diff --git a/integration/pom.xml b/integration/pom.xml
index 49e58069..8be591f6 100755
--- a/integration/pom.xml
+++ b/integration/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.7.9</version>
   </parent>
 
 
diff --git a/jcl-over-slf4j/pom.xml b/jcl-over-slf4j/pom.xml
index a2883371..fb15e80c 100755
--- a/jcl-over-slf4j/pom.xml
+++ b/jcl-over-slf4j/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.7.9</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/jul-to-slf4j/pom.xml b/jul-to-slf4j/pom.xml
index a50bc8a4..d932bcae 100755
--- a/jul-to-slf4j/pom.xml
+++ b/jul-to-slf4j/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.7.9</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>jul-to-slf4j</artifactId>
diff --git a/log4j-over-slf4j/pom.xml b/log4j-over-slf4j/pom.xml
index fe300c72..9fa7305e 100755
--- a/log4j-over-slf4j/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-over-slf4j/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.7.9</version>
   </parent>
 
 
diff --git a/osgi-over-slf4j/pom.xml b/osgi-over-slf4j/pom.xml
index 242d8a0c..23a3b336 100755
--- a/osgi-over-slf4j/pom.xml
+++ b/osgi-over-slf4j/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.7.9</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>osgi-over-slf4j</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 16ebb65a..75c042f8 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
   <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
   <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-  <version>1.7.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.7.9</version>
 
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>SLF4J</name>
diff --git a/slf4j-android/pom.xml b/slf4j-android/pom.xml
index 6ff1fad2..0058af5e 100644
--- a/slf4j-android/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-android/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
         <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>1.7.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.7.9</version>
     </parent>
 
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/slf4j-api/pom.xml b/slf4j-api/pom.xml
index 60846014..84d453d6 100755
--- a/slf4j-api/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-api/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.7.9</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
@@ -19,12 +19,6 @@
   <url>http://www.slf4j.org</url>
 
   <dependencies>
-  	<dependency>
-  		<groupId>com.google.code.findbugs</groupId>
-  		<artifactId>jsr305</artifactId>
-  		<version>2.0.1</version>
-  		<optional>true</optional>
-  	</dependency>
   </dependencies> 
 
   <build>
diff --git a/slf4j-api/src/main/java/org/slf4j/ILoggerFactory.java b/slf4j-api/src/main/java/org/slf4j/ILoggerFactory.java
index ee0e61cf..347cddf3 100644
--- a/slf4j-api/src/main/java/org/slf4j/ILoggerFactory.java
+++ b/slf4j-api/src/main/java/org/slf4j/ILoggerFactory.java
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@
  */
 package org.slf4j;
 
-import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
-
-
 /**
  * <code>ILoggerFactory</code> instances manufacture {@link Logger}
  * instances by name.
@@ -56,6 +53,5 @@ public interface ILoggerFactory {
    * @param name the name of the Logger to return
    * @return a Logger instance 
    */
-  @Nonnull
-  public Logger getLogger(@Nonnull String name);
+  public Logger getLogger(String name);
 }
diff --git a/slf4j-api/src/main/java/org/slf4j/LoggerFactory.java b/slf4j-api/src/main/java/org/slf4j/LoggerFactory.java
index 87efaa71..81450333 100755
--- a/slf4j-api/src/main/java/org/slf4j/LoggerFactory.java
+++ b/slf4j-api/src/main/java/org/slf4j/LoggerFactory.java
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@ import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
 
