diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8d11476..fe984c8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -17,20 +17,17 @@
  ! specific language governing permissions and limitations
  ! under the License.
  !-->
-<project
-    xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>org.apache.asterix</groupId>
     <artifactId>asterix</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.7-incubating</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
     <parent>
       <groupId>org.apache</groupId>
       <artifactId>apache</artifactId>
-      <version>LATEST</version>
+      <version>17</version>
     </parent>
 
     <licenses>
@@ -179,7 +176,8 @@
         <developerConnection>scm:git:ssh://asterix-gerrit.ics.uci.edu:29418/asterixdb</developerConnection>
         <url>https://github.com/apache/incubator-asterixdb</url>
 
-    </scm>
+      <tag>asterix-0.8.7-incubating</tag>
+  </scm>
 
     <profiles>
         <profile>