diff --git a/applications/stream-applications-build/pom.xml b/applications/stream-applications-build/pom.xml
index f70ff5d1..32435eeb 100644
--- a/applications/stream-applications-build/pom.xml
+++ b/applications/stream-applications-build/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
          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>
     <artifactId>stream-applications-build</artifactId>
-    <version>2020.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2020.0.0-M1</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
     <parent>
@@ -19,55 +19,56 @@
     </modules>
 
     <properties>
-        <file-source.version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</file-source.version>
-        <ftp-source.version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</ftp-source.version>
-        <geode-source.version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</geode-source.version>
-        <http-source.version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</http-source.version>
-        <jdbc-source.version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</jdbc-source.version>
-        <jms-source.version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</jms-source.version>
-        <load-generator-source.version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</load-generator-source.version>
-        <mongodb-source.version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</mongodb-source.version>
-        <mqtt-source.version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</mqtt-source.version>
-        <rabbit-source.version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</rabbit-source.version>
-        <s3-source.version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</s3-source.version>
-        <tcp-source.version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</tcp-source.version>
-        <time-source.version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</time-source.version>
-        <twitter-message-source.version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</twitter-message-source.version>
-        <twitter-search-source.version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</twitter-search-source.version>
-        <twitter-stream-source.version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</twitter-stream-source.version>
-        <websocket-source.version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</websocket-source.version>
-        <cassandra-sink.version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</cassandra-sink.version>
-        <counter-sink.version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</counter-sink.version>
-        <file-sink.version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</file-sink.version>
-        <ftp-sink.version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</ftp-sink.version>
-        <geode-sink.version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</geode-sink.version>
-        <jdbc-sink.version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</jdbc-sink.version>
-        <log-sink.version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</log-sink.version>
-        <mongodb-sink.version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</mongodb-sink.version>
-        <mqtt-sink.version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</mqtt-sink.version>
-        <rabbit-sink.version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</rabbit-sink.version>
-        <redis-sink.version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</redis-sink.version>
-        <router-sink.version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</router-sink.version>
-        <s3-sink.version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</s3-sink.version>
-        <sftp-sink.version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</sftp-sink.version>
-        <tasklauncher-sink.version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</tasklauncher-sink.version>
-        <tcp-sink.version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</tcp-sink.version>
-        <throughput-sink.version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</throughput-sink.version>
-        <twitter-message-sink.version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</twitter-message-sink.version>
-        <twitter-update-sink.version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</twitter-update-sink.version>
-        <websocket-sink.version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</websocket-sink.version>
-        <bridge-processor.version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</bridge-processor.version>
-        <filter-processor.version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</filter-processor.version>
-        <groovy-processor.version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</groovy-processor.version>
-        <header-enricher-processor.version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</header-enricher-processor.version>
-        <http-request-processor.version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</http-request-processor.version>
-        <image-recognition-processor.version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</image-recognition-processor.version>
-        <semantic-segmentation-processor.version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</semantic-segmentation-processor.version>
-        <object-detection-processor.version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</object-detection-processor.version>
-        <script-processor.version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</script-processor.version>
-        <splitter-processor.version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</splitter-processor.version>
-        <transform-processor.version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</transform-processor.version>
-        <twitter-trend-processor.version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</twitter-trend-processor.version>
+        <apps.version>3.0.0-M1</apps.version>
+        <file-source.version>${apps.version}</file-source.version>
+        <ftp-source.version>${apps.version}</ftp-source.version>
+        <geode-source.version>${apps.version}</geode-source.version>
+        <http-source.version>${apps.version}</http-source.version>
+        <jdbc-source.version>${apps.version}</jdbc-source.version>
+        <jms-source.version>${apps.version}</jms-source.version>
+        <load-generator-source.version>${apps.version}</load-generator-source.version>
+        <mongodb-source.version>${apps.version}</mongodb-source.version>
+        <mqtt-source.version>${apps.version}</mqtt-source.version>
+        <rabbit-source.version>${apps.version}</rabbit-source.version>
+        <s3-source.version>${apps.version}</s3-source.version>
+        <tcp-source.version>${apps.version}</tcp-source.version>
+        <time-source.version>${apps.version}</time-source.version>
+        <twitter-message-source.version>${apps.version}</twitter-message-source.version>
+        <twitter-search-source.version>${apps.version}</twitter-search-source.version>
+        <twitter-stream-source.version>${apps.version}</twitter-stream-source.version>
+        <websocket-source.version>${apps.version}</websocket-source.version>
+        <cassandra-sink.version>${apps.version}</cassandra-sink.version>
+        <counter-sink.version>${apps.version}</counter-sink.version>
+        <file-sink.version>${apps.version}</file-sink.version>
+        <ftp-sink.version>${apps.version}</ftp-sink.version>
+        <geode-sink.version>${apps.version}</geode-sink.version>
+        <jdbc-sink.version>${apps.version}</jdbc-sink.version>
+        <log-sink.version>${apps.version}</log-sink.version>
+        <mongodb-sink.version>${apps.version}</mongodb-sink.version>
+        <mqtt-sink.version>${apps.version}</mqtt-sink.version>
+        <rabbit-sink.version>${apps.version}</rabbit-sink.version>
+        <redis-sink.version>${apps.version}</redis-sink.version>
+        <router-sink.version>${apps.version}</router-sink.version>
+        <s3-sink.version>${apps.version}</s3-sink.version>
+        <sftp-sink.version>${apps.version}</sftp-sink.version>
+        <tasklauncher-sink.version>${apps.version}</tasklauncher-sink.version>
+        <tcp-sink.version>${apps.version}</tcp-sink.version>
+        <throughput-sink.version>${apps.version}</throughput-sink.version>
+        <twitter-message-sink.version>${apps.version}</twitter-message-sink.version>
+        <twitter-update-sink.version>${apps.version}</twitter-update-sink.version>
+        <websocket-sink.version>${apps.version}</websocket-sink.version>
+        <bridge-processor.version>${apps.version}</bridge-processor.version>
+        <filter-processor.version>${apps.version}</filter-processor.version>
+        <groovy-processor.version>${apps.version}</groovy-processor.version>
+        <header-enricher-processor.version>${apps.version}</header-enricher-processor.version>
+        <http-request-processor.version>${apps.version}</http-request-processor.version>
+        <image-recognition-processor.version>${apps.version}</image-recognition-processor.version>
+        <semantic-segmentation-processor.version>${apps.version}</semantic-segmentation-processor.version>
+        <object-detection-processor.version>${apps.version}</object-detection-processor.version>
+        <script-processor.version>${apps.version}</script-processor.version>
+        <splitter-processor.version>${apps.version}</splitter-processor.version>
+        <transform-processor.version>${apps.version}</transform-processor.version>
+        <twitter-trend-processor.version>${apps.version}</twitter-trend-processor.version>
     </properties>
 
