diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 853f837e95..46b1460188 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ You can include this library from Sonatype OSS for SNAPSHOTS, or Maven central f
 <dependency>
   <groupId>io.swagger</groupId>
   <artifactId>swagger-parser</artifactId>
-  <version>1.0.67</version>
+  <version>1.0.68</version>
 </dependency>
 
 ```
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ To add swagger parsing support for older versions of swagger, add the `compat` m
 <dependency>
   <groupId>io.swagger</groupId>
   <artifactId>swagger-compat-spec-parser</artifactId>
-  <version>1.0.67</version>
+  <version>1.0.68</version>
 </dependency>
 
 ```
diff --git a/modules/swagger-compat-spec-parser/pom.xml b/modules/swagger-compat-spec-parser/pom.xml
index c5f51e1c5b..b4546db7c0 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-compat-spec-parser/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/swagger-compat-spec-parser/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.swagger</groupId>
         <artifactId>swagger-parser-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0.68-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0.68</version>
         <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/modules/swagger-parser/pom.xml b/modules/swagger-parser/pom.xml
index 727529b53e..cba954090e 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-parser/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/swagger-parser/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.swagger</groupId>
         <artifactId>swagger-parser-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0.68-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0.68</version>
         <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 39c3923ede..c93a45bf06 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>io.swagger</groupId>
     <artifactId>swagger-parser-project</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0.68-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.0.68</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <name>swagger-parser-project</name>
     <developers>