diff --git a/mvn-phase-script.sh b/mvn-phase-script.sh
index c43ea09..855ae2c 100755
--- a/mvn-phase-script.sh
+++ b/mvn-phase-script.sh
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
 echo "HOME is                            [$HOME]"
 echo "PROJECT_ROOT is                    [$PROJECT_ROOT]"
 
-MVN_RELEASE_TAG="${MVN_RELEASE_TAG:-R8}"
+MVN_RELEASE_TAG="${MVN_RELEASE_TAG:-R9}"
 
 
 if ! wget -O ${PROJECT_ROOT}/mvn-phase-lib.sh \