-import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
-
 import org.slf4j.helpers.NOPLoggerFactory;
 import org.slf4j.helpers.SubstituteLogger;
 import org.slf4j.helpers.SubstituteLoggerFactory;
@@ -282,8 +280,7 @@ public final class LoggerFactory {
    * @param name The name of the logger.
    * @return logger
    */
-  @Nonnull
-  public static Logger getLogger(@Nonnull String name) {
+  public static Logger getLogger(String name) {
     ILoggerFactory iLoggerFactory = getILoggerFactory();
     return iLoggerFactory.getLogger(name);
   }
@@ -304,8 +301,7 @@ public final class LoggerFactory {
    *
    * @see <a href="http://www.slf4j.org/codes.html#loggerNameMismatch">Detected logger name mismatch</a> 
    */
-  @Nonnull
-  public static Logger getLogger(@Nonnull Class<?> clazz) {
+  public static Logger getLogger(Class<?> clazz) {
     Logger logger = getLogger(clazz.getName());
     if (DETECT_LOGGER_NAME_MISMATCH) {
       Class<?> autoComputedCallingClass = Util.getCallingClass();
@@ -330,7 +326,6 @@ public final class LoggerFactory {
    *
    * @return the ILoggerFactory instance in use
    */
-  @Nonnull
   public static ILoggerFactory getILoggerFactory() {
     if (INITIALIZATION_STATE == UNINITIALIZED) {
       INITIALIZATION_STATE = ONGOING_INITIALIZATION;
diff --git a/slf4j-ext/pom.xml b/slf4j-ext/pom.xml
index 5386c375..50b67839 100755
--- a/slf4j-ext/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-ext/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.7.9</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>slf4j-ext</artifactId>
diff --git a/slf4j-jcl/pom.xml b/slf4j-jcl/pom.xml
index 2024b007..77ae8fb4 100755
--- a/slf4j-jcl/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-jcl/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.7.9</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>slf4j-jcl</artifactId>
diff --git a/slf4j-jdk14/pom.xml b/slf4j-jdk14/pom.xml
index 462b7b7b..d62fd171 100755
--- a/slf4j-jdk14/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-jdk14/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.7.9</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>slf4j-jdk14</artifactId>
diff --git a/slf4j-log4j12/pom.xml b/slf4j-log4j12/pom.xml
index 40ad1e16..6d2571d9 100755
--- a/slf4j-log4j12/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-log4j12/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.7.9</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
diff --git a/slf4j-migrator/pom.xml b/slf4j-migrator/pom.xml
index 3bc2e124..14c54e56 100755
--- a/slf4j-migrator/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-migrator/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.7.9</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>slf4j-migrator</artifactId>
diff --git a/slf4j-nop/pom.xml b/slf4j-nop/pom.xml
index 1e8f659f..492c7be9 100755
--- a/slf4j-nop/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-nop/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.7.9</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>slf4j-nop</artifactId>
diff --git a/slf4j-simple/pom.xml b/slf4j-simple/pom.xml
index ea3040c1..d8757c18 100755
--- a/slf4j-simple/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-simple/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.7.9</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
diff --git a/slf4j-site/pom.xml b/slf4j-site/pom.xml
index 15141afc..4c26a0d0 100755
--- a/slf4j-site/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-site/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.7.9</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>slf4j-site</artifactId>
diff --git a/slf4j-site/src/site/pages/news.html b/slf4j-site/src/site/pages/news.html
index f835c25b..cc686d8e 100755
--- a/slf4j-site/src/site/pages/news.html
+++ b/slf4j-site/src/site/pages/news.html
@@ -29,7 +29,18 @@
 
    <hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/>
 
-   <h3>14th of December, 2014 - Release of SLF4J 1.7.8 </h3>
+   <h3>16th of December, 2014 - Release of SLF4J 1.7.8</h3>
+
+   <p>The introduction of the @Nonnull JSR 305 annotation in SLF4J
+   version 1.7.8 causes the Scala compiler to fail. This is issue has
+   been documented in <a
+   href="https://issues.scala-lang.org/browse/SI-5420">SI-5420</a>. Given
+   that many Scala users will be affected by this issue for the
+   foreseeable future, we have decided to renounce the user of JSR 305
+   annotations in SLF4J for the time being.
+	 </p>
+
+   <h3>14th of December, 2014 - Release of SLF4J 1.7.8</h3>
 
    <p class="highlight"><a href="codes.html#loggerNameMismatch">Spot
    incorrectly named loggers</a> by setting the