diff --git a/etc/release-tools/aggregate-upgrade-dryrun.sh b/etc/release-tools/aggregate-upgrade-dryrun.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..a59e2095
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/release-tools/aggregate-upgrade-dryrun.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [ "$#" -ne 2 ]; then
+    echo "Please specify the release and core parent versions"
+    exit
+fi
+
+pushd ../..
+
+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
+
+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 [ $lines -eq 0 ]; then
+   echo "All good"
+ else
+   echo "Snapshots found. Exiting build"
+   find applications/stream-applications-build -type f -name pom.xml | xargs grep SNAPSHOT | grep -v ".contains(" | grep -v regex
+   git checkout -f
+ fi
+else 
+  lines=$(find applications/stream-applications-build -type f -name pom.xml | xargs egrep "SNAPSHOT|M[0-9]|RC[0-9]" | grep -v ".contains(" | grep -v regex | wc -l)
+  if [ $lines -eq 0 ]; then
+   echo "All good"
+  else
+   echo "Non Release versions found. Exiting build"
+   find applications/stream-applications-build -type f -name pom.xml | xargs egrep "SNAPSHOT|M[0-9]|RC[0-9]" | grep -v ".contains(" | grep -v regex
+   git checkout -f
+  fi
+fi
+
+popd
diff --git a/etc/release-tools/aggregate-upgrade.sh b/etc/release-tools/aggregate-upgrade.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..1d1782d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/release-tools/aggregate-upgrade.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [ "$#" -ne 2 ]; then
+    echo "Please specify the release and core parent versions"
+    exit
+fi
+
+function git_commit_push {
+ echo "in git commit"
+ git commit -am"Aggregating docs/descriptors : Release - $1"
+ git push origin master
+}
+
+pushd ../..
+
+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
+
+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 [ $lines -eq 0 ]; then
+  echo "All good"
+  git_commit_push 
+ else
+   echo "Snapshots found. Exiting build"
+   find applications/stream-applications-build -type f -name pom.xml | xargs grep SNAPSHOT | grep -v ".contains(" | grep -v regex
+   git checkout -f
+ fi
+else 
+  lines=$(find applications/stream-applications-build -type f -name pom.xml | xargs egrep "SNAPSHOT|M[0-9]|RC[0-9]" | grep -v ".contains(" | grep -v regex | wc -l)
+  if [ $lines -eq 0 ]; then
+   echo "All good"
+   git_commit_push 
+  else
+   echo "Non Release versions found. Exiting build"
+   find applications/stream-applications-build -type f -name pom.xml | xargs egrep "SNAPSHOT|M[0-9]|RC[0-9]" | grep -v ".contains(" | grep -v regex
+   git checkout -f
+  fi
+fi
+
+popd
diff --git a/etc/release-tools/core-upgrade-dryrun.sh b/etc/release-tools/core-upgrade-dryrun.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..97752032
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/release-tools/core-upgrade-dryrun.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [ "$#" -ne 2 ]; then
+    echo "Please specify the release version and java-functions.version property"
+    exit
+fi
+
+pushd ../..
+
+VERSION=$1
+./mvnw -f applications/stream-applications-core versions:set -DnewVersion=$VERSION -DgenerateBackupPoms=false
+
+sed -i '' 's/<java-functions.version>.*/<java-functions.version>'"$2"'<\/java-functions.version>/g' pom.xml
+
+if [[ $VERSION =~ M[0-9]|RC[0-9] ]]; then
+ lines=$(find applications/stream-applications-core -type f -name pom.xml | xargs grep SNAPSHOT | grep -v ".contains(" | grep -v regex | wc -l)
+ if [ $lines -eq 0 ]; then
+   echo "All good"
+ else
+   echo "Snapshots found. Exiting build"
+   find applications/stream-applications-core -type f -name pom.xml | xargs grep SNAPSHOT | grep -v ".contains(" | grep -v regex
+   git checkout -f
+ fi
+else 
+  lines=$(find applications/stream-applications-core -type f -name pom.xml | xargs egrep "SNAPSHOT|M[0-9]|RC[0-9]" | grep -v ".contains(" | grep -v regex | wc -l)
+  if [ $lines -eq 0 ]; then
+   echo "All good"
+  else
+   echo "Non Release versions found. Exiting build"
+   find applications/stream-applications-core -type f -name pom.xml | xargs egrep "SNAPSHOT|M[0-9]|RC[0-9]" | grep -v ".contains(" | grep -v regex
+   git checkout -f
+  fi
+fi
+
+popd
diff --git a/etc/release-tools/core-upgrade.sh b/etc/release-tools/core-upgrade.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..391c468b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/release-tools/core-upgrade.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [ "$#" -ne 2 ]; then
+    echo "Please specify the release version and java-functions.version property"
+    exit
+fi
+
+function git_commit_push {
+ echo "in git commit"
+ git commit -am"Stream Applications Core: Release - $1"
+ git push origin master
+}
+
+pushd ../..
+
+VERSION=$1
+./mvnw -f applications/stream-applications-core versions:set -DnewVersion=$VERSION -DgenerateBackupPoms=false
+
+sed -i '' 's/<java-functions.version>.*/<java-functions.version>'"$2"'<\/java-functions.version>/g' pom.xml
+
+if [[ $VERSION =~ M[0-9]|RC[0-9] ]]; then
+ lines=$(find applications/stream-applications-core -type f -name pom.xml | xargs grep SNAPSHOT | grep -v ".contains(" | grep -v regex | wc -l)
+ if [ $lines -eq 0 ]; then
+  echo "All good"
+  git_commit_push 
+ else
+   echo "Snapshots found. Exiting build"
+   find applications/stream-applications-core -type f -name pom.xml | xargs grep SNAPSHOT | grep -v ".contains(" | grep -v regex
+   git checkout -f
+ fi
+else 
+  lines=$(find applications/stream-applications-core -type f -name pom.xml | xargs egrep "SNAPSHOT|M[0-9]|RC[0-9]" | grep -v ".contains(" | grep -v regex | wc -l)
+  if [ $lines -eq 0 ]; then
+   echo "All good"
+   git_commit_push 
+  else
+   echo "Non Release versions found. Exiting build"
+   find applications/stream-applications-core -type f -name pom.xml | xargs egrep "SNAPSHOT|M[0-9]|RC[0-9]" | grep -v ".contains(" | grep -v regex
+   git checkout -f
+  fi
+fi
+
+popd
diff --git a/etc/release-tools/functions-upgrade-dryrun.sh b/etc/release-tools/functions-upgrade-dryrun.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..011db6cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/release-tools/functions-upgrade-dryrun.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# The script takes one argument - release version
+
+if [ "$#" -ne 1 ]; then
+    echo "Please specify the release version"
+    exit
+fi
+
+pushd ../..
+
+VERSION=$1
+./mvnw -f functions versions:set -DnewVersion=$VERSION -DgenerateBackupPoms=false
+
+if [[ $VERSION =~ M[0-9]|RC[0-9] ]]; then
+ lines=$(find functions -type f -name pom.xml | xargs grep SNAPSHOT | grep -v ".contains(" | grep -v regex | wc -l)
+ if [ $lines -eq 0 