diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9a65599..2d5e647 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <groupId>net.mguenther.kafka</groupId>
     <artifactId>kafka-junit</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
-    <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.6.0</version>
     <name>Kafka for JUnit</name>
     <description>
         Provides an embedded Kafka cluster consisting of Apache ZooKeeper, Apache Kafka Brokers and Kafka Connect