65 100644
--- a/madl/core/pom.xml
+++ b/madl/core/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.gentics.mesh</groupId>
 		<artifactId>madl</artifactId>
-		<version>1.6.40-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6.40</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>madl-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/madl/madl-ferma/pom.xml b/madl/madl-ferma/pom.xml
index 87f29bbeb4..ad4cf84897 100644
--- a/madl/madl-ferma/pom.xml
+++ b/madl/madl-ferma/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.gentics.mesh</groupId>
 		<artifactId>madl</artifactId>
-		<version>1.6.40-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6.40</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>madl-ferma</artifactId>
diff --git a/madl/neo4j/pom.xml b/madl/neo4j/pom.xml
index 629ff9f416..a1395c72cf 100644
--- a/madl/neo4j/pom.xml
+++ b/madl/neo4j/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.gentics.mesh</groupId>
 		<artifactId>madl</artifactId>
-		<version>1.6.40-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6.40</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>madl-neo4j</artifactId>
diff --git a/madl/orientdb/pom.xml b/madl/orientdb/pom.xml
index 7d808a84f1..b916235cc4 100644
--- a/madl/orientdb/pom.xml
+++ b/madl/orientdb/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.gentics.mesh</groupId>
 		<artifactId>madl</artifactId>
-		<version>1.6.40-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6.40</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>madl-orientdb</artifactId>
diff --git a/madl/pom.xml b/madl/pom.xml
index ac6175122e..1801af423e 100644
--- a/madl/pom.xml
+++ b/madl/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.gentics.mesh</groupId>
 		<artifactId>mesh</artifactId>
-		<version>1.6.40-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6.40</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>madl</artifactId>
diff --git a/performance-tests/pom.xml b/performance-tests/pom.xml
index 1b386e2317..0c5d0e1b6a 100644
--- a/performance-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/performance-tests/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.gentics.mesh</groupId>
 		<artifactId>mesh</artifactId>
-		<version>1.6.40-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6.40</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<properties>
diff --git a/plugin-api/pom.xml b/plugin-api/pom.xml
index a32942f18a..fc7280ba4e 100644
--- a/plugin-api/pom.xml
+++ b/plugin-api/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.gentics.mesh</groupId>
 		<artifactId>mesh</artifactId>
-		<version>1.6.40-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6.40</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<properties>
diff --git a/plugin-bom/pom.xml b/plugin-bom/pom.xml
index dcd1df7d18..629a235f18 100644
--- a/plugin-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/plugin-bom/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.gentics.mesh</groupId>
 		<artifactId>mesh</artifactId>
-		<version>1.6.40-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6.40</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<properties>
diff --git a/plugin-dep/pom.xml b/plugin-dep/pom.xml
index fb6edb9b34..2951fe36c0 100644
--- a/plugin-dep/pom.xml
+++ b/plugin-dep/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.gentics.mesh</groupId>
 		<artifactId>mesh</artifactId>
-		<version>1.6.40-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6.40</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<properties>
diff --git a/plugin-parent/pom.xml b/plugin-parent/pom.xml
index f2cb3abe5a..bf4ee842b1 100644
--- a/plugin-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/plugin-parent/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.gentics.mesh</groupId>
 		<artifactId>mesh</artifactId>
-		<version>1.6.40-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6.40</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<properties>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c47216cd87..7345af46f7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 	<groupId>com.gentics.mesh</groupId>
 	<artifactId>mesh</artifactId>
-	<version>1.6.40-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>1.6.40</version>
 
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 	<name>Gentics Mesh</name>
diff --git a/rest-client/pom.xml b/rest-client/pom.xml
index 4f54f1bb68..8558d8b3db 100644
--- a/rest-client/pom.xml
+++ b/rest-client/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.gentics.mesh</groupId>
 		<artifactId>mesh</artifactId>
-		<version>1.6.40-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6.40</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<properties>
diff --git a/rest-model/pom.xml b/rest-model/pom.xml
index 8ed1617f8e..90e335cc7a 100644
--- a/rest-model/pom.xml
