diff --git a/parent/pom.xml b/parent/pom.xml
index 0e05a705..25ef749f 100644
--- a/parent/pom.xml
+++ b/parent/pom.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><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 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
+<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 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 
 	<!--
 
@@ -148,7 +149,7 @@
 		<webbeans>4.0.3</webbeans>
 
 		<!-- Used in asciidoc reference documentation -->
-		<releasetrain>2025.1.0-SNAPSHOT</releasetrain>
+		<releasetrain>2025.1.0-M3</releasetrain>
 
 		<!-- To be overridden by individual modules -->
 		<java-module-name/>
@@ -479,7 +480,7 @@
 				<dependency>
 					<groupId>org.springframework.data.build</groupId>
 					<artifactId>spring-data-build-resources</artifactId>
-					<version>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+					<version>4.0.0-M3</version>
 					<type>zip</type>
 					<optional>true</optional>
 				</dependency>
@@ -1526,12 +1527,12 @@
 						<tag>
 							<name>soundtrack</name>
 							<placement>X</placement>
-							<head></head>
+							<head/>
 						</tag>
 						<tag>
 							<name>currentBook</name>
 							<placement>X</placement>
-							<head></head>
+							<head/>
 						</tag>
 					</tags>
 					<!-- copies doc-files subdirectory which contains image resources -->
@@ -1577,20 +1578,8 @@
 	</build>
 
 	<repositories>
-		<repository>
-			<id>spring-snapshot</id>
-			<url>https://repo.spring.io/snapshot</url>
-			<snapshots>
-				<enabled>true</enabled>
-			</snapshots>
-			<releases>
-				<enabled>false</enabled>
-			</releases>
-		</repository>
-		<repository>
-			<id>spring-milestone</id>
-			<url>https://repo.spring.io/milestone</url>
-		</repository>
+		
+		
 	</repositories>
 
 </project>
