diff --git a/README.adoc b/README.adoc
index 053bdf7a8..b73b066ff 100644
--- a/README.adoc
+++ b/README.adoc
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ That means that, if there were two spans sent to Zipkin with Server Received and
 
 Why is there a difference between the seven and four spans in this case?
 
-* Two spans come from the `http:/start` span. It has the Server Received (`sr`) and Server Sent (`ss`) annotations.
+* One span comes from the `http:/start` span. It has the Server Received (`sr`) and Server Sent (`ss`) annotations.
 * Two spans come from the RPC call from `service1` to `service2` to the `http:/foo` endpoint.
 The Client Sent (`cs`) and Client Received (`cr`) events took place on the `service1` side.
 Server Received (`sr`) and Server Sent (`ss`) events took place on the `service2` side.
@@ -344,7 +344,6 @@ The following example shows setting baggage on a span:
 Span initialSpan = this.tracer.nextSpan().name("span").start();
 ExtraFieldPropagation.set(initialSpan.context(), "foo", "bar");
 ExtraFieldPropagation.set(initialSpan.context(), "UPPER_CASE", "someValue");
-}
 ----
 
 ===== Baggage versus Span Tags
diff --git a/benchmarks/pom.xml b/benchmarks/pom.xml
index a2e0b91a9..287bd757e 100644
--- a/benchmarks/pom.xml
+++ b/benchmarks/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 	<name>Benchmarks</name>
 	<description>Benchmarks (JMH)</description>
 	<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
-	<version>2.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>2.1.0.RC3</version>
 	<artifactId>benchmarks</artifactId>
 
 	<properties>
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 		<sonar.skip>true</sonar.skip>
 		<maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
 		<maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
-		<spring-boot.version>2.1.0.RELEASE</spring-boot.version>
+		<spring-boot.version>2.1.1.RELEASE</spring-boot.version>
 		<brave.version>5.4.3</brave.version>
 	</properties>
 
