diff --git a/archetypes/pom.xml b/archetypes/pom.xml
index 7cc023152..620c86d3b 100644
--- a/archetypes/pom.xml
+++ b/archetypes/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.springframework.batch</groupId>
     <artifactId>spring-batch-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.2.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.2.0.RC1</version>
     <relativePath>../spring-batch-parent</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <modules>
diff --git a/archetypes/simple-cli/pom.xml b/archetypes/simple-cli/pom.xml
index b2c059553..857cefb6c 100644
--- a/archetypes/simple-cli/pom.xml
+++ b/archetypes/simple-cli/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>org.springframework.batch</groupId>
     <artifactId>spring-batch-simple-cli</artifactId>
-    <version>2.2.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.2.0.RC1</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <name>Commandline</name>
     <url>http://www.springframework.org/spring-batch/archetypes/simple-cli-archetype</url>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4d88c7768..3d14a48e9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 	<name>Spring Batch</name>
 	<description>Spring Batch provides tools for enterprise batch or bulk processing. It can be used to wire up jobs, and track
 	their execution, or simply as an optimization for repetitive processing in a transactional environment. Spring Batch is part of the Spring Portfolio.</description>
-	<version>2.2.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>2.2.0.RC1</version>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 	<modules>
 		<module>spring-batch-parent</module>
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 		<url>http://github.com/SpringSource/spring-batch</url>
 		<connection>scm:git:git://github.com/SpringSource/spring-batch.git</connection>
 		<developerConnection>scm:git:ssh://git@github.com/SpringSource/spring-batch.git</developerConnection>
-	  <tag>HEAD</tag>
+	  <tag>2.2.0.RC1</tag>
   </scm>
 	<issueManagement>
 		<system>JIRA</system>
diff --git a/spring-batch-core-tests/pom.xml b/spring-batch-core-tests/pom.xml
index 37ab317aa..38f71f818 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-batch-core-tests/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.batch</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-batch-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.2.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.2.0.RC1</version>
 		<relativePath>../spring-batch-parent</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 	<profiles>
diff --git a/spring-batch-core/pom.xml b/spring-batch-core/pom.xml
index 8d6716780..196625f42 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-batch-core/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.batch</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-batch-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.2.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.2.0.RC1</version>
 		<relativePath>../spring-batch-parent</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 	<dependencies>
diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure-tests/pom.xml b/spring-batch-infrastructure-tests/pom.xml
index d55d7b4a7..62b72f4d5 100644
--- a/spring-batch-infrastructure-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-batch-infrastructure-tests/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.batch</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-batch-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.2.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.2.0.RC1</version>
 		<relativePath>../spring-batch-parent</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 	<properties>
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.batch</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-batch-infrastructure</artifactId>
-			<version>2.2.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>2.2.0.RC1</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.hsqldb</groupId>
diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/pom.xml b/spring-batch-infrastructure/pom.xml
index 607f21f05..955cb5c95 100644
--- a/spring-batch-infrastructure/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-batch-infrastructure/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.batch</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-batch-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.2.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.2.0.RC1</version>
 		<relativePath>../spring-batch-parent</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 	<build>
diff --git a/spring-batch-parent/pom.xml b/spring-batch-parent/pom.xml
index 6a39d5f91..3cecfd9f3 100644
--- a/spring-batch-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-batch-parent/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<groupId>org.springframework.batch</groupId>
 	<artifactId>spring-batch-parent</artifactId>
-	<version>2.2.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>2.2.0.RC1</version>
 	<name>Spring Batch Parent</name>
 	<description>Spring Batch parent project.  Defines dependencies and common configuration for the build process.</description>
 	<url>http://static.springframework.org/spring-batch/${project.artifactId}</url>
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 		<url>http://github.com/SpringSource/spring-batch</url>
 		<connection>scm:git:git://github.com/SpringSource/spring-batch.git</connection>
 		<developerConnection>scm:git:git://github.com/SpringSource/spring-batch.git</developerConnection>
-		<tag>HEAD</tag>
+		<tag>2.2.0.RC1</tag>
 	</scm>
 	<licenses>
 		<license>
diff --git a/spring-batch-samples/pom.xml b/spring-batch-samples/pom.xml
index 6e86056dd..a7754c266 100644
--- a/spring-batch-samples/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-batch-samples/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 <?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/maven-v4_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/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<artifactId>spring-batch-samples</artifactId>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
@@ -10,7 +9,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.batch</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-batch-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.2.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.2.0.RC1</version>
 		<relativePath>../spring-batch-parent</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 	<properties>
diff --git a/spring-batch-test/pom.xml b/spring-batch-test/pom.xml
index 3b743b690..7b56e692b 100755
--- a/spring-batch-test/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-batch-test/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.batch</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-batch-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.2.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.2.0.RC1</version>
 		<relativePath>../spring-batch-parent</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 	<dependencies>