diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f5712a10..71dcc813 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ asciidoctor.css
 .#*
 *#
 target/
-build/
+#release-train/
+build
 bin/
 _site/
 .classpath
@@ -25,3 +26,4 @@ dump.rdb
 coverage-error.log
 .apt_generated
 aws.credentials.properties
+.flattened-pom.xml
diff --git a/applications/pom.xml b/applications/pom.xml
index e449958d..b6cc0c3b 100644
--- a/applications/pom.xml
+++ b/applications/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 		<module>source</module>
 		<module>sink</module>
 		<module>processor</module>
-		<module>stream-applications-build</module>
 	</modules>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/applications/stream-applications-core/common/stream-applications-composite-function-support/pom.xml b/applications/stream-applications-core/common/stream-applications-composite-function-support/pom.xml
index 058617d2..70a4c3cc 100644
--- a/applications/stream-applications-core/common/stream-applications-composite-function-support/pom.xml
+++ b/applications/stream-applications-core/common/stream-applications-composite-function-support/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud.stream.app</groupId>
 		<artifactId>stream-applications-core</artifactId>
-		<version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>${revision}</version>
 		<relativePath>../..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/applications/stream-applications-core/common/stream-applications-micrometer-common/pom.xml b/applications/stream-applications-core/common/stream-applications-micrometer-common/pom.xml
index ff15c2d2..8cd5df55 100644
--- a/applications/stream-applications-core/common/stream-applications-micrometer-common/pom.xml
+++ b/applications/stream-applications-core/common/stream-applications-micrometer-common/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>stream-applications-core</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.springframework.cloud.stream.app</groupId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>${revision}</version>
         <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <properties>
diff --git a/applications/stream-applications-core/common/stream-applications-postprocessor-common/pom.xml b/applications/stream-applications-core/common/stream-applications-postprocessor-common/pom.xml
index 30a54389..25fdc63b 100644
--- a/applications/stream-applications-core/common/stream-applications-postprocessor-common/pom.xml
+++ b/applications/stream-applications-core/common/stream-applications-postprocessor-common/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>stream-applications-core</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.springframework.cloud.stream.app</groupId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>${revision}</version>
         <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/applications/stream-applications-core/common/stream-applications-security-common/pom.xml b/applications/stream-applications-core/common/stream-applications-security-common/pom.xml
index 566aee51..bd488120 100644
--- a/applications/stream-applications-core/common/stream-applications-security-common/pom.xml
+++ b/applications/stream-applications-core/common/stream-applications-security-common/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>stream-applications-core</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.springframework.cloud.stream.app</groupId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>${revision}</version>
         <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/applications/stream-applications-core/common/stream-applications-test-support/pom.xml b/applications/stream-applications-core/common/stream-applications-test-support/pom.xml
index 18634ec9..dfd8e29d 100644
--- a/applications/stream-applications-core/common/stream-applications-test-support/pom.xml
+++ b/applications/stream-applications-core/common/stream-applications-test-support/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>stream-applications-core</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.springframework.cloud.stream.app</groupId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>${revision}</version>
         <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/applications/stream-applications-core/pom.xml b/applications/stream-applications-core/pom.xml
index dd32472e..7fd859e5 100644
--- a/applications/stream-applications-core/pom.xml
+++ b/applications/stream-applications-core/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>org.springframework.cloud.stream.app</groupId>
     <artifactId>stream-applications-core</artifactId>
-    <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>${revision}</version>
     <name>stream-applications-core</name>
     <description>Stream Applications Core Parent</description>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
+        <revision>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</revision>
         <apps.base-image>springcloud/baseimage:1.0.0</apps.base-image>
         <java.version>1.8</java.version>
         <spring-boot.version>2.3.4.RELEASE</spring-boot.version>
@@ -472,6 +473,31 @@
         </pluginManagement>
 
         <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+                <artifactId>flatten-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>1.2.5</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <updatePomFile>true</updatePomFile>
+                    <flattenMode>resolveCiFriendliesOnly</flattenMode>
+                </configuration>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>flatten</id>
+                        <phase>process-resources</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>flatten</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>flatten.clean</id>
+                        <phase>clean</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>clean</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>${maven-javadoc-plugin.version}</version>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b653fa5f..80e5b6e7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -12,5 +12,6 @@
     <modules>
         <module>functions</module>
         <module>applications</module>
+        <module>release-train</module>
 	</modules>
 </project>
diff --git a/release-train/pom.xml b/release-train/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7c964130
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release-train/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<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>
+    <groupId>org.springframework.cloud.stream.app</groupId>
+    <artifactId>release-train</artifactId>
+    <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <name>release train</name>
+    <description>Release train for stream applications</description>
+    <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+    <modules>
+        <module>stream-applications-build</module>
+    </modules>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/applications/stream-applications-build/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.adoc b/release-train/stream-applications-build/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.adoc
similarity index 100%
rename from applications/stream-applications-build/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.adoc
rename to release-train/stream-applications-build/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.adoc
diff --git a/applications/stream-applications-build/LICENSE b/release-train/stream-applications-build/LICENSE
similarity index 100%
rename from applications/stream-applications-build/LICENSE
rename to release-train/stream-applications-build/LICENSE
diff --git a/applications/stream-applications-build/pom.xml b/release-train/stream-applications-build/pom.xml
similarity index 98%
rename from applications/stream-applications-build/pom.xml
rename to release-train/stream-applications-build/pom.xml
index 2a80d61d..1bc748c6 100644
--- a/applications/stream-applications-build/pom.xml
+++ b/release-train/stream-applications-build/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
         <groupId>org.springframework.cloud.stream.app</groupId>
         <artifactId>stream-applications-core</artifactId>
         <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-        <relativePath>../stream-applications-core</relativePath>
+        <relativePath>../../applications/stream-applications-core/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
     <modules>
diff --git a/applications/stream-applications-build/release-tools/core-tag-next-version.sh b/release-train/stream-applications-build/release-tools/core-tag-next-version.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from applications/stream-applications-build/release-tools/core-tag-next-version.sh
rename to release-train/stream-applications-build/release-tools/core-tag-next-version.sh
diff --git a/applications/stream-applications-build/release-tools/core-version-check.sh b/release-train/stream-applications-build/release-tools/core-version-check.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from applications/stream-applications-build/release-tools/core-version-check.sh
rename to release-train/stream-applications-build/release-tools/core-version-check.sh
diff --git a/applications/stream-applications-build/release-tools/core-version-upgrade.sh b/release-train/stream-applications-build/release-tools/core-version-upgrade.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from applications/stream-applications-build/release-tools/core-version-upgrade.sh
rename to release-train/stream-applications-build/release-tools/core-version-upgrade.sh
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similarity index 100%
rename from applications/stream-applications-build/stream-applications-descriptor/pom.xml
rename to release-train/stream-applications-build/stream-applications-descriptor/pom.xml
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