diff --git a/archetypes/pom.xml b/archetypes/pom.xml
index 34503fcbd..f195311cd 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>3.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.0.0.M3</version>
     <relativePath>../spring-batch-parent</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <modules>
diff --git a/archetypes/simple-cli-javaconfig/pom.xml b/archetypes/simple-cli-javaconfig/pom.xml
index d8a7890b5..ee2596e0a 100644
--- a/archetypes/simple-cli-javaconfig/pom.xml
+++ b/archetypes/simple-cli-javaconfig/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>org.springframework.batch</groupId>
     <artifactId>spring-batch-simple-cli-javaconfig</artifactId>
-    <version>3.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.0.0.M3</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <name>Commandline</name>
     <url>http://www.springframework.org/spring-batch/archetypes/simple-cli-archetype</url>
diff --git a/archetypes/simple-cli/pom.xml b/archetypes/simple-cli/pom.xml
index 22a686808..04ae04fde 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>3.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.0.0.M3</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <name>Commandline</name>
     <description>This project is a command line batch sample from Spring Batch demonstrating a typical batch job.
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 94063f52b..fa9c6ebfb 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>3.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>3.0.0.M3</version>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 	<modules>
 		<module>spring-batch-parent</module>
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 		<url>http://github.com/spring-projects/spring-batch</url>
 		<connection>scm:git:git://github.com/spring-projects/spring-batch.git</connection>
 		<developerConnection>scm:git:ssh://git@github.com/spring-projects/spring-batch.git</developerConnection>
-	  <tag>HEAD</tag>
+	  <tag>3.0.0.M3</tag>
   </scm>
 	<issueManagement>
 		<system>JIRA</system>
diff --git a/spring-batch-core-tests/pom.xml b/spring-batch-core-tests/pom.xml
index 4dbe3397f..e34507fea 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>3.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>3.0.0.M3</version>
 		<relativePath>../spring-batch-parent</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 	<profiles>
diff --git a/spring-batch-core/pom.xml b/spring-batch-core/pom.xml
index a3ce9c649..a6dceb091 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>3.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>3.0.0.M3</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 17233922c..9de38b9cb 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>3.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>3.0.0.M3</version>
 		<relativePath>../spring-batch-parent</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 	<properties>
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.batch</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-batch-infrastructure</artifactId>
-			<version>3.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>3.0.0.M3</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.hsqldb</groupId>
diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/pom.xml b/spring-batch-infrastructure/pom.xml
index cedfd5ddb..bed090ca0 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>3.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>3.0.0.M3</version>
 		<relativePath>../spring-batch-parent</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 	<build>
diff --git a/spring-batch-integration/pom.xml b/spring-batch-integration/pom.xml
index 343ff499e..10cce23cc 100644
--- a/spring-batch-integration/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-batch-integration/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.batch</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-batch-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>3.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>3.0.0.M3</version>
 		<relativePath>../spring-batch-parent</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 	<properties>
diff --git a/spring-batch-parent/pom.xml b/spring-batch-parent/pom.xml
index 9fcedfff8..9f3f3a855 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>3.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>3.0.0.M3</version>
 	<name>Spring Batch Parent</name>
 	<description>Spring Batch parent project.  Defines dependencies and common configuration for the build process.</description>
 	<url>http://docs.spring.io/spring-batch/${project.artifactId}</url>
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 		<url>https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-batch</url>
 		<connection>scm:git:git://github.com/spring-projects/spring-batch.git</connection>
 		<developerConnection>scm:git:git://github.com/spring-projects/spring-batch.git</developerConnection>
-		<tag>HEAD</tag>
+		<tag>3.0.0.M3</tag>
 	</scm>
 	<licenses>
 		<license>
diff --git a/spring-batch-samples/pom.xml b/spring-batch-samples/pom.xml
index 0f6924240..88e40d61f 100644
--- a/spring-batch-samples/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-batch-samples/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.batch</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-batch-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>3.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>3.0.0.M3</version>
 		<relativePath>../spring-batch-parent</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 	<properties>
diff --git a/spring-batch-test/pom.xml b/spring-batch-test/pom.xml
index 6e0632316..16094cf64 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>3.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>3.0.0.M3</version>
 		<relativePath>../spring-batch-parent</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 	<dependencies>