diff --git a/java/api-test/api-usage-example/pom.xml b/java/api-test/api-usage-example/pom.xml
index 6343a68564d3..941c58a83076 100644
--- a/java/api-test/api-usage-example/pom.xml
+++ b/java/api-test/api-usage-example/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel.test</groupId>
         <artifactId>api-test</artifactId>
-        <version>0.2.9-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.2.9-alpha</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/java/api-test/integration-tests/pom.xml b/java/api-test/integration-tests/pom.xml
index d703fd825d6e..527b5fd50647 100644
--- a/java/api-test/integration-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/java/api-test/integration-tests/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel.test</groupId>
         <artifactId>api-test</artifactId>
-        <version>0.2.9-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.2.9-alpha</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/java/api-test/pom.xml b/java/api-test/pom.xml
index 745389093c22..c4b09990e7d8 100644
--- a/java/api-test/pom.xml
+++ b/java/api-test/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
         <artifactId>semantickernel-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.2.9-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.2.9-alpha</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/java/connectors/semantickernel-connectors-ai-openai/pom.xml b/java/connectors/semantickernel-connectors-ai-openai/pom.xml
index dc5d7d48f6bc..7cdea7723c77 100644
--- a/java/connectors/semantickernel-connectors-ai-openai/pom.xml
+++ b/java/connectors/semantickernel-connectors-ai-openai/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
         <artifactId>semantickernel-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.2.9-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.2.9-alpha</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/java/connectors/semantickernel-connectors-memory-azurecognitivesearch/pom.xml b/java/connectors/semantickernel-connectors-memory-azurecognitivesearch/pom.xml
index 6f40b4f2b972..18bebbdcd148 100644
--- a/java/connectors/semantickernel-connectors-memory-azurecognitivesearch/pom.xml
+++ b/java/connectors/semantickernel-connectors-memory-azurecognitivesearch/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
         <artifactId>semantickernel-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.2.9-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.2.9-alpha</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/java/connectors/semantickernel-connectors-memory-jdbc/pom.xml b/java/connectors/semantickernel-connectors-memory-jdbc/pom.xml
index bc9c654382e1..aa4737a1396c 100644
--- a/java/connectors/semantickernel-connectors-memory-jdbc/pom.xml
+++ b/java/connectors/semantickernel-connectors-memory-jdbc/pom.xml
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<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/xsd/maven-4.0.0.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/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
         <artifactId>semantickernel-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.2.9-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.2.9-alpha</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/java/connectors/semantickernel-connectors-memory-postgresql/pom.xml b/java/connectors/semantickernel-connectors-memory-postgresql/pom.xml
index 9f978c93d5a2..de71a6e59caf 100644
--- a/java/connectors/semantickernel-connectors-memory-postgresql/pom.xml
+++ b/java/connectors/semantickernel-connectors-memory-postgresql/pom.xml
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<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/xsd/maven-4.0.0.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/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
         <artifactId>semantickernel-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.2.9-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.2.9-alpha</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/java/connectors/semantickernel-connectors-memory-sqlite/pom.xml b/java/connectors/semantickernel-connectors-memory-sqlite/pom.xml
index d0ef5c174114..036371028a3e 100644
--- a/java/connectors/semantickernel-connectors-memory-sqlite/pom.xml
+++ b/java/connectors/semantickernel-connectors-memory-sqlite/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
         <artifactId>semantickernel-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.2.9-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.2.9-alpha</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/java/extensions/semantickernel-gpt3-tokenizer/pom.xml b/java/extensions/semantickernel-gpt3-tokenizer/pom.xml
index 68725046d500..80f2363b8570 100644
--- a/java/extensions/semantickernel-gpt3-tokenizer/pom.xml
+++ b/java/extensions/semantickernel-gpt3-tokenizer/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
         <artifactId>semantickernel-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.2.9-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.2.9-alpha</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/java/extensions/semantickernel-planners/pom.xml b/java/extensions/semantickernel-planners/pom.xml
