diff --git a/integration/pom.xml b/integration/pom.xml
index 81679ca0f..ee3ec9227 100755
--- a/integration/pom.xml
+++ b/integration/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.0.15-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.0.15</version>
     <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/jcl-over-slf4j/pom.xml b/jcl-over-slf4j/pom.xml
index 87f493495..8b3c57db6 100755
--- a/jcl-over-slf4j/pom.xml
+++ b/jcl-over-slf4j/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.0.15-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.0.15</version>
     <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/jul-to-slf4j/pom.xml b/jul-to-slf4j/pom.xml
index 2a01564c2..5075bb7be 100755
--- a/jul-to-slf4j/pom.xml
+++ b/jul-to-slf4j/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.0.15-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.0.15</version>
     <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/log4j-over-slf4j/pom.xml b/log4j-over-slf4j/pom.xml
index 5a282e7f7..43c669cd9 100755
--- a/log4j-over-slf4j/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-over-slf4j/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.0.15-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.0.15</version>
     <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/osgi-over-slf4j/pom.xml b/osgi-over-slf4j/pom.xml
index 994776f81..3d150a270 100755
--- a/osgi-over-slf4j/pom.xml
+++ b/osgi-over-slf4j/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.0.15-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.0.15</version>
     <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/parent/pom.xml b/parent/pom.xml
index 9bdda262f..1448665f3 100644
--- a/parent/pom.xml
+++ b/parent/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-bom</artifactId>
-    <version>2.0.15-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.0.15</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
   <properties>
     <!-- yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z' -->
-    <project.build.outputTimestamp>2024-08-07T15:31:02Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
+    <project.build.outputTimestamp>2024-08-08T12:55:00Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
     <latest.1.version>1.7.36</latest.1.version>
     <!-- java.util.ServiceLoader requires Java 6 -->
     <jdk.version>8</jdk.version>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 115353279..f9d971e81 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
   <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
   <artifactId>slf4j-bom</artifactId>
-  <version>2.0.15-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>2.0.15</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <url>http://www.slf4j.org</url>
diff --git a/release.sh b/release.sh
index 30daedec7..9571cb567 100755
--- a/release.sh
+++ b/release.sh
@@ -46,8 +46,9 @@ echoRunAndCheck "$MVN install"
 
 if [ ! -z "$PASS"  ]
 then
-  export GPG_TTY=$(tty)    
-  echoRunAndCheck "$MVN deploy -P javadocjar,sign-artifacts"
+    # WARNING deploying without cleaning may leave stale MANIFEST files    
+    export GPG_TTY=$(tty)
+    echoRunAndCheck "$MVN deploy -P javadocjar,sign-artifacts"
 fi
 
 
diff --git a/slf4j-api/pom.xml b/slf4j-api/pom.xml
index f8110c165..0752a2e3b 100755
--- a/slf4j-api/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-api/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.0.15-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.0.15</version>
     <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/slf4j-ext/pom.xml b/slf4j-ext/pom.xml
index 621c01767..b5aa02d52 100755
--- a/slf4j-ext/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-ext/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.0.15-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.0.15</version>
     <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/slf4j-jdk-platform-logging/pom.xml b/slf4j-jdk-platform-logging/pom.xml
index e8d003399..21b774fce 100644
--- a/slf4j-jdk-platform-logging/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-jdk-platform-logging/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-    <version>2.0.15-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.0.15</version>
     <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/slf4j-jdk14/pom.xml b/slf4j-jdk14/pom.xml
index c6bb16d61..d52f754e1 100755
--- a/slf4j-jdk14/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-jdk14/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.0.15-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.0.15</version>
     <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/slf4j-log4j12/pom.xml b/slf4j-log4j12/pom.xml
index 39ecdb6e4..c6da9adcf 100755
--- a/slf4j-log4j12/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-log4j12/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.0.15-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.0.15</version>
     <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <relocation>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-reload4j</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0.14</version>      
+      <version>2.0.15</version>      
     </relocation>
   </distributionManagement>
 
diff --git a/slf4j-migrator/pom.xml b/slf4j-migrator/pom.xml
index a99b7d179..b9142919c 100755
--- a/slf4j-migrator/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-migrator/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.0.15-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.0.15</version>
     <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/slf4j-nop/pom.xml b/slf4j-nop/pom.xml
index becd9f94c..78441960d 100755
--- a/slf4j-nop/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-nop/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.0.15-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.0.15</version>
     <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/slf4j-reload4j/pom.xml b/slf4j-reload4j/pom.xml
index 7cfb59abb..da98c8ca1 100644
--- a/slf4j-reload4j/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-reload4j/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.0.15-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.0.15</version>
     <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/slf4j-simple/pom.xml b/slf4j-simple/pom.xml
index f1c33d4e3..cf4e8fb29 100755
--- a/slf4j-simple/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-simple/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.0.15-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.0.15</version>
     <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>