diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 84071a9a4..ecfa1a030 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.data.build</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-data-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>4.0.0-M3</version>
 		<relativePath/>
 	</parent>
 
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@
 		<project.type>multi</project.type>
 		<dist.id>spring-data-rest</dist.id>
 
-		<springdata.commons>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</springdata.commons>
-		<springdata.jpa>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</springdata.jpa>
-		<springdata.mongodb>5.0.0-SNAPSHOT</springdata.mongodb>
-		<springdata.keyvalue>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</springdata.keyvalue>
+		<springdata.commons>4.0.0-M3</springdata.commons>
+		<springdata.jpa>4.0.0-M3</springdata.jpa>
+		<springdata.mongodb>5.0.0-M3</springdata.mongodb>
+		<springdata.keyvalue>4.0.0-M3</springdata.keyvalue>
 
 		<hibernate.version>7.0.0.Beta1</hibernate.version>
 	</properties>
@@ -136,20 +136,8 @@
 	</dependencies>
 
 	<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>
diff --git a/src/main/resources/notice.txt b/src/main/resources/notice.txt
index 3eb01e498..10c6cbc96 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/notice.txt
+++ b/src/main/resources/notice.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Spring Data REST 5.0 M2 (2025.1.0)
+Spring Data REST 5.0 M3 (2025.1.0)
 Copyright (c) 2012-2019 Pivotal Software, Inc.
 
 This product is licensed to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ This product may include a number of subcomponents with separate
 copyright notices and license terms. Your use of the source code for
 these subcomponents is subject to the terms and conditions of the
 subcomponent's license, as noted in the license.txt file.
+