diff --git a/docs/pom.xml b/docs/pom.xml
index 3056af1f7..fad246cfa 100644
--- a/docs/pom.xml
+++ b/docs/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-cloud-sleuth</artifactId>
-		<version>2.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.1.0.RC3</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>spring-cloud-sleuth-docs</artifactId>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e8de33455..90491b767 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
 	<artifactId>spring-cloud-sleuth</artifactId>
-	<version>2.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>2.1.0.RC3</version>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 	<name>Spring Cloud Sleuth</name>
 	<description>Spring Cloud Sleuth</description>
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-cloud-build</artifactId>
-		<version>2.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.1.0.RC3</version>
 		<relativePath/>
 		<!-- lookup parent from repository -->
 	</parent>
@@ -242,11 +242,11 @@
 		<maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
 		<maven.compiler.testTarget>1.8</maven.compiler.testTarget>
 		<maven.compiler.testSource>1.8</maven.compiler.testSource>
-		<spring-cloud-build.version>2.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</spring-cloud-build.version>
-		<spring-cloud-commons.version>2.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</spring-cloud-commons.version>
-		<spring-cloud-stream.version>Fishtown.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</spring-cloud-stream.version>
-		<spring-cloud-netflix.version>2.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</spring-cloud-netflix.version>
-		<spring-cloud-openfeign.version>2.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</spring-cloud-openfeign.version>
+		<spring-cloud-build.version>2.1.0.RC3</spring-cloud-build.version>
+		<spring-cloud-commons.version>2.1.0.RC2</spring-cloud-commons.version>
+		<spring-cloud-stream.version>Fishtown.RC4</spring-cloud-stream.version>
+		<spring-cloud-netflix.version>2.1.0.RC3</spring-cloud-netflix.version>
+		<spring-cloud-openfeign.version>2.1.0.RC3</spring-cloud-openfeign.version>
 		<brave.version>5.6.0</brave.version>
 		<spring-security-boot-autoconfigure.version>2.0.4.RELEASE</spring-security-boot-autoconfigure.version>
 	</properties>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-sleuth-core/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-sleuth-core/pom.xml
index 1534a4b2f..0e45a7a81 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-sleuth-core/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-sleuth-core/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-cloud-sleuth</artifactId>
-		<version>2.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.1.0.RC3</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/spring-cloud-sleuth-dependencies/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-sleuth-dependencies/pom.xml
index 29bcc3985..1f9444b3b 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-sleuth-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-sleuth-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>spring-cloud-dependencies-parent</artifactId>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
-		<version>2.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.1.0.RC3</version>
     <relativePath/>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>spring-cloud-sleuth-dependencies</artifactId>
-	<version>2.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>2.1.0.RC3</version>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 	<name>spring-cloud-sleuth-dependencies</name>
 	<description>Spring Cloud Sleuth Dependencies</description>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-sleuth-samples/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-sleuth-samples/pom.xml
index 403815415..e2ffdc4a0 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-sleuth-samples/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-sleuth-samples/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-cloud-sleuth</artifactId>
-		<version>2.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.1.0.RC3</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/spring-cloud-sleuth-samples/spring-cloud-sleuth-sample-feign/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-sleuth-samples/spring-cloud-sleuth-sample-feign/pom.xml
index 481dfa076..14f6d0b5d 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-sleuth-samples/spring-cloud-sleuth-sample-feign/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-sleuth-samples/spring-cloud-sleuth-sample-feign/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-cloud-sleuth-samples</artifactId>
-		<version>2.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.1.0.RC3</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/spring-cloud-sleuth-samples/spring-cloud-sleuth-sample-messaging/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-sleuth-samples/spring-cloud-sleuth-sample-messaging/pom.xml
index 283cef34a..1a191181f 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-sleuth-samples/spring-cloud-sleuth-sample-messaging/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-sleuth-samples/spring-cloud-sleuth-sample-messaging/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-cloud-sleuth-samples</artifactId>
-		<version>2.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.1.0.RC3</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/spring-cloud-sleuth-samples/spring-cloud-sleuth-sample-ribbon/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-sleuth-samples/spring-cloud-sleuth-sample-ribbon/pom.xml
index bb06e9074..b3a3a067a 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-sleuth-samples/spring-cloud-sleuth-sample-ribbon/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-sleuth-samples/spring-cloud-sleuth-sample-ribbon/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-cloud-sleuth-samples</artifactId>
-		<version>2.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.1.0.RC3</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/spring-cloud-sleuth-samples/spring-cloud-sleuth-sample-test-core/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-sleuth-samples/spring-cloud-sleuth-sample-test-core/pom.xml
index 91d952916..5749a18f2 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-sleuth-samples/spring-cloud-sleuth-sample-test-core/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-sleuth-samples/spring-cloud-sleuth-sample-test-core/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-cloud-sleuth-samples</artifactId>
-		<version>2.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.1.0.RC3</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/spring-cloud-sleuth-samples/spring-cloud-sleuth-sample-websocket/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-sleuth-samples/spring-cloud-sleuth-sample-websocket/pom.xml
index 914b91e7e..88a993c11 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-sleuth-samples/spring-cloud-sleuth-sample-websocket/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-sleuth-samples/spring-cloud-sleuth-sample-websocket/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-cloud-sleuth-samples</artifactId>
-		<version>2.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.1.0.RC3</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/spring-cloud-sleuth-samples/spring-cloud-sleuth-sample-zipkin/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-sleuth-samples/spring-cloud-sleuth-sample-zipkin/pom.xml
index b00f3b9a5..6e12bb923 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-sleuth-samples/spring-cloud-sleuth-sample-zipkin/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-sleuth-samples/spring-cloud-sleuth-sample-zipkin/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-cloud-sleuth-samples</artifactId>
-		<version>2.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.1.0.RC3</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/spring-cloud-sleuth-samples/spring-cloud-sleuth-sample/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-sleuth-samples/spring-cloud-sleuth-sample/pom.xml
index d6efe3e81..55406a072 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-sleuth-samples/spring-cloud-sleuth-sample/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-sleuth-samples/spring-cloud-sleuth-sample/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-cloud-sleuth-samples</artifactId>
-		<version>2.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.1.0.RC3</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/spring-cloud-sleuth-zipkin/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-sleuth-zipkin/pom.xml
index 9488ceb1b..ab1b2eefa 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-sleuth-zipkin/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-sleuth-zipkin/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-cloud-sleuth</artifactId>
-		<version>2.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.1.0.RC3</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/spring-cloud-starter-sleuth/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-starter-sleuth/pom.xml
index 38817e4c1..8de9c8289 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-starter-sleuth/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-starter-sleuth/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-cloud-sleuth</artifactId>
-		<version>2.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.1.0.RC3</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-sleuth</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-starter-zipkin/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-starter-zipkin/pom.xml
index 5c0b81ad2..07e915a3a 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-starter-zipkin/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-starter-zipkin/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-cloud-sleuth</artifactId>
-		<version>2.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.1.0.RC3</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-zipkin</artifactId>