diff --git a/benchmarks/pom.xml b/benchmarks/pom.xml
index e7b9b2ca..52bffa32 100644
--- a/benchmarks/pom.xml
+++ b/benchmarks/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.smallrye</groupId>
         <artifactId>jandex-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-RC3</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>jandex-benchmarks</artifactId>
diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 513c0ced..f3673eb9 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.smallrye</groupId>
         <artifactId>jandex-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-RC3</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>jandex</artifactId>
diff --git a/maven-plugin/pom.xml b/maven-plugin/pom.xml
index 930b3579..2a0c3fc8 100644
--- a/maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.smallrye</groupId>
         <artifactId>jandex-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-RC3</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>jandex-maven-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ade3068d..0ffa5b84 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
     <groupId>io.smallrye</groupId>
     <artifactId>jandex-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-RC3</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
     <name>Jandex: Parent</name>
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
         <connection>scm:git:git@github.com:smallrye/jandex.git</connection>
         <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:smallrye/jandex.git</developerConnection>
         <url>https://github.com/smallrye/jandex/</url>
-        <tag>HEAD</tag>
+        <tag>3.0.0-RC3</tag>
     </scm>
 
     <modules>
diff --git a/release/pom.xml b/release/pom.xml
index 2ca2c9c1..5d76c660 100644
--- a/release/pom.xml
+++ b/release/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.smallrye</groupId>
         <artifactId>jandex-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-RC3</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>jandex-release</artifactId>
diff --git a/test-data/pom.xml b/test-data/pom.xml
index 3f1f3871..ab2a5695 100644
--- a/test-data/pom.xml
+++ b/test-data/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.smallrye</groupId>
         <artifactId>jandex-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-RC3</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>jandex-test-data</artifactId>