diff --git a/binders/kafka-binder/pom.xml b/binders/kafka-binder/pom.xml
index da470cb71..cc5b8c275 100644
--- a/binders/kafka-binder/pom.xml
+++ b/binders/kafka-binder/pom.xml
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 <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">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-parent</artifactId>
-	<version>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>4.0.0-RC3</version>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-binders</artifactId>
-		<version>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>4.0.0-RC3</version>
 	</parent>
 	<scm>
 		<url>https://github.com/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka</url>
diff --git a/binders/kafka-binder/spring-cloud-starter-stream-kafka/pom.xml b/binders/kafka-binder/spring-cloud-starter-stream-kafka/pom.xml
index 0959fbc20..3807b0be1 100644
--- a/binders/kafka-binder/spring-cloud-starter-stream-kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/binders/kafka-binder/spring-cloud-starter-stream-kafka/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>4.0.0-RC3</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-stream-kafka</artifactId>
 	<description>Spring Cloud Starter Stream Kafka</description>
diff --git a/binders/kafka-binder/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-core/pom.xml b/binders/kafka-binder/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-core/pom.xml
index 079a8be5f..025294c1c 100644
--- a/binders/kafka-binder/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-core/pom.xml
+++ b/binders/kafka-binder/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-core/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>4.0.0-RC3</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-core</artifactId>
 	<description>Spring Cloud Stream Kafka Binder Core</description>
diff --git a/binders/kafka-binder/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-reactive/pom.xml b/binders/kafka-binder/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-reactive/pom.xml
index fb4e8a6ec..9f62cae67 100644
--- a/binders/kafka-binder/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-reactive/pom.xml
+++ b/binders/kafka-binder/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-reactive/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>4.0.0-RC3</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<dependencies>
diff --git a/binders/kafka-binder/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-streams/pom.xml b/binders/kafka-binder/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-streams/pom.xml
index 44ae712eb..d96387739 100644
--- a/binders/kafka-binder/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-streams/pom.xml
+++ b/binders/kafka-binder/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-streams/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>4.0.0-RC3</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<properties>
diff --git a/binders/kafka-binder/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka/pom.xml b/binders/kafka-binder/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka/pom.xml
index 49864bf9d..6356f2a27 100644
--- a/binders/kafka-binder/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/binders/kafka-binder/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>4.0.0-RC3</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<dependencies>
diff --git a/binders/kinesis-binder/pom.xml b/binders/kinesis-binder/pom.xml
index f209b8998..33844f9f3 100644
--- a/binders/kinesis-binder/pom.xml
+++ b/binders/kinesis-binder/pom.xml
@@ -6,16 +6,16 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-cloud-build</artifactId>
-		<version>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>4.0.0-RC3</version>
 		<relativePath/>
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-binder-kinesis-parent</artifactId>
-	<version>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>4.0.0-RC3</version>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 
 	<properties>
-		<spring-cloud-stream.version>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</spring-cloud-stream.version>
+		<spring-cloud-stream.version>4.0.0-RC3</spring-cloud-stream.version>
 		<java.version>17</java.version>
 		<spring-cloud-aws.version>2.4.0</spring-cloud-aws.version>
 		<spring-integration-aws.version>3.0.0-M1</spring-integration-aws.version>
diff --git a/binders/kinesis-binder/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kinesis/pom.xml b/binders/kinesis-binder/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kinesis/pom.xml
index e204054fc..fc8caf9c1 100644
--- a/binders/kinesis-binder/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kinesis/pom.xml
+++ b/binders/kinesis-binder/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kinesis/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-binder-kinesis-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>4.0.0-RC3</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-binder-kinesis</artifactId>
diff --git a/binders/pom.xml b/binders/pom.xml
index 5a467ac8d..8c1f9cdc0 100644
--- a/binders/pom.xml
+++ b/binders/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <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 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-binders</artifactId>
-	<version>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>4.0.0-RC3</version>
