diff --git a/amqp/pom.xml b/amqp/pom.xml
index 0ec418ffca..2d76a8e73d 100644
--- a/amqp/pom.xml
+++ b/amqp/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>axon</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.axonframework</groupId>
-        <version>3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0-RC2</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 331db3cebf..cfbe126d59 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.axonframework</groupId>
         <artifactId>axon</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0-RC2</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/distributed-commandbus-jgroups/pom.xml b/distributed-commandbus-jgroups/pom.xml
index 9b0768c7d7..a575425ba2 100644
--- a/distributed-commandbus-jgroups/pom.xml
+++ b/distributed-commandbus-jgroups/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>axon</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.axonframework</groupId>
-        <version>3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0-RC2</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/distributed-commandbus-springcloud/pom.xml b/distributed-commandbus-springcloud/pom.xml
index c740d4690e..d9e90988d8 100644
--- a/distributed-commandbus-springcloud/pom.xml
+++ b/distributed-commandbus-springcloud/pom.xml
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <parent>
         <artifactId>axon</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.axonframework</groupId>
-        <version>3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0-RC2</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/integrationtests/pom.xml b/integrationtests/pom.xml
index 284438741e..59f6429df2 100644
--- a/integrationtests/pom.xml
+++ b/integrationtests/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>axon</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.axonframework</groupId>
-        <version>3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0-RC2</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/metrics/pom.xml b/metrics/pom.xml
index 663ee1b1c9..ff69802487 100644
--- a/metrics/pom.xml
+++ b/metrics/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>axon</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.axonframework</groupId>
-        <version>3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0-RC2</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/mongo/pom.xml b/mongo/pom.xml
index d2486f9b03..52fd53332a 100644
--- a/mongo/pom.xml
+++ b/mongo/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.axonframework</groupId>
         <artifactId>axon</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0-RC2</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>axon-mongo</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e287c4862c..5771103169 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
     <groupId>org.axonframework</groupId>
     <artifactId>axon</artifactId>
-    <version>3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.0-RC2</version>
     <modules>
         <module>core</module>
         <module>spring</module>
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@
         <connection>scm:git:git://github.com/AxonFramework/AxonFramework.git</connection>
         <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:AxonFramework/AxonFramework.git</developerConnection>
         <url>https://github.com/AxonFramework/AxonFramework</url>
-        <tag>HEAD</tag>
+        <tag>axon-3.0-RC2</tag>
     </scm>
 
     <developers>
diff --git a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/pom.xml b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/pom.xml
index ac38f830b7..365986e01c 100644
--- a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.axonframework</groupId>
         <artifactId>axon</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0-RC2</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/spring-boot-starter-jgroups/pom.xml b/spring-boot-starter-jgroups/pom.xml
index f9538acf6d..7c49633de0 100644
--- a/spring-boot-starter-jgroups/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-starter-jgroups/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
     <groupId>org.axonframework</groupId>
     <artifactId>axon-spring-boot-starter-jgroups</artifactId>
-    <version>3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.0-RC2</version>
 
     <name>Spring Boot Starter module for Axon with JGroups Distributed Command Bus</name>
 
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
         <connection>scm:git:git://github.com/AxonFramework/AxonFramework.git</connection>
         <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:AxonFramework/AxonFramework.git</developerConnection>
         <url>https://github.com/AxonFramework/AxonFramework</url>
-        <tag>HEAD</tag>
+        <tag>axon-3.0-RC2</tag>
     </scm>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/spring-boot-starter/pom.xml b/spring-boot-starter/pom.xml
index 7ada94b778..04301a6597 100644
--- a/spring-boot-starter/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-starter/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
     <groupId>org.axonframework</groupId>
     <artifactId>axon-spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
-    <version>3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.0-RC2</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
     <name>Spring Boot Starter module for Axon Framework</name>
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
         <connection>scm:git:git://github.com/AxonFramework/AxonFramework.git</connection>
         <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:AxonFramework/AxonFramework.git</developerConnection>
         <url>https://github.com/AxonFramework/AxonFramework</url>
-        <tag>HEAD</tag>
+        <tag>axon-3.0-RC2</tag>
     </scm>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/spring/pom.xml b/spring/pom.xml
index 46c3191b3c..e002b19bf6 100644
--- a/spring/pom.xml
+++ b/spring/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.axonframework</groupId>
         <artifactId>axon</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0-RC2</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/test/pom.xml b/test/pom.xml
index 59daea3dd5..d58d08d51f 100644
--- a/test/pom.xml
+++ b/test/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>axon</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.axonframework</groupId>
-        <version>3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0-RC2</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>