diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1b06204..491d224 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Change Log
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file, from 0.2.0.
 
-## [0.2.7.rc1] - 2016-05-29
+## [0.2.7] - 2016-05-29
   - Backport retry exception logic from v5 branch
   - Backport improved timestamp compatibility from v5 branch
 
diff --git a/logstash-output-jdbc.gemspec b/logstash-output-jdbc.gemspec
index 8706f3d..900f9ce 100644
--- a/logstash-output-jdbc.gemspec
+++ b/logstash-output-jdbc.gemspec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name = 'logstash-output-jdbc'
-  s.version = "0.2.7.rc1"
+  s.version = "0.2.7"
   s.licenses = [ "Apache License (2.0)" ]
   s.summary = "This plugin allows you to output to SQL, via JDBC"
   s.description = "This gem is a logstash plugin required to be installed on top of the Logstash core pipeline using $LS_HOME/bin/plugin install gemname. This gem is not a stand-alone program"