diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ca5113b..f0c3b10 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>ivy</artifactId>
-  <version>${revision}${changelist}</version>
+  <version>2.8</version>
   <packaging>hpi</packaging>
   <name>Ivy Plugin</name>
   <description>This plugin adds Ivy support to Jenkins</description>
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
   <scm>
     <connection>scm:git:https://github.com/${gitHubRepo}.git</connection>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:${gitHubRepo}.git</developerConnection>
-    <tag>${scmTag}</tag>
+    <tag>ivy-2.8</tag>
     <url>https://github.com/${gitHubRepo}</url>
   </scm>