diff --git a/docs/pom.xml b/docs/pom.xml
index 42e3c7272..d4633399c 100644
--- a/docs/pom.xml
+++ b/docs/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.1.0.RC3</version>
 	</parent>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 	<name>spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-docs</name>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 32f24a696..7dbfb5afc 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/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-binder-kafka-parent</artifactId>
-	<version>2.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>2.1.0.RC3</version>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 		<spring-kafka.version>2.2.0.RELEASE</spring-kafka.version>
 		<spring-integration-kafka.version>3.1.0.RELEASE</spring-integration-kafka.version>
 		<kafka.version>2.0.0</kafka.version>
-		<spring-cloud-stream.version>2.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</spring-cloud-stream.version>
+		<spring-cloud-stream.version>2.1.0.RC3</spring-cloud-stream.version>
 	</properties>
 	<modules>
 		<module>spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka</module>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-starter-stream-kafka/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-starter-stream-kafka/pom.xml
index 201bf41dd..fb6766aa2 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-starter-stream-kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/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>2.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.1.0.RC3</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-stream-kafka</artifactId>
 	<description>Spring Cloud Starter Stream Kafka</description>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-core/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-core/pom.xml
index 691e24a6c..d6fdd4910 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-core/pom.xml
+++ b/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>2.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.1.0.RC3</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-core</artifactId>
 	<description>Spring Cloud Stream Kafka Binder Core</description>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-streams/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-streams/pom.xml
index c2be860b0..f129e9680 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-streams/pom.xml
+++ b/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>2.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.1.0.RC3</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<properties>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka/pom.xml
index 6fe82ddf0..d5c6ec4f9 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/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>2.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.1.0.RC3</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<dependencies>