diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index b745b2bbb..5f6634f30 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>zerocode-tdd-parent</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.jsmart</groupId>
-        <version>1.3.26-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.3.26</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>zerocode-tdd</artifactId>
diff --git a/http-testing/pom.xml b/http-testing/pom.xml
index 519de15d0..8e82269fa 100644
--- a/http-testing/pom.xml
+++ b/http-testing/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>zerocode-tdd-parent</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.jsmart</groupId>
-        <version>1.3.26-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.3.26</version>
     </parent>
 
     <groupId>org.jsmart</groupId>
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
     <properties>
         <java.version>1.8</java.version>
-        <micro-simulator.version>1.1.8</micro-simulator.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
@@ -33,11 +32,16 @@
            The below "micro-simulator" dependency is not needed for real live projects.
            This is used here just to mock/stub some end points for demo purpose only.
         -->
-        <dependency>
+        <!--<dependency>
             <groupId>org.jsmart</groupId>
             <artifactId>micro-simulator</artifactId>
             <version>${micro-simulator.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>-->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.jsmart</groupId>
+            <artifactId>micro-simulator</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/junit5-testing/pom.xml b/junit5-testing/pom.xml
index f76a786ca..323be3ef8 100644
--- a/junit5-testing/pom.xml
+++ b/junit5-testing/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>zerocode-tdd-parent</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.jsmart</groupId>
-        <version>1.3.26-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.3.26</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>zerocode-tdd-jupiter</artifactId>
diff --git a/kafka-testing/pom.xml b/kafka-testing/pom.xml
index 61cb33b6a..cf873cfba 100644
--- a/kafka-testing/pom.xml
+++ b/kafka-testing/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>zerocode-tdd-parent</artifactId>
 		<groupId>org.jsmart</groupId>
-		<version>1.3.26-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.3.26</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>kafka-testing</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b1fd2b9a5..9dc7fba06 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
     <artifactId>zerocode-tdd-parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.jsmart</groupId>
-    <version>1.3.26-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.3.26</version>
 
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <name>ZeroCode TDD Parent</name>
diff --git a/zerocode-maven-archetype/pom.xml b/zerocode-maven-archetype/pom.xml
index 69dfd3b4d..92de2c6e6 100644
--- a/zerocode-maven-archetype/pom.xml
+++ b/zerocode-maven-archetype/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jsmart</groupId>
         <artifactId>zerocode-tdd-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>1.3.26-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.3.26</version>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>zerocode-maven-archetype</artifactId>