diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8cb545b..3a4f8e9 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>gov.nasa.podaac</groupId>
   <artifactId>cumulus-metadata-aggregator</artifactId>
-  <version>8.6.0-alpha.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>8.6.0-rc.7</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <name>Metadata-Aggregator</name>