 	<name>binders</name>
 	<description>Framework provided binders</description>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>4.0.0-RC3</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<modules>
diff --git a/binders/rabbit-binder/pom.xml b/binders/rabbit-binder/pom.xml
index a11047fd0..bd877704f 100644
--- a/binders/rabbit-binder/pom.xml
+++ b/binders/rabbit-binder/pom.xml
@@ -2,16 +2,16 @@
 <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">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-binder-rabbit-parent</artifactId>
-	<version>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version> <!-- Do not remove. Ignore yellow warning -->
+	<version>4.0.0-RC3</version> <!-- Do not remove. Ignore yellow warning -->
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-binders</artifactId>
-		<version>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>4.0.0-RC3</version>
 	</parent>
 	<properties>
 		<java.version>17</java.version>
-		<spring-cloud-function.version>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</spring-cloud-function.version>
+		<spring-cloud-function.version>4.0.0-RC3</spring-cloud-function.version>
 		<maven-checkstyle-plugin.failsOnError>true</maven-checkstyle-plugin.failsOnError>
         <maven-checkstyle-plugin.failsOnViolation>true
         </maven-checkstyle-plugin.failsOnViolation>
diff --git a/binders/rabbit-binder/spring-cloud-starter-stream-rabbit/pom.xml b/binders/rabbit-binder/spring-cloud-starter-stream-rabbit/pom.xml
index 8f6f591df..f33c356cf 100644
--- a/binders/rabbit-binder/spring-cloud-starter-stream-rabbit/pom.xml
+++ b/binders/rabbit-binder/spring-cloud-starter-stream-rabbit/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-binder-rabbit-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>4.0.0-RC3</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-stream-rabbit</artifactId>
 	<description>Spring Cloud Starter Stream Rabbit</description>
diff --git a/binders/rabbit-binder/spring-cloud-stream-binder-rabbit-core/pom.xml b/binders/rabbit-binder/spring-cloud-stream-binder-rabbit-core/pom.xml
index ff052d391..af20c037d 100644
--- a/binders/rabbit-binder/spring-cloud-stream-binder-rabbit-core/pom.xml
+++ b/binders/rabbit-binder/spring-cloud-stream-binder-rabbit-core/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-binder-rabbit-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>4.0.0-RC3</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<dependencies>
diff --git a/binders/rabbit-binder/spring-cloud-stream-binder-rabbit-test-support/pom.xml b/binders/rabbit-binder/spring-cloud-stream-binder-rabbit-test-support/pom.xml
index 9acb7c504..5a630db4d 100644
--- a/binders/rabbit-binder/spring-cloud-stream-binder-rabbit-test-support/pom.xml
+++ b/binders/rabbit-binder/spring-cloud-stream-binder-rabbit-test-support/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-binder-rabbit-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.0.0-RC3</version>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-binder-rabbit-test-support</artifactId>
     <description>Rabbit related test classes</description>
diff --git a/binders/rabbit-binder/spring-cloud-stream-binder-rabbit/pom.xml b/binders/rabbit-binder/spring-cloud-stream-binder-rabbit/pom.xml
index c7d27a298..0d503c9d1 100644
--- a/binders/rabbit-binder/spring-cloud-stream-binder-rabbit/pom.xml
+++ b/binders/rabbit-binder/spring-cloud-stream-binder-rabbit/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-binder-rabbit-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>4.0.0-RC3</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<dependencies>
diff --git a/bom/pom.xml b/bom/pom.xml
index 9469f0d74..e8a09cceb 100644
--- a/bom/pom.xml
+++ b/bom/pom.xml
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 	<name>spring-cloud-stream-release-build</name>
 	<description>Spring Cloud Stream Release Build</description>
-	<version>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>4.0.0-RC3</version>
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-cloud-build</artifactId>
-		<version>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>4.0.0-RC3</version>
 		<relativePath/>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/bom/spring-cloud-starter-parent/pom.xml b/bom/spring-cloud-starter-parent/pom.xml
index 805b09816..587a2fe22 100644
--- a/bom/spring-cloud-starter-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/bom/spring-cloud-starter-parent/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 	</parent>
 	<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 	<artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-starter-parent</artifactId>
-	<version>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>4.0.0-RC3</version>
 	<name>spring-cloud-stream-starter-parent</name>
 	<description>Specifies Boot version for the releaser</description>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
diff --git a/bom/spring-cloud-stream-dependencies/pom.xml b/bom/spring-cloud-stream-dependencies/pom.xml
index abf0b4acb..a1da92391 100644
--- a/bom/spring-cloud-stream-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/bom/spring-cloud-stream-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>spring-cloud-dependencies-parent</artifactId>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
-		<version>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>4.0.0-RC3</version>
