diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 74f8fd77..17b77dcd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
     <artifactId>slack</artifactId>
     <packaging>hpi</packaging>
-    <version>${revision}${changelist}</version>
+    <version>2.44</version>
     <name>Slack Notification Plugin</name>
     <description>A Build status publisher that notifies channels on a Slack team</description>
     <url>https://github.com/jenkinsci/slack-plugin</url>
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
         <connection>scm:git:ssh://git@github.com/jenkinsci/slack-plugin.git</connection>
         <developerConnection>scm:git:ssh://git@github.com/jenkinsci/slack-plugin.git</developerConnection>
         <url>https://github.com/jenkinsci/slack-plugin</url>
-        <tag>${scmTag}</tag>
+        <tag>slack-2.44</tag>
     </scm>
 
     <distributionManagement>