diff --git a/itext/pom.xml b/itext/pom.xml
index 975024696d..d8fac2cef7 100644
--- a/itext/pom.xml
+++ b/itext/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>itextpdf</artifactId>
-  <version>5.5.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>5.5.9</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <name>iText</name>
diff --git a/itext/src/main/java/com/itextpdf/text/Version.java b/itext/src/main/java/com/itextpdf/text/Version.java
index f17aab9853..0bd3526769 100644
--- a/itext/src/main/java/com/itextpdf/text/Version.java
+++ b/itext/src/main/java/com/itextpdf/text/Version.java
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ public final class Version {
 	 * This String contains the version number of this iText release.
 	 * For debugging purposes, we request you NOT to change this constant.
 	 */
-	private String release = "5.5.9-SNAPSHOT";
+	private String release = "5.5.9";
 	/**
 	 * This String contains the iText version as shown in the producer line.
 	 * iText is a product developed by iText Group NV.
diff --git a/pdfa/pom.xml b/pdfa/pom.xml
index efe4ce7c6e..0df558f7cb 100644
--- a/pdfa/pom.xml
+++ b/pdfa/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>itext-pdfa</artifactId>
-  <version>5.5.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>5.5.9</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <name>iText PDF/A</name>
diff --git a/xmlworker/pom.xml b/xmlworker/pom.xml
index 154f5b1f07..261a59bde1 100644
--- a/xmlworker/pom.xml
+++ b/xmlworker/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
   <groupId>com.itextpdf.tool</groupId>
   <artifactId>xmlworker</artifactId>
-  <version>5.5.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>5.5.9</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <name>iText XML Worker</name>
diff --git a/xtra/pom.xml b/xtra/pom.xml
index fd6491d9d3..85358b0e11 100644
--- a/xtra/pom.xml
+++ b/xtra/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>itext-xtra</artifactId>
-  <version>5.5.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>5.5.9</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <name>iText Xtra</name>