diff --git a/dspace-api/pom.xml b/dspace-api/pom.xml
index 5583d43083..e709a04edc 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-rc3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0-rc3</version>
         <relativePath>..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/dspace-jspui/pom.xml b/dspace-jspui/pom.xml
index a6efef4e95..a33b86df86 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-rc3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.0-rc3</version>
       <relativePath>..</relativePath>
    </parent>
 
diff --git a/dspace-lni/pom.xml b/dspace-lni/pom.xml
index 3592370629..98b3bf641d 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-rc3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.0-rc3</version>
       <relativePath>..</relativePath>
    </parent>
 
diff --git a/dspace-oai/pom.xml b/dspace-oai/pom.xml
index 909255bf75..2194a2f1ca 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-rc3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0-rc3</version>
         <relativePath>..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/dspace-services/pom.xml b/dspace-services/pom.xml
index bb549aa011..3a797317ab 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-rc3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0-rc3</version>
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/dspace-sword/pom.xml b/dspace-sword/pom.xml
index 74f73418b4..a7435c18d5 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-rc3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.0-rc3</version>
       <relativePath>..</relativePath>
    </parent>
 
diff --git a/dspace-swordv2/pom.xml b/dspace-swordv2/pom.xml
index 6360af4e9f..e4b5909ee9 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-rc3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0-rc3</version>
         <relativePath>..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/dspace-xmlui/pom.xml b/dspace-xmlui/pom.xml
index 92c02accc9..05157b4019 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-rc3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.0-rc3</version>
       <relativePath>..</relativePath>
    </parent>
 
diff --git a/dspace/modules/additions/pom.xml b/dspace/modules/additions/pom.xml
index f8526c34f2..3f8b819d2e 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-rc3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.0-rc3</version>
       <relativePath>..</relativePath>
    </parent>
 
diff --git a/dspace/modules/jspui/pom.xml b/dspace/modules/jspui/pom.xml
index 58c3f900f6..e568f1860b 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-rc3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0-rc3</version>
         <relativePath>..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/dspace/modules/lni/pom.xml b/dspace/modules/lni/pom.xml
index 711a79f38b..442ddff4df 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-rc3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.0-rc3</version>
       <relativePath>..</relativePath>
    </parent>
 
diff --git a/dspace/modules/oai/pom.xml b/dspace/modules/oai/pom.xml
index 77546df211..d11bdfc333 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-rc3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0-rc3</version>
         <relativePath>..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/dspace/modules/pom.xml b/dspace/modules/pom.xml
index a178d3eae2..6d9d3defd2 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-rc3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>3.0-rc3</version>
 		<relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/dspace/modules/solr/pom.xml b/dspace/modules/solr/pom.xml
index 18f0069dc0..6ae8c28203 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-rc3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+   <version>3.0-rc3</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-rc3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.0-rc3</version>
       <relativePath>..</relativePath>
    </parent>
 
diff --git a/dspace/modules/sword/pom.xml b/dspace/modules/sword/pom.xml
index 673f6fcb66..f569b7653a 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-rc3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.0-rc3</version>
       <relativePath>..</relativePath>
    </parent>
 
diff --git a/dspace/modules/swordv2/pom.xml b/dspace/modules/swordv2/pom.xml
index 3a361da380..cd32582a6d 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-rc3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.0-rc3</version>
       <relativePath>..</relativePath>
    </parent>
 
diff --git a/dspace/modules/xmlui/pom.xml b/dspace/modules/xmlui/pom.xml
index a868fa2bdf..8ea3fba1dc 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-rc3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.0-rc3</version>
       <relativePath>..</relativePath>
    </parent>
 
diff --git a/dspace/pom.xml b/dspace/pom.xml
index eeec5ca8aa..9a3c8181b0 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-rc3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0-rc3</version>
         <relativePath>..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 610b5b7d85..15b4dc88a3 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-rc3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+   <version>3.0-rc3</version>
    <name>DSpace Parent Project</name>
    <url>https://github.com/dspace/DSpace</url>
 
@@ -439,71 +439,71 @@
          <dependency>
             <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
             <artifactId>dspace-api</artifactId>
-            <version>3.0-rc3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>3.0-rc3</version>
          </dependency>
          <dependency>
             <groupId>org.dspace.modules</groupId>
             <artifactId>additions</artifactId>
-            <version>3.0-rc3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>3.0-rc3</version>
          </dependency>
 
           <dependency>
               <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
               <artifactId>dspace-sword</artifactId>
-              <version>3.0-rc3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+              <version>3.0-rc3</version>
               <type>jar</type>
               <classifier>classes</classifier>
           </dependency>
           <dependency>
               <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
               <artifactId>dspace-sword</artifactId>
-              <version>3.0-rc3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+              <version>3.0-rc3</version>
               <type>war</type>
           </dependency>
           <dependency>
               <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
               <artifactId>dspace-swordv2</artifactId>
-              <version>3.0-rc3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+              <version>3.0-rc3</version>
               <type>jar</type>
               <classifier>classes</classifier>
           </dependency>
           <dependency>
               <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
               <artifactId>dspace-swordv2</artifactId>
-              <version>3.0-rc3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+              <version>3.0-rc3</version>
               <type>war</type>
           </dependency>
 
          <dependency>
             <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
             <artifactId>dspace-jspui</artifactId>
-            <version>3.0-rc3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>3.0-rc3</version>
              <type>jar</type>
              <classifier>classes</classifier>
          </dependency>
          <dependency>
             <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
             <artifactId>dspace-jspui</artifactId>
-            <version>3.0-rc3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>3.0-rc3</version>
             <type>war</type>
          </dependency>
          <dependency>
             <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
             <artifactId>dspace-oai</artifactId>
-            <version>3.0-rc3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>3.0-rc3</version>
              <type>jar</type>
              <classifier>classes</classifier>
          </dependency>
          <dependency>
             <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
             <artifactId>dspace-oai</artifactId>
-            <version>3.0-rc3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>3.0-rc3</version>
             <type>war</type>
          </dependency>
          <dependency>
             <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
             <artifactId>dspace-lni</artifactId>
-            <version>3.0-rc3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>3.0-rc3</version>
              <type>jar</type>
              <classifier>classes</classifier>
          </dependency>
@@ -515,26 +515,26 @@
          <dependency>
             <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
             <artifactId>dspace-lni</artifactId>
-            <version>3.0-rc3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>3.0-rc3</version>
             <type>war</type>
          </dependency>
          <dependency>
             <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
             <artifactId>dspace-xmlui</artifactId>
-            <version>3.0-rc3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>3.0-rc3</version>
              <type>jar</type>
              <classifier>classes</classifier>
          </dependency>
          <dependency>
             <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
             <artifactId>dspace-xmlui</artifactId>
-            <version>3.0-rc3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>3.0-rc3</version>
             <type>war</type>
          </dependency>
          <dependency>
             <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
             <artifactId>dspace-services</artifactId>
-            <version>3.0-rc3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>3.0-rc3</version>
          </dependency>
          <!-- DSpace Localization Packages -->
          <dependency>
@@ -1174,7 +1174,7 @@
       <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>
-     <tag>HEAD</tag>
+     <tag>dspace-3.0-rc3</tag>
   </scm>
 
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