diff --git a/all/pom.xml b/all/pom.xml
index 77232f5b91..0d41e0392a 100644
--- a/all/pom.xml
+++ b/all/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
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     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
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   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-all</artifactId>
diff --git a/bom/pom.xml b/bom/pom.xml
index 774f890b15..d9f209e755 100644
--- a/bom/pom.xml
+++ b/bom/pom.xml
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   <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
   <artifactId>netty-bom</artifactId>
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   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <name>Netty/BOM</name>
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     <url>https://github.com/netty/netty</url>
     <connection>scm:git:git://github.com/netty/netty.git</connection>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:ssh://git@github.com/netty/netty.git</developerConnection>
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   <developers>
@@ -69,188 +69,188 @@
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         <artifactId>netty-buffer</artifactId>
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       <dependency>
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         <artifactId>netty-codec</artifactId>
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       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
         <artifactId>netty-codec-dns</artifactId>
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       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
         <artifactId>netty-codec-haproxy</artifactId>
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       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
         <artifactId>netty-codec-http</artifactId>
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       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
         <artifactId>netty-codec-http2</artifactId>
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       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
         <artifactId>netty-codec-memcache</artifactId>
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       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
         <artifactId>netty-codec-mqtt</artifactId>
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       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
         <artifactId>netty-codec-redis</artifactId>
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       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
         <artifactId>netty-codec-smtp</artifactId>
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       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
         <artifactId>netty-codec-socks</artifactId>
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       <dependency>
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         <artifactId>netty-codec-stomp</artifactId>
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       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
         <artifactId>netty-codec-xml</artifactId>
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       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
         <artifactId>netty-common</artifactId>
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       <dependency>
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         <artifactId>netty-dev-tools</artifactId>
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       <dependency>
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         <artifactId>netty-handler</artifactId>
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       <dependency>
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         <artifactId>netty-handler-proxy</artifactId>
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       <dependency>
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         <artifactId>netty-resolver</artifactId>
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       <dependency>
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         <artifactId>netty-resolver-dns</artifactId>
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       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
         <artifactId>netty-transport</artifactId>
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       <dependency>
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         <artifactId>netty-transport-rxtx</artifactId>
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       <dependency>
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         <artifactId>netty-transport-sctp</artifactId>
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       <dependency>
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         <artifactId>netty-transport-udt</artifactId>
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       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
         <artifactId>netty-example</artifactId>
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       <dependency>
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         <artifactId>netty-all</artifactId>
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+        <version>4.1.53.Final</version>
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       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
         <artifactId>netty-resolver-dns-native-macos</artifactId>
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       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
         <artifactId>netty-resolver-dns-native-macos</artifactId>
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+        <version>4.1.53.Final</version>
         <classifier>osx-x86_64</classifier>
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       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
         <artifactId>netty-transport-native-unix-common</artifactId>
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       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
         <artifactId>netty-transport-native-unix-common</artifactId>
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+        <version>4.1.53.Final</version>
         <classifier>linux-aarch64</classifier>
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       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
         <artifactId>netty-transport-native-unix-common</artifactId>
-        <version>4.1.53.Final-SNAPSHOT</version>
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         <classifier>linux-x86_64</classifier>
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       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
         <artifactId>netty-transport-native-unix-common</artifactId>
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         <classifier>osx-x86_64</classifier>
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       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
         <artifactId>netty-transport-native-epoll</artifactId>
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+        <version>4.1.53.Final</version>
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       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
         <artifactId>netty-transport-native-epoll</artifactId>
-        <version>4.1.53.Final-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.1.53.Final</version>
         <classifier>linux-aarch64</classifier>
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       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
         <artifactId>netty-transport-native-epoll</artifactId>
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+        <version>4.1.53.Final</version>
         <classifier>linux-x86_64</classifier>
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       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
         <artifactId>netty-transport-native-kqueue</artifactId>
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+        <version>4.1.53.Final</version>
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       <dependency>
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         <artifactId>netty-transport-native-kqueue</artifactId>
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+        <version>4.1.53.Final</version>
         <classifier>osx-x86_64</classifier>
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diff --git a/buffer/pom.xml b/buffer/pom.xml
index 4e975f9949..fc8386bdf3 100644
--- a/buffer/pom.xml
+++ b/buffer/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
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+    <version>4.1.53.Final</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-buffer</artifactId>
diff --git a/codec-dns/pom.xml b/codec-dns/pom.xml
index 703b035a1f..5356df0464 100644
--- a/codec-dns/pom.xml
+++ b/codec-dns/pom.xml
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   <artifactId>netty-codec-dns</artifactId>
diff --git a/codec-haproxy/pom.xml b/codec-haproxy/pom.xml
index c9abddf587..31e5c3c442 100644
--- a/codec-haproxy/pom.xml
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   <artifactId>netty-codec-haproxy</artifactId>
diff --git a/codec-http/pom.xml b/codec-http/pom.xml
index d0c57f25c5..86e0b9d735 100644
--- a/codec-http/pom.xml
+++ b/codec-http/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
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   <artifactId>netty-codec-http</artifactId>
diff --git a/codec-http2/pom.xml b/codec-http2/pom.xml
index 5504c3e6ac..1bc1d06dc6 100644
--- a/codec-http2/pom.xml
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   <artifactId>netty-codec-http2</artifactId>
diff --git a/codec-memcache/pom.xml b/codec-memcache/pom.xml
index 54b8719b9f..c0bf7d0a1e 100644
--- a/codec-memcache/pom.xml
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@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
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   <artifactId>netty-codec-memcache</artifactId>
diff --git a/codec-mqtt/pom.xml b/codec-mqtt/pom.xml
index a233c090a0..d346ff9d49 100644
--- a/codec-mqtt/pom.xml
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@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
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   <artifactId>netty-codec-mqtt</artifactId>
diff --git a/codec-redis/pom.xml b/codec-redis/pom.xml
index 4af630f7da..3903f4b9d7 100644
--- a/codec-redis/pom.xml
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@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
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   <artifactId>netty-codec-redis</artifactId>
diff --git a/codec-smtp/pom.xml b/codec-smtp/pom.xml
index 82e011509e..6ce7b9f349 100644
--- a/codec-smtp/pom.xml
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@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
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   <artifactId>netty-codec-smtp</artifactId>
diff --git a/codec-socks/pom.xml b/codec-socks/pom.xml
index e76b9c7201..4e391355d6 100644
--- a/codec-socks/pom.xml
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@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
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   <artifactId>netty-codec-socks</artifactId>
diff --git a/codec-stomp/pom.xml b/codec-stomp/pom.xml
index 9cf7e2b20e..e861ea81be 100644
--- a/codec-stomp/pom.xml
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@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
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   <artifactId>netty-codec-stomp</artifactId>
diff --git a/codec-xml/pom.xml b/codec-xml/pom.xml
index 5120db3aff..ba8e36137d 100644
--- a/codec-xml/pom.xml
+++ b/codec-xml/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
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   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-codec-xml</artifactId>
diff --git a/codec/pom.xml b/codec/pom.xml
index 12feb5ac12..2acc169a5c 100644
--- a/codec/pom.xml
+++ b/codec/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
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   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-codec</artifactId>
diff --git a/common/pom.xml b/common/pom.xml
index 65443eaf47..63f5c51a94 100644
--- a/common/pom.xml
+++ b/common/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-common</artifactId>
diff --git a/dev-tools/pom.xml b/dev-tools/pom.xml
index 2cb4a949b9..46c90625d7 100644
--- a/dev-tools/pom.xml
+++ b/dev-tools/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
   <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
   <artifactId>netty-dev-tools</artifactId>
-  <version>4.1.53.Final-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>4.1.53.Final</version>
 
