diff --git a/configmapcontroller/src/main/fabric8/deployment.yml b/configmapcontroller/src/main/fabric8/deployment.yml
index b74832cd..71fe21df 100644
--- a/configmapcontroller/src/main/fabric8/deployment.yml
+++ b/configmapcontroller/src/main/fabric8/deployment.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       containers:
       - name: configmapcontroller
-        image: fabric8/configmapcontroller:${project.version}
+        image: fabric8/configmapcontroller:${configmapcontroller.version}
         env:
         - name: "KUBERNETES_NAMESPACE"
           valueFrom:
diff --git a/exposecontroller/src/main/fabric8/deployment.yml b/exposecontroller/src/main/fabric8/deployment.yml
index 0a0d7024..e369014f 100644
--- a/exposecontroller/src/main/fabric8/deployment.yml
+++ b/exposecontroller/src/main/fabric8/deployment.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       containers:
       - name: exposecontroller
-        image: fabric8/exposecontroller:${project.version}
+        image: fabric8/exposecontroller:${exposecontroller.version}
         env:
         - name: "KUBERNETES_NAMESPACE"
           valueFrom:
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 439e480f..4395606d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -112,6 +112,9 @@
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <version.maven-bundle-plugin>2.3.7</version.maven-bundle-plugin>
     <version.compiler.plugin>2.3.1</version.compiler.plugin>
+
+    <configmapcontroller.version>2.3.1</configmapcontroller.version>
+    <exposecontroller.version>2.3.1</exposecontroller.version>
   </properties>
 
   <distributionManagement>
diff --git a/release.groovy b/release.groovy
index 27f29ae4..af2c73f7 100644
--- a/release.groovy
+++ b/release.groovy
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ def imagesBuiltByPipeline() {
 }
 
 def externalImages(){
-  return ['configmapcontroller','exposecontroller','nginx-controller','alpine-caddy','hubot-irc','eclipse-orion','nexus','gerrit','fabric8-kiwiirc','brackets','jenkins-jnlp-client','taiga-front','taiga-back','hubot-slack','lets-chat','jenkins-docker','maven-builder','gogs','grafana']
+  return ['nginx-controller','alpine-caddy','hubot-irc','eclipse-orion','nexus','gerrit','fabric8-kiwiirc','brackets','jenkins-jnlp-client','taiga-front','taiga-back','hubot-slack','lets-chat','jenkins-docker','maven-builder','gogs','grafana']
 }
 
 def repo(){