 		<relativePath/>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-dependencies</artifactId>
-	<version>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>4.0.0-RC3</version>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 	<name>spring-cloud-stream-dependencies</name>
 	<description>Spring Cloud Stream Dependencies</description>
diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index db9909bb1..9e0de0b73 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <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 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-core</artifactId>
-	<version>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>4.0.0-RC3</version>
 	<name>core</name>
 	<description>Core Spring Cloud Stream</description>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>4.0.0-RC3</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/core/spring-cloud-stream-integration-tests/pom.xml b/core/spring-cloud-stream-integration-tests/pom.xml
index 16b0f4df9..43697853e 100644
--- a/core/spring-cloud-stream-integration-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/core/spring-cloud-stream-integration-tests/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-core</artifactId>
-		<version>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>4.0.0-RC3</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<properties>
diff --git a/core/spring-cloud-stream-test-binder/pom.xml b/core/spring-cloud-stream-test-binder/pom.xml
index c2be53479..ee7cef766 100644
--- a/core/spring-cloud-stream-test-binder/pom.xml
+++ b/core/spring-cloud-stream-test-binder/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-core</artifactId>
-		<version>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>4.0.0-RC3</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<dependencies>
diff --git a/core/spring-cloud-stream-test-support/pom.xml b/core/spring-cloud-stream-test-support/pom.xml
index 6764a9b0e..18be4beda 100644
--- a/core/spring-cloud-stream-test-support/pom.xml
+++ b/core/spring-cloud-stream-test-support/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-core</artifactId>
-		<version>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>4.0.0-RC3</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<dependencies>
diff --git a/core/spring-cloud-stream/pom.xml b/core/spring-cloud-stream/pom.xml
index a30fc656a..0faa23738 100644
--- a/core/spring-cloud-stream/pom.xml
+++ b/core/spring-cloud-stream/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     <parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-core</artifactId>
-		<version>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>4.0.0-RC3</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<dependencies>
diff --git a/docs/pom.xml b/docs/pom.xml
index cc7f21778..c34c5e218 100644
--- a/docs/pom.xml
+++ b/docs/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>4.0.0-RC3</version>
 	</parent>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 	<name>spring-cloud-stream-docs</name>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7aa031012..bd133854d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
 	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-parent</artifactId>
-	<version>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version> <!-- Do not remove. Ignore yellow warning -->
+	<version>4.0.0-RC3</version> <!-- Do not remove. Ignore yellow warning -->
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-cloud-build</artifactId>
-		<version>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>4.0.0-RC3</version>
 		<relativePath />
 	</parent>
 	<scm>
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 		<java.version>17</java.version>
 		<reactor.version>2020.0.7</reactor.version>
 		<objenesis.version>2.1</objenesis.version>
-		<spring-cloud-function.version>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</spring-cloud-function.version>
+		<spring-cloud-function.version>4.0.0-RC3</spring-cloud-function.version>
 		<maven-checkstyle-plugin.failsOnError>true</maven-checkstyle-plugin.failsOnError>
 		<maven-checkstyle-plugin.failsOnViolation>true</maven-checkstyle-plugin.failsOnViolation>
 		<maven-checkstyle-plugin.includeTestSourceDirectory>true</maven-checkstyle-plugin.includeTestSourceDirectory>
diff --git a/samples/confluent-schema-registry-integration/confluent-schema-registry-integration-consumer/pom.xml b/samples/confluent-schema-registry-integration/confluent-schema-registry-integration-consumer/pom.xml
index 846992927..b946c77a5 100644
--- a/samples/confluent-schema-registry-integration/confluent-schema-registry-integration-consumer/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/confluent-schema-registry-integration/confluent-schema-registry-integration-consumer/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
     <artifactId>confluent-schema-registry-integration-consumer</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.0.0-RC3</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <name>confluent-schema-registry-integration-consumer</name>
     <description>Confluent Schema Registry Consumer</description>
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 		<artifactId>confluent-schema-registry-integration</artifactId>
-		<version>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>4.0.0-RC3</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<build>