+++ b/rest-model/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.gentics.mesh</groupId>
 		<artifactId>mesh</artifactId>
-		<version>1.6.40-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6.40</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<properties>
diff --git a/server/pom.xml b/server/pom.xml
index 41f820d22d..70cde16248 100644
--- a/server/pom.xml
+++ b/server/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.gentics.mesh</groupId>
 		<artifactId>mesh</artifactId>
-		<version>1.6.40-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6.40</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<properties>
diff --git a/services/aws-s3-storage/pom.xml b/services/aws-s3-storage/pom.xml
index 00741dbc01..c679f06d52 100644
--- a/services/aws-s3-storage/pom.xml
+++ b/services/aws-s3-storage/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.gentics.mesh</groupId>
 		<artifactId>mesh-services</artifactId>
-		<version>1.6.40-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6.40</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<properties>
diff --git a/services/image-imgscalr/pom.xml b/services/image-imgscalr/pom.xml
index fbee9ffc1b..d167bbbf4a 100644
--- a/services/image-imgscalr/pom.xml
+++ b/services/image-imgscalr/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.gentics.mesh</groupId>
 		<artifactId>mesh-services</artifactId>
-		<version>1.6.40-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6.40</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<properties>
diff --git a/services/jwt-auth/pom.xml b/services/jwt-auth/pom.xml
index 80fb7bac08..a4e610dba9 100644
--- a/services/jwt-auth/pom.xml
+++ b/services/jwt-auth/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.gentics.mesh</groupId>
 		<artifactId>mesh-services</artifactId>
-		<version>1.6.40-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6.40</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<properties>
diff --git a/services/local-storage/pom.xml b/services/local-storage/pom.xml
index 40640ac50d..8eb6805a5e 100644
--- a/services/local-storage/pom.xml
+++ b/services/local-storage/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.gentics.mesh</groupId>
 		<artifactId>mesh-services</artifactId>
-		<version>1.6.40-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6.40</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<properties>
diff --git a/services/metrics-prometheus/pom.xml b/services/metrics-prometheus/pom.xml
index e50b7d4fab..af3cdd855d 100644
--- a/services/metrics-prometheus/pom.xml
+++ b/services/metrics-prometheus/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.gentics.mesh</groupId>
 		<artifactId>mesh-services</artifactId>
-		<version>1.6.40-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6.40</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<properties>
diff --git a/services/pom.xml b/services/pom.xml
index ddfe90e549..fae8d6de9f 100644
--- a/services/pom.xml
+++ b/services/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.gentics.mesh</groupId>
 		<artifactId>mesh</artifactId>
-		<version>1.6.40-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6.40</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<properties>
diff --git a/test-common/pom.xml b/test-common/pom.xml
index 23ac804e73..597f41ca0d 100644
--- a/test-common/pom.xml
+++ b/test-common/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.gentics.mesh</groupId>
 		<artifactId>mesh</artifactId>
-		<version>1.6.40-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6.40</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<properties>
diff --git a/verticles/admin-gui/pom.xml b/verticles/admin-gui/pom.xml
index bf53a051cf..ec70257c8e 100644
--- a/verticles/admin-gui/pom.xml
+++ b/verticles/admin-gui/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.gentics.mesh</groupId>
 		<artifactId>mesh-verticles</artifactId>
-		<version>1.6.40-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6.40</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<properties>
diff --git a/verticles/graphql/pom.xml b/verticles/graphql/pom.xml
index a19fdc1152..60565f3ed6 100644
--- a/verticles/graphql/pom.xml
+++ b/verticles/graphql/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.gentics.mesh</groupId>
 		<artifactId>mesh-verticles</artifactId>
-		<version>1.6.40-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6.40</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<properties>
diff --git a/verticles/pom.xml b/verticles/pom.xml
index 33027eb07e..61581d3ff5 100644
--- a/verticles/pom.xml
+++ b/verticles/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.gentics.mesh</groupId>
 		<artifactId>mesh</artifactId>
-		<version>1.6.40-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.6.40</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<properties>