diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9df5a8911..8c2e0a54d 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
     <groupId>com.coravy.hudson.plugins.github</groupId>
     <artifactId>github</artifactId>
-    <version>${revision}${changelist}</version>
+    <version>1.40.0</version>
     <packaging>hpi</packaging>
 
     <name>GitHub plugin</name>
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
         <connection>scm:git:https://github.com/${gitHubRepo}.git</connection>
         <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:${gitHubRepo}.git</developerConnection>
         <url>https://github.com/${gitHubRepo}</url>
-        <tag>${scmTag}</tag>
+        <tag>v1.40.0</tag>
     </scm>
     <issueManagement>
         <system>JIRA</system>