diff --git a/phoss-smp-backend-mongodb/pom.xml b/phoss-smp-backend-mongodb/pom.xml
index 7f6cb04b1..cb3fdd4cf 100644
--- a/phoss-smp-backend-mongodb/pom.xml
+++ b/phoss-smp-backend-mongodb/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.helger</groupId>
     <artifactId>phoss-smp-parent-pom</artifactId>
-    <version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>5.3.0-RC1</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>phoss-smp-backend-mongodb</artifactId>
   <packaging>bundle</packaging>
diff --git a/phoss-smp-backend-sql/pom.xml b/phoss-smp-backend-sql/pom.xml
index 37569c896..211771fa9 100644
--- a/phoss-smp-backend-sql/pom.xml
+++ b/phoss-smp-backend-sql/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.helger</groupId>
     <artifactId>phoss-smp-parent-pom</artifactId>
-    <version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>5.3.0-RC1</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>phoss-smp-backend-sql</artifactId>
   <packaging>bundle</packaging>
diff --git a/phoss-smp-backend-xml/pom.xml b/phoss-smp-backend-xml/pom.xml
index 364a07ef3..99d1cb5b4 100644
--- a/phoss-smp-backend-xml/pom.xml
+++ b/phoss-smp-backend-xml/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.helger</groupId>
     <artifactId>phoss-smp-parent-pom</artifactId>
-    <version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>5.3.0-RC1</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>phoss-smp-backend-xml</artifactId>
   <packaging>bundle</packaging>
diff --git a/phoss-smp-backend/pom.xml b/phoss-smp-backend/pom.xml
index 0cb5840d5..96c8ab28e 100644
--- a/phoss-smp-backend/pom.xml
+++ b/phoss-smp-backend/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.helger</groupId>
     <artifactId>phoss-smp-parent-pom</artifactId>
-    <version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>5.3.0-RC1</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>phoss-smp-backend</artifactId>
   <packaging>bundle</packaging>
diff --git a/phoss-smp-webapp-mongodb/pom.xml b/phoss-smp-webapp-mongodb/pom.xml
index 1538ee1bc..2c63537ce 100644
--- a/phoss-smp-webapp-mongodb/pom.xml
+++ b/phoss-smp-webapp-mongodb/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.helger</groupId>
     <artifactId>phoss-smp-parent-pom</artifactId>
-    <version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>5.3.0-RC1</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>phoss-smp-webapp-mongodb</artifactId>
   <packaging>war</packaging>
diff --git a/phoss-smp-webapp-sql/pom.xml b/phoss-smp-webapp-sql/pom.xml
index 6c7dde101..f0c01879c 100644
--- a/phoss-smp-webapp-sql/pom.xml
+++ b/phoss-smp-webapp-sql/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.helger</groupId>
     <artifactId>phoss-smp-parent-pom</artifactId>
-    <version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>5.3.0-RC1</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>phoss-smp-webapp-sql</artifactId>
   <packaging>war</packaging>
diff --git a/phoss-smp-webapp-xml/pom.xml b/phoss-smp-webapp-xml/pom.xml
index fbaa5dc69..6758c11bb 100644
--- a/phoss-smp-webapp-xml/pom.xml
+++ b/phoss-smp-webapp-xml/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.helger</groupId>
     <artifactId>phoss-smp-parent-pom</artifactId>
-    <version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>5.3.0-RC1</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>phoss-smp-webapp-xml</artifactId>
   <packaging>war</packaging>
diff --git a/phoss-smp-webapp/pom.xml b/phoss-smp-webapp/pom.xml
index 5f0ed773a..8b0f53c9e 100644
--- a/phoss-smp-webapp/pom.xml
+++ b/phoss-smp-webapp/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.helger</groupId>
     <artifactId>phoss-smp-parent-pom</artifactId>
-    <version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>5.3.0-RC1</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>phoss-smp-webapp</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bdb04b91f..9cdefa4da 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <version>1.11.2</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>phoss-smp-parent-pom</artifactId>
-  <version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>5.3.0-RC1</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>phoss-smp-parent-pom</name>
   <description>Base POM to build the phoss SMP projects</description>
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
     <connection>scm:git:git@github.com:phax/phoss-smp.git</connection>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:phax/phoss-smp.git</developerConnection>
     <url>http://github.com/phax/phoss-smp</url>
-    <tag>HEAD</tag>
+    <tag>phoss-smp-parent-pom-5.3.0-RC1</tag>
   </scm>
 
   <organization>