diff --git a/dspace-api/pom.xml b/dspace-api/pom.xml
index 6d2ecdf53e..5cb3d885fe 100644
--- a/dspace-api/pom.xml
+++ b/dspace-api/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
         <artifactId>dspace-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0-rc2</version>
         <relativePath>..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/dspace-jspui/pom.xml b/dspace-jspui/pom.xml
index 3b52ca623a..5181df2e3f 100644
--- a/dspace-jspui/pom.xml
+++ b/dspace-jspui/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
    <parent>
       <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
       <artifactId>dspace-parent</artifactId>
-      <version>3.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.0-rc2</version>
       <relativePath>..</relativePath>
    </parent>
 
diff --git a/dspace-lni/pom.xml b/dspace-lni/pom.xml
index f029cc96d2..95965d6bf9 100644
--- a/dspace-lni/pom.xml
+++ b/dspace-lni/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
    <parent>
       <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
       <artifactId>dspace-parent</artifactId>
-      <version>3.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.0-rc2</version>
       <relativePath>..</relativePath>
    </parent>
 
diff --git a/dspace-oai/pom.xml b/dspace-oai/pom.xml
index 606d66039f..be7a7fa588 100644
--- a/dspace-oai/pom.xml
+++ b/dspace-oai/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>dspace-parent</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
-        <version>3.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0-rc2</version>
         <relativePath>..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/dspace-services/pom.xml b/dspace-services/pom.xml
index c2e8271c51..01f1940c6c 100644
--- a/dspace-services/pom.xml
+++ b/dspace-services/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
         <artifactId>dspace-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0-rc2</version>
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/dspace-sword/pom.xml b/dspace-sword/pom.xml
index 1428afc47c..c19c94a70b 100644
--- a/dspace-sword/pom.xml
+++ b/dspace-sword/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
    <parent>
       <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
       <artifactId>dspace-parent</artifactId>
-      <version>3.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.0-rc2</version>
       <relativePath>..</relativePath>
    </parent>
 
diff --git a/dspace-swordv2/pom.xml b/dspace-swordv2/pom.xml
index 781ad114dc..05bac48489 100644
--- a/dspace-swordv2/pom.xml
+++ b/dspace-swordv2/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
         <artifactId>dspace-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0-rc2</version>
         <relativePath>..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/dspace-xmlui/pom.xml b/dspace-xmlui/pom.xml
index 71bb80a258..0b8587d1b3 100644
--- a/dspace-xmlui/pom.xml
+++ b/dspace-xmlui/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
    <parent>
       <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
       <artifactId>dspace-parent</artifactId>
-      <version>3.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.0-rc2</version>
       <relativePath>..</relativePath>
    </parent>
 
diff --git a/dspace/modules/additions/pom.xml b/dspace/modules/additions/pom.xml
index 8d6beea9f4..241e61efd9 100644
--- a/dspace/modules/additions/pom.xml
+++ b/dspace/modules/additions/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
    <parent>
       <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
       <artifactId>modules</artifactId>
-      <version>3.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.0-rc2</version>
       <relativePath>..</relativePath>
    </parent>
 
diff --git a/dspace/modules/jspui/pom.xml b/dspace/modules/jspui/pom.xml
index cc44ab9761..ebd8c9d57e 100644
--- a/dspace/modules/jspui/pom.xml
+++ b/dspace/modules/jspui/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
         <artifactId>modules</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0-rc2</version>
         <relativePath>..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/dspace/modules/lni/pom.xml b/dspace/modules/lni/pom.xml
index ad05e9e2e9..1c0db1e185 100644
--- a/dspace/modules/lni/pom.xml
+++ b/dspace/modules/lni/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
    <parent>
       <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
       <artifactId>modules</artifactId>
-      <version>3.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.0-rc2</version>
       <relativePath>..</relativePath>
    </parent>
 
diff --git a/dspace/modules/oai/pom.xml b/dspace/modules/oai/pom.xml
index 10df39b4dc..691f235e40 100644
--- a/dspace/modules/oai/pom.xml
+++ b/dspace/modules/oai/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>modules</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
-        <version>3.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0-rc2</version>
         <relativePath>..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/dspace/modules/pom.xml b/dspace/modules/pom.xml
index 5940c1ff8b..d81ed06b52 100644
--- a/dspace/modules/pom.xml
+++ b/dspace/modules/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
 		<artifactId>dspace-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>3.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>3.0-rc2</version>
 		<relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/dspace/modules/solr/pom.xml b/dspace/modules/solr/pom.xml
index ceac391417..9b1ab20004 100644
--- a/dspace/modules/solr/pom.xml
+++ b/dspace/modules/solr/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
    <groupId>org.dspace.modules</groupId>
    <artifactId>solr</artifactId>
-   <version>3.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+   <version>3.0-rc2</version>
    <packaging>war</packaging>
    <name>DSpace SOLR :: Local Customizations</name>
    <description>
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
    <parent>
       <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
       <artifactId>modules</artifactId>
-      <version>3.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.0-rc2</version>
       <relativePath>..</relativePath>
    </parent>
 
