diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 945f2178..13591380 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Metrics Aggregator Daemon</name>
   <description>Aggregates samples published by metrics client libraries and writes to destinations.</description>
-  <version>1.6.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.7.0</version>
 
   <licenses>
     <license>
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
     <connection>scm:git:git@github.com:ArpNetworking/metrics-aggregator-daemon.git</connection>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:ArpNetworking/metrics-aggregator-daemon.git</developerConnection>
     <url>https://github.com/arpnetworking/metrics-aggregator-daemon</url>
-    <tag>HEAD</tag>
+    <tag>metrics-aggregator-daemon-1.7.0</tag>
   </scm>
 
   <properties>