diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ef390ab..a348519 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## [v2.9.0-SNAPSHOT] - 2023-02-13
+## [v2.9.0] - 2023-02-13
 
  - Feature #24456 social-networking rest api endpoints (comments, Likes, GetPost)
 
-## [v2.8.0-SNAPSHOT] - 2022-10-20
+## [v2.8.0] - 2022-10-20
 
 - Feature #23891 Refactored following updates social lib
 - Feature #23847 Social service: temporarily block of notifications for given username(s)
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 790753a..f0e0ef2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 	<groupId>org.gcube.portal</groupId>
 	<artifactId>social-networking-library-ws</artifactId>
 	<packaging>war</packaging>
-	<version>2.9.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>2.9.0</version>
 	<name>social-networking-library-ws</name>
 	<description>Rest interface for the social networking library.</description>
 	<properties>