diff --git a/maven-release-api/pom.xml b/maven-release-api/pom.xml
index 03985e6e7..d6254b16b 100644
--- a/maven-release-api/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-release-api/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven.release</groupId>
     <artifactId>maven-release</artifactId>
-    <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-M1</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>maven-release-api</artifactId>
diff --git a/maven-release-manager/pom.xml b/maven-release-manager/pom.xml
index 1fd90971d..a2bda047e 100644
--- a/maven-release-manager/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-release-manager/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven.release</groupId>
     <artifactId>maven-release</artifactId>
-    <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-M1</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>maven-release-manager</artifactId>
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.release</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-release-api</artifactId>
-      <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.0.0-M1</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
diff --git a/maven-release-plugin/pom.xml b/maven-release-plugin/pom.xml
index acc6f7c4e..7f3665e9a 100644
--- a/maven-release-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-release-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven.release</groupId>
     <artifactId>maven-release</artifactId>
-    <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-M1</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.release</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-release-manager</artifactId>
-      <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.0.0-M1</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@
                 <mockRepo>
                   <source>src/it/mrm/repository</source>
                 </mockRepo>
-                <proxyRepo/>
+                <proxyRepo />
               </repositories>
             </configuration>
           </plugin>
diff --git a/maven-release-policies/maven-release-oddeven-policy/pom.xml b/maven-release-policies/maven-release-oddeven-policy/pom.xml
index 37b23c6fe..e6ddb7843 100644
--- a/maven-release-policies/maven-release-oddeven-policy/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-release-policies/maven-release-oddeven-policy/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven.release</groupId>
     <artifactId>maven-release</artifactId>
-    <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-M1</version>
     <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/maven-release-policies/maven-release-semver-policy/pom.xml b/maven-release-policies/maven-release-semver-policy/pom.xml
index e5aa95121..1be20bed9 100644
--- a/maven-release-policies/maven-release-semver-policy/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-release-policies/maven-release-semver-policy/pom.xml
@@ -1,82 +1,81 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
-  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
-  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
-  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-  ~
-  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-  ~
-  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
-  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
-  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
-  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
-  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
-  ~ under the License.
-  -->
-
-<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">
-  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-
-  <parent>
-    <groupId>org.apache.maven.release</groupId>
-    <artifactId>maven-release</artifactId>
-    <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
-  </parent>
-
-  <artifactId>maven-release-semver-policy</artifactId>
-
-  <name>Maven Release SemVer Policy</name>
-  <description>
-    A version policy that enforce SemVer format and upgrades minor element for next development version.
-  </description>
-
-  <dependencies>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>${project.parent.groupId}</groupId>
-      <artifactId>maven-release-api</artifactId>
-      <version>${project.parent.version}</version>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.semver</groupId>
-      <artifactId>api</artifactId>
-      <version>0.9.33</version>
-    </dependency>
-
-
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-      <artifactId>plexus-component-annotations</artifactId>
-      <optional>true</optional>
-    </dependency>
-
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-  </dependencies>
-
-  <build>
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-        <artifactId>plexus-component-metadata</artifactId>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>process-classes</id>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>generate-metadata</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-  </build>
-
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<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">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.apache.maven.release</groupId>
+    <artifactId>maven-release</artifactId>
+    <version>3.0.0-M1</version>
+    <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>maven-release-semver-policy</artifactId>
+
+  <name>Maven Release SemVer Policy</name>
+  <description>
+    A version policy that enforce SemVer format and upgrades minor element for next development version.
+  </description>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>${project.parent.groupId}</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-release-api</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.parent.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.semver</groupId>
+      <artifactId>api</artifactId>
+      <version>0.9.33</version>
+    </dependency>
+
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+      <artifactId>plexus-component-annotations</artifactId>
+      <optional>true</optional>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+        <artifactId>plexus-component-metadata</artifactId>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>process-classes</id>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>generate-metadata</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6eb56d2ca..61e1fc4a1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@
     <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
     <artifactId>maven-parent</artifactId>
     <version>33</version>
-    <relativePath/>
+    <relativePath />
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>org.apache.maven.release</groupId>
   <artifactId>maven-release</artifactId>
-  <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>3.0.0-M1</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <name>Maven Release</name>
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
     <connection>scm:git:https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/maven-release.git</connection>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/maven-release.git</developerConnection>
     <url>https://github.com/apache/maven-release/tree/${project.scm.tag}</url>
-    <tag>HEAD</tag>
+    <tag>maven-release-3.0.0-M1</tag>
   </scm>
   <issueManagement>
     <system>jira</system>