diff --git a/samples/confluent-schema-registry-integration/confluent-schema-registry-integration-producer1/pom.xml b/samples/confluent-schema-registry-integration/confluent-schema-registry-integration-producer1/pom.xml
index e75cac172..bdc956d16 100644
--- a/samples/confluent-schema-registry-integration/confluent-schema-registry-integration-producer1/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/confluent-schema-registry-integration/confluent-schema-registry-integration-producer1/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
     <artifactId>confluent-schema-registry-integration-producer1</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.0.0-RC3</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <name>confluent-schema-registry-integration-producer1</name>
     <description>Confluent Schema Registry Producer1</description>
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 		<artifactId>confluent-schema-registry-integration</artifactId>
-		<version>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>4.0.0-RC3</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<build>
diff --git a/samples/confluent-schema-registry-integration/confluent-schema-registry-integration-producer2/pom.xml b/samples/confluent-schema-registry-integration/confluent-schema-registry-integration-producer2/pom.xml
index 9c358787b..8cfbf61e0 100644
--- a/samples/confluent-schema-registry-integration/confluent-schema-registry-integration-producer2/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/confluent-schema-registry-integration/confluent-schema-registry-integration-producer2/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
     <artifactId>confluent-schema-registry-integration-producer2</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.0.0-RC3</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <name>confluent-schema-registry-integration-producer2</name>
     <description>Confluent Schema Registry Producer2</description>
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 		<artifactId>confluent-schema-registry-integration</artifactId>
-		<version>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>4.0.0-RC3</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<build>
diff --git a/samples/confluent-schema-registry-integration/pom.xml b/samples/confluent-schema-registry-integration/pom.xml
index d676915be..5fbae6ca7 100644
--- a/samples/confluent-schema-registry-integration/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/confluent-schema-registry-integration/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <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">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<artifactId>confluent-schema-registry-integration</artifactId>
-	<version>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>4.0.0-RC3</version>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 	<name>confluent-schema-registry-integration</name>
 	<description>Confluent Schema Registry Integration Sample App</description>
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-samples-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>4.0.0-RC3</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<modules>
diff --git a/samples/kafka-streams-interactive-query/pom.xml b/samples/kafka-streams-interactive-query/pom.xml
index 5a0f8665f..3b08e836d 100644
--- a/samples/kafka-streams-interactive-query/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/kafka-streams-interactive-query/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-samples-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>4.0.0-RC3</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<dependencies>
diff --git a/samples/pom.xml b/samples/pom.xml
index 9c9410fd7..e4b3e9f74 100644
--- a/samples/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 	<artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-samples-parent</artifactId>
-	<version>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>4.0.0-RC3</version>
 	<name>spring-cloud-stream-samples</name>
 	<description>Spring Cloud Stream Sample Apps</description>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 	<properties>
 		<avro.version>1.11.0</avro.version>
 		<confluent.version>7.0.1</confluent.version>
-		<spring-cloud.version>2022.0.0-SNAPSHOT</spring-cloud.version>
+		<spring-cloud.version>2022.0.0-RC3</spring-cloud.version>
 	</properties>
 
 	<modules>
diff --git a/samples/spring-cloud-stream-schema-registry-integration/pom.xml b/samples/spring-cloud-stream-schema-registry-integration/pom.xml
index 71dbde5a7..8725fa9ca 100644
--- a/samples/spring-cloud-stream-schema-registry-integration/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/spring-cloud-stream-schema-registry-integration/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <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">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-schema-registry-integration</artifactId>
-	<version>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>4.0.0-RC3</version>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 	<name>spring-cloud-stream-schema-registry-integration</name>
 	<description>SCSt Schema Registry Integration Sample App</description>
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-samples-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>4.0.0-RC3</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<modules>
