diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 3f99dca3a..09bc71e31 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
   <property name="name" value="ant"/>
   <!-- this is the groupId of ant in the Maven repository -->
   <property name="groupid" value="org/apache/ant"/>
-  <property name="project.version" value="1.9.0alpha"/>
+  <property name="project.version" value="1.9.0"/>
   <!-- pom.version is used when doing a distribution and must match with what is checked in under src/etc/poms -->
   <property name="pom.version" value="1.9.0-SNAPSHOT"/>
   <property name="manifest-version" value="1.9.0"/>