diff --git a/components/bio-formats-plugins/pom.xml b/components/bio-formats-plugins/pom.xml
index db8e47910ca..4a8affd6319 100644
--- a/components/bio-formats-plugins/pom.xml
+++ b/components/bio-formats-plugins/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>ome</groupId>
     <artifactId>pom-bio-formats</artifactId>
-    <version>8.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>7.3.0</version>
     <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/components/bio-formats-tools/pom.xml b/components/bio-formats-tools/pom.xml
index 7bf17d46f04..f8f48bd3ba5 100644
--- a/components/bio-formats-tools/pom.xml
+++ b/components/bio-formats-tools/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>ome</groupId>
     <artifactId>pom-bio-formats</artifactId>
-    <version>8.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>7.3.0</version>
     <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/components/bundles/bioformats_package/pom.xml b/components/bundles/bioformats_package/pom.xml
index 74c06caa741..b1b2b61da6c 100644
--- a/components/bundles/bioformats_package/pom.xml
+++ b/components/bundles/bioformats_package/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>ome</groupId>
     <artifactId>pom-bio-formats</artifactId>
-    <version>8.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>7.3.0</version>
     <relativePath>../../../</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/components/forks/turbojpeg/pom.xml b/components/forks/turbojpeg/pom.xml
index c7806a96dfd..56920272452 100644
--- a/components/forks/turbojpeg/pom.xml
+++ b/components/forks/turbojpeg/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>ome</groupId>
     <artifactId>pom-bio-formats</artifactId>
-    <version>8.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>7.3.0</version>
     <relativePath>../../../</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/components/formats-api/pom.xml b/components/formats-api/pom.xml
index 760c677c14b..f6ab465b1a6 100644
--- a/components/formats-api/pom.xml
+++ b/components/formats-api/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>ome</groupId>
     <artifactId>pom-bio-formats</artifactId>
-    <version>8.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>7.3.0</version>
     <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/components/formats-bsd/pom.xml b/components/formats-bsd/pom.xml
index 44bc0a8ad27..334bfd5c36f 100644
--- a/components/formats-bsd/pom.xml
+++ b/components/formats-bsd/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>ome</groupId>
     <artifactId>pom-bio-formats</artifactId>
-    <version>8.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>7.3.0</version>
     <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/components/formats-gpl/pom.xml b/components/formats-gpl/pom.xml
index baa8401d9cb..cc8f276dd78 100644
--- a/components/formats-gpl/pom.xml
+++ b/components/formats-gpl/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>ome</groupId>
     <artifactId>pom-bio-formats</artifactId>
-    <version>8.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>7.3.0</version>
     <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/components/test-suite/pom.xml b/components/test-suite/pom.xml
index 2ad76017821..0cc0c32e01b 100644
--- a/components/test-suite/pom.xml
+++ b/components/test-suite/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>ome</groupId>
     <artifactId>pom-bio-formats</artifactId>
-    <version>8.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>7.3.0</version>
     <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 657633e77da..8db1792e238 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
   <groupId>ome</groupId>
   <artifactId>pom-bio-formats</artifactId>
-  <version>8.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>7.3.0</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <name>Bio-Formats projects</name>
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
          When possible, we advise using the relevant groupId and version
          properties for your dependencies rather than hardcoding them. -->
 
-    <release.version>8.0.0-SNAPSHOT</release.version>
+    <release.version>7.3.0</release.version>
     <date>${maven.build.timestamp}</date>
     <year>2017</year>
     <project.rootdir>${basedir}</project.rootdir>