   <name>Netty/Dev-Tools</name>
 
@@ -50,4 +50,8 @@
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
+
+  <scm>
+    <tag>netty-4.1.53.Final</tag>
+  </scm>
 </project>
diff --git a/example/pom.xml b/example/pom.xml
index 7995568118..1a1539c95a 100644
--- a/example/pom.xml
+++ b/example/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-example</artifactId>
diff --git a/handler-proxy/pom.xml b/handler-proxy/pom.xml
index c8b80ecd09..845ebe752a 100644
--- a/handler-proxy/pom.xml
+++ b/handler-proxy/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
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     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
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+    <version>4.1.53.Final</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-handler-proxy</artifactId>
diff --git a/handler/pom.xml b/handler/pom.xml
index f404fc7174..580053e3c0 100644
--- a/handler/pom.xml
+++ b/handler/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
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     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
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+    <version>4.1.53.Final</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-handler</artifactId>
diff --git a/microbench/pom.xml b/microbench/pom.xml
index dbb7d340e7..21f1275f89 100644
--- a/microbench/pom.xml
+++ b/microbench/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
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+    <version>4.1.53.Final</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-microbench</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4baee25696..caf8ca8975 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
   <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>4.1.53.Final-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>4.1.53.Final</version>
 
   <name>Netty</name>
   <url>https://netty.io/</url>
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
     <url>https://github.com/netty/netty</url>
     <connection>scm:git:git://github.com/netty/netty.git</connection>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:ssh://git@github.com/netty/netty.git</developerConnection>
-    <tag>HEAD</tag>
+    <tag>netty-4.1.53.Final</tag>
   </scm>
 
   <developers>
diff --git a/resolver-dns-native-macos/pom.xml b/resolver-dns-native-macos/pom.xml
index dcae6d80b0..eba35e6a5f 100644
--- a/resolver-dns-native-macos/pom.xml
+++ b/resolver-dns-native-macos/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
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   </parent>
   <artifactId>netty-resolver-dns-native-macos</artifactId>
 
diff --git a/resolver-dns/pom.xml b/resolver-dns/pom.xml
index 09af1f6b64..57891a0b1d 100644
--- a/resolver-dns/pom.xml
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@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
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   <artifactId>netty-resolver-dns</artifactId>
diff --git a/resolver/pom.xml b/resolver/pom.xml
index 520ac383d2..4f2765bf6d 100644
--- a/resolver/pom.xml
+++ b/resolver/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
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   <artifactId>netty-resolver</artifactId>
diff --git a/tarball/pom.xml b/tarball/pom.xml
index c50f24abac..a93456d18b 100644
--- a/tarball/pom.xml
+++ b/tarball/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
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   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-tarball</artifactId>
diff --git a/testsuite-autobahn/pom.xml b/testsuite-autobahn/pom.xml
index 08fdf19a8c..0d2565cfbd 100644
--- a/testsuite-autobahn/pom.xml
+++ b/testsuite-autobahn/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
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