index 7c0cd6a4f998..0a7ec4a29330 100644
--- a/java/extensions/semantickernel-planners/pom.xml
+++ b/java/extensions/semantickernel-planners/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
         <artifactId>semantickernel-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.2.9-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.2.9-alpha</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/java/plugins/semantickernel-plugin-core/pom.xml b/java/plugins/semantickernel-plugin-core/pom.xml
index 33f84eba78f0..797e8455af88 100644
--- a/java/plugins/semantickernel-plugin-core/pom.xml
+++ b/java/plugins/semantickernel-plugin-core/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
         <artifactId>semantickernel-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.2.9-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.2.9-alpha</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/java/pom.xml b/java/pom.xml
index 044bf9ad35ed..e200456c1e20 100644
--- a/java/pom.xml
+++ b/java/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
     <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
     <artifactId>semantickernel-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.9-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.9-alpha</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <url>https://www.github.com/microsoft/semantic-kernel</url>
     <name>Semantic Kernel Parent</name>
@@ -806,6 +806,6 @@
         <url>https://github.com/microsoft/semantic-kernel</url>
         <connection>scm:git:https://github.com/microsoft/semantic-kernel.git</connection>
         <developerConnection>scm:git:https://github.com/microsoft/semantic-kernel.git</developerConnection>
-        <tag>java-0.2.8-alpha</tag>
+        <tag>java-0.2.9-alpha</tag>
     </scm>
 </project>
diff --git a/java/samples/pom.xml b/java/samples/pom.xml
index 5b731668ae9b..d36b585769a8 100644
--- a/java/samples/pom.xml
+++ b/java/samples/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
     <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
     <artifactId>samples</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.9-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.9-alpha</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <name>Semantic Kernel Samples Parent</name>
     <description>Parent pom for sample code for using the Semantic Kernel project</description>
diff --git a/java/samples/sample-code/pom.xml b/java/samples/sample-code/pom.xml
index a1c4ce4fd538..8c7383885e85 100644
--- a/java/samples/sample-code/pom.xml
+++ b/java/samples/sample-code/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
         <artifactId>samples</artifactId>
-        <version>0.2.9-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.2.9-alpha</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/java/samples/semantickernel-samples-guice/pom.xml b/java/samples/semantickernel-samples-guice/pom.xml
index 046ee62477b1..4b32880322df 100644
--- a/java/samples/semantickernel-samples-guice/pom.xml
+++ b/java/samples/semantickernel-samples-guice/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
         <artifactId>samples</artifactId>
-        <version>0.2.9-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.2.9-alpha</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/java/semantickernel-api/pom.xml b/java/semantickernel-api/pom.xml
index ff6363e405fd..50c83d7a6143 100644
--- a/java/semantickernel-api/pom.xml
+++ b/java/semantickernel-api/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
         <artifactId>semantickernel-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.2.9-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.2.9-alpha</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/java/semantickernel-bom/pom.xml b/java/semantickernel-bom/pom.xml
index c36d3d651c5a..c4c2c4ce9cb1 100644
--- a/java/semantickernel-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/java/semantickernel-bom/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
     <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
     <artifactId>semantickernel-bom</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.9-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.9-alpha</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
     <name>Semantic Kernel Java BOM</name>
@@ -198,6 +198,6 @@
         <url>https://github.com/microsoft/semantic-kernel</url>
         <connection>scm:git:https://github.com/microsoft/semantic-kernel.git</connection>
         <developerConnection>scm:git:https://github.com/microsoft/semantic-kernel.git</developerConnection>
-        <tag>java-0.2.8-alpha</tag>
+        <tag>java-0.2.9-alpha</tag>
     </scm>
 </project>
diff --git a/java/semantickernel-core/pom.xml b/java/semantickernel-core/pom.xml
index 78ae1fa2b1b2..df6e194ad8d7 100644
--- a/java/semantickernel-core/pom.xml
+++ b/java/semantickernel-core/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
         <artifactId>semantickernel-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.2.9-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.2.9-alpha</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>