diff --git a/samples/spring-cloud-stream-schema-registry-integration/schema-registry-consumer-kafka/pom.xml b/samples/spring-cloud-stream-schema-registry-integration/schema-registry-consumer-kafka/pom.xml
index 38fd84e62..83227bb60 100644
--- a/samples/spring-cloud-stream-schema-registry-integration/schema-registry-consumer-kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/spring-cloud-stream-schema-registry-integration/schema-registry-consumer-kafka/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
     <artifactId>schema-registry-consumer-kafka</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.0.0-RC3</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <name>schema-registry-consumer-kafka</name>
     <description>SCSt Schema Registry Consumer</description>
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-schema-registry-integration</artifactId>
-		<version>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>4.0.0-RC3</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<build>
diff --git a/samples/spring-cloud-stream-schema-registry-integration/schema-registry-producer1-kafka/pom.xml b/samples/spring-cloud-stream-schema-registry-integration/schema-registry-producer1-kafka/pom.xml
index 057dcf205..c20423ee1 100644
--- a/samples/spring-cloud-stream-schema-registry-integration/schema-registry-producer1-kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/spring-cloud-stream-schema-registry-integration/schema-registry-producer1-kafka/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
 	<artifactId>schema-registry-producer1-kafka</artifactId>
-	<version>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>4.0.0-RC3</version>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 	<name>schema-registry-producer1-kafka</name>
 	<description>SCSt Schema Registry Producer 1</description>
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-schema-registry-integration</artifactId>
-		<version>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>4.0.0-RC3</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<build>
diff --git a/samples/spring-cloud-stream-schema-registry-integration/schema-registry-producer2-kafka/pom.xml b/samples/spring-cloud-stream-schema-registry-integration/schema-registry-producer2-kafka/pom.xml
index ad6f2f644..84df252f7 100644
--- a/samples/spring-cloud-stream-schema-registry-integration/schema-registry-producer2-kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/spring-cloud-stream-schema-registry-integration/schema-registry-producer2-kafka/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
 	<artifactId>schema-registry-producer2-kafka</artifactId>
-	<version>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>4.0.0-RC3</version>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 	<name>schema-registry-producer2-kafka</name>
 	<description>SCSt Schema Registry Producer 2</description>
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-schema-registry-integration</artifactId>
-		<version>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>4.0.0-RC3</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<build>
diff --git a/schema-registry/pom.xml b/schema-registry/pom.xml
index bedee04db..338e47f9d 100644
--- a/schema-registry/pom.xml
+++ b/schema-registry/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <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 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-schema-registry</artifactId>
-	<version>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>4.0.0-RC3</version>
 	<name>schema-registry</name>
 	<description>Spring Cloud Stream Schema Registry Components</description>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>4.0.0-RC3</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<properties>
diff --git a/schema-registry/spring-cloud-stream-schema-registry-client/pom.xml b/schema-registry/spring-cloud-stream-schema-registry-client/pom.xml
index 29134a4d7..aab5293e6 100644
--- a/schema-registry/spring-cloud-stream-schema-registry-client/pom.xml
+++ b/schema-registry/spring-cloud-stream-schema-registry-client/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-schema-registry</artifactId>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
-		<version>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>4.0.0-RC3</version>
 	</parent>
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/schema-registry/spring-cloud-stream-schema-registry-core/pom.xml b/schema-registry/spring-cloud-stream-schema-registry-core/pom.xml
index 538bcde0e..a0017e49c 100644
--- a/schema-registry/spring-cloud-stream-schema-registry-core/pom.xml
+++ b/schema-registry/spring-cloud-stream-schema-registry-core/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-schema-registry</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
-        <version>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.0.0-RC3</version>
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/schema-registry/spring-cloud-stream-schema-registry-server/pom.xml b/schema-registry/spring-cloud-stream-schema-registry-server/pom.xml
index f35add7b6..07eda6348 100644
--- a/schema-registry/spring-cloud-stream-schema-registry-server/pom.xml
+++ b/schema-registry/spring-cloud-stream-schema-registry-server/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-schema-registry</artifactId>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
-		<version>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>4.0.0-RC3</version>
 	</parent>
 
     <properties>