diff --git a/README.adoc b/README.adoc
index 070625ee..e6de23a2 100644
--- a/README.adoc
+++ b/README.adoc
@@ -294,4 +294,6 @@ $ ./mvnw clean deploy -Pguides
 
 what will happen is that for GA project versions, we will clone `gs-guide1`, `gs-guide2` and `gs-guide3` and update their contents with the ones being under your `guides` project.
 
-You can skip this by either not adding the `guides` profile, or passing the `-DskipGuides` system property when the profile is turned on.
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+You can skip this by either not adding the `guides` profile, or passing the `-DskipGuides` system property when the profile is turned on.
+
+You can configure the project version passed to guides via the `guides-project.version` (defaults to `${project.version}`). The phase at which guides get updated can be configured by `guides-update.phase` (defaults to `deploy`).
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diff --git a/docs/pom.xml b/docs/pom.xml
index c2c3e35a..8f51f217 100644
--- a/docs/pom.xml
+++ b/docs/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-cloud-build</artifactId>
-		<version>2.2.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.2.0.M3</version>
 	</parent>
 	<properties>
 		<docs.main>spring-cloud-build</docs.main>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 003bf7fb..2d47c636 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 	<artifactId>spring-cloud-build</artifactId>
-	<version>2.2.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>2.2.0.M3</version>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 	<name>Spring Cloud Parent</name>
 	<description>Spring Cloud parent pom, managing plugins and dependencies for Spring
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 		<main.basedir>${basedir}</main.basedir>
 		<docs.main>${project.artifactId}</docs.main>
 		<spring-boot.version>2.2.0.M4</spring-boot.version>
-		<spring-cloud-build.version>2.2.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</spring-cloud-build.version>
+		<spring-cloud-build.version>2.2.0.M3</spring-cloud-build.version>
 		<docs.resources.dir>${project.build.directory}/build-docs</docs.resources.dir>
 		<spring-doc-resources.version>0.1.0.RELEASE</spring-doc-resources.version>
 		<spring-asciidoctor-extensions.version>0.1.0.RELEASE
diff --git a/spring-cloud-build-dependencies/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-build-dependencies/pom.xml
index fd9cfd42..c3522288 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-build-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-build-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 	<artifactId>spring-cloud-build-dependencies</artifactId>
-	<version>2.2.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>2.2.0.M3</version>
 	<name>spring-cloud-build-dependencies</name>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 	<description>Spring Cloud Build Dependencies: an internal BOM for use with Spring
diff --git a/spring-cloud-build-tools/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-build-tools/pom.xml
index ff617732..31b4b425 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-build-tools/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-build-tools/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-cloud-build</artifactId>
-		<version>2.2.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.2.0.M3</version>
 	</parent>
 	<dependencies>
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-dependencies-parent/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-dependencies-parent/pom.xml
index c4f8a92c..0c1b7e1b 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-dependencies-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-dependencies-parent/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 		 xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
-	<version>2.2.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>2.2.0.M3</version>
 	<artifactId>spring-cloud-dependencies-parent</artifactId>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 	<name>spring-cloud-dependencies-parent</name>