     <profiles>
diff --git a/applications/stream-applications-build/stream-applications-descriptor/pom.xml b/applications/stream-applications-build/stream-applications-descriptor/pom.xml
index e9cf5a6d..5e2847f7 100644
--- a/applications/stream-applications-build/stream-applications-descriptor/pom.xml
+++ b/applications/stream-applications-build/stream-applications-descriptor/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>stream-applications-build</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.springframework.cloud.stream.app</groupId>
-        <version>2020.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2020.0.0-M1</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/applications/stream-applications-build/stream-applications-docs/pom.xml b/applications/stream-applications-build/stream-applications-docs/pom.xml
index 174c04a1..6688915b 100644
--- a/applications/stream-applications-build/stream-applications-docs/pom.xml
+++ b/applications/stream-applications-build/stream-applications-docs/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud.stream.app</groupId>
 		<artifactId>stream-applications-build</artifactId>
-		<version>2020.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2020.0.0-M1</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<properties>
diff --git a/etc/release-tools/aggregate-upgrade-dryrun.sh b/etc/release-tools/aggregate-upgrade-dryrun.sh
index a59e2095..3f0903c1 100755
--- a/etc/release-tools/aggregate-upgrade-dryrun.sh
+++ b/etc/release-tools/aggregate-upgrade-dryrun.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-if [ "$#" -ne 2 ]; then
-    echo "Please specify the release and core parent versions"
+if [ "$#" -ne 3 ]; then
+    echo "Please specify the release, core parent and apps versions"
     exit
 fi
 
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ VERSION=$1
 ./mvnw -f applications/stream-applications-build versions:set -DnewVersion=$VERSION -DgenerateBackupPoms=false
 ./mvnw -f applications/stream-applications-build versions:update-parent -DparentVersion=$2 -Pspring -DgenerateBackupPoms=false
 
+cd applications/stream-applications-build
+sed -i '' 's/<apps.version>.*/<apps.version>'"$2"'<\/apps.version>/g' pom.xml
+cd -
+
 if [[ $VERSION =~ M[0-9]|RC[0-9] ]]; then
  lines=$(find applications/stream-applications-build -type f -name pom.xml | xargs grep SNAPSHOT | grep -v ".contains(" | grep -v regex | wc -l)
  if [ $lines -eq 0 ]; then
diff --git a/etc/release-tools/aggregate-upgrade.sh b/etc/release-tools/aggregate-upgrade.sh
index 1d1782d3..fb11c375 100755
--- a/etc/release-tools/aggregate-upgrade.sh
+++ b/etc/release-tools/aggregate-upgrade.sh
@@ -1,19 +1,25 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-if [ "$#" -ne 2 ]; then
-    echo "Please specify the release and core parent versions"
+if [ "$#" -ne 3 ]; then
+    echo "Please specify the release, core parent and apps versions"
     exit
 fi
 
+VERSION=$1
+
 function git_commit_push {
  echo "in git commit"
- git commit -am"Aggregating docs/descriptors : Release - $1"
- git push origin master
+ git commit -am"Aggregating docs/descriptors : Release - $VERSION"
+ git push origin master && git push upstream master
 }
 
 pushd ../..
 
-VERSION=$1
+
+cd applications/stream-applications-build
+sed -i '' 's/<apps.version>.*/<apps.version>'"$2"'<\/apps.version>/g' pom.xml
+cd -
+
 ./mvnw -f applications/stream-applications-build versions:set -DnewVersion=$VERSION -DgenerateBackupPoms=false
 ./mvnw -f applications/stream-applications-build versions:update-parent -DparentVersion=$2 -Pspring -DgenerateBackupPoms=false