diff --git a/commons/pom.xml b/commons/pom.xml
index 57b62c89..8f7ffd32 100644
--- a/commons/pom.xml
+++ b/commons/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <parent>
   <groupId>org.archive</groupId>
   <artifactId>heritrix</artifactId>
-  <version>3.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>3.1.0-RC1</version>
 </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.archive.heritrix</groupId>
diff --git a/dist/pom.xml b/dist/pom.xml
index bf10b5a8..d1af0c9f 100644
--- a/dist/pom.xml
+++ b/dist/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <parent>
   <groupId>org.archive</groupId>
   <artifactId>heritrix</artifactId>
-  <version>3.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>3.1.0-RC1</version>
 </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.archive.heritrix</groupId>
diff --git a/engine/pom.xml b/engine/pom.xml
index c9ccc915..26c56196 100644
--- a/engine/pom.xml
+++ b/engine/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <parent>
   <groupId>org.archive</groupId>
   <artifactId>heritrix</artifactId>
-  <version>3.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>3.1.0-RC1</version>
 </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.archive.heritrix</groupId>
diff --git a/modules/pom.xml b/modules/pom.xml
index bada484d..67e98e46 100644
--- a/modules/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <parent>
   <groupId>org.archive</groupId>
   <artifactId>heritrix</artifactId>
-  <version>3.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>3.1.0-RC1</version>
 </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.archive.heritrix</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ee0121ee..31f7e54e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <groupId>org.archive</groupId>
   <!--This project is parent to all under 'projects' subdirectory-->
   <artifactId>heritrix</artifactId>
-  <version>3.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>3.1.0-RC1</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>Heritrix 3</name>
   <description>