diff --git a/dspace/modules/sword/pom.xml b/dspace/modules/sword/pom.xml
index 856dcafe45..75760d755c 100644
--- a/dspace/modules/sword/pom.xml
+++ b/dspace/modules/sword/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
    <parent>
       <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
       <artifactId>modules</artifactId>
-      <version>3.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.0-rc2</version>
       <relativePath>..</relativePath>
    </parent>
 
diff --git a/dspace/modules/swordv2/pom.xml b/dspace/modules/swordv2/pom.xml
index 3e554de0af..b98b367288 100644
--- a/dspace/modules/swordv2/pom.xml
+++ b/dspace/modules/swordv2/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
    <parent>
       <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
       <artifactId>modules</artifactId>
-      <version>3.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.0-rc2</version>
       <relativePath>..</relativePath>
    </parent>
 
diff --git a/dspace/modules/xmlui/pom.xml b/dspace/modules/xmlui/pom.xml
index 6db6739ccf..4cdc3c15fa 100644
--- a/dspace/modules/xmlui/pom.xml
+++ b/dspace/modules/xmlui/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
    <parent>
       <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
       <artifactId>modules</artifactId>
-      <version>3.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.0-rc2</version>
       <relativePath>..</relativePath>
    </parent>
 
diff --git a/dspace/pom.xml b/dspace/pom.xml
index a491ac76d4..d3e61c87db 100644
--- a/dspace/pom.xml
+++ b/dspace/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
         <artifactId>dspace-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0-rc2</version>
         <relativePath>..</relativePath>
     </parent>
     
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 30235a3a21..5b6213b72f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
    <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
    <artifactId>dspace-parent</artifactId>
    <packaging>pom</packaging>
-   <version>3.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+   <version>3.0-rc2</version>
    <name>DSpace Parent Project</name>
    <url>https://github.com/dspace/DSpace</url>
 
@@ -405,71 +405,71 @@
          <dependency>
             <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
             <artifactId>dspace-api</artifactId>
-            <version>3.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>3.0-rc2</version>
          </dependency>
          <dependency>
             <groupId>org.dspace.modules</groupId>
             <artifactId>additions</artifactId>
-            <version>3.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>3.0-rc2</version>
          </dependency>
 
           <dependency>
               <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
               <artifactId>dspace-sword</artifactId>
-              <version>3.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+              <version>3.0-rc2</version>
               <type>jar</type>
               <classifier>classes</classifier>
           </dependency>
           <dependency>
               <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
               <artifactId>dspace-sword</artifactId>
-              <version>3.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+              <version>3.0-rc2</version>
               <type>war</type>
           </dependency>
           <dependency>
               <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
               <artifactId>dspace-swordv2</artifactId>
-              <version>3.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+              <version>3.0-rc2</version>
               <type>jar</type>
               <classifier>classes</classifier>
           </dependency>
           <dependency>
               <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
               <artifactId>dspace-swordv2</artifactId>
-              <version>3.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+              <version>3.0-rc2</version>
               <type>war</type>
           </dependency>
 
          <dependency>
             <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
             <artifactId>dspace-jspui</artifactId>
-            <version>3.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>3.0-rc2</version>
              <type>jar</type>
              <classifier>classes</classifier>
          </dependency>
          <dependency>
             <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
             <artifactId>dspace-jspui</artifactId>
-            <version>3.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>3.0-rc2</version>
             <type>war</type>
          </dependency>
          <dependency>
             <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
             <artifactId>dspace-oai</artifactId>
-            <version>3.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>3.0-rc2</version>
              <type>jar</type>
              <classifier>classes</classifier>
          </dependency>
          <dependency>
             <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
             <artifactId>dspace-oai</artifactId>
-            <version>3.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>3.0-rc2</version>
             <type>war</type>
          </dependency>
          <dependency>
             <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
             <artifactId>dspace-lni</artifactId>
-            <version>3.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>3.0-rc2</version>
              <type>jar</type>
              <classifier>classes</classifier>
          </dependency>
@@ -481,26 +481,26 @@
          <dependency>
             <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
             <artifactId>dspace-lni</artifactId>
-            <version>3.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>3.0-rc2</version>
             <type>war</type>
          </dependency>
          <dependency>
             <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
             <artifactId>dspace-xmlui</artifactId>
-            <version>3.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>3.0-rc2</version>
              <type>jar</type>
              <classifier>classes</classifier>
          </dependency>
          <dependency>
             <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
             <artifactId>dspace-xmlui</artifactId>
-            <version>3.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>3.0-rc2</version>
             <type>war</type>
          </dependency>
          <dependency>
             <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
             <artifactId>dspace-services</artifactId>
-            <version>3.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>3.0-rc2</version>
          </dependency>
          <!-- DSpace Localization Packages -->
          <dependency>
@@ -1140,7 +1140,8 @@
       <connection>scm:git:git@github.com:DSpace/DSpace.git</connection>
       <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:DSpace/DSpace.git</developerConnection>
       <url>git@github.com:DSpace/DSpace.git</url>
-   </scm>
+     <tag>dspace-3.0-rc2</tag>
+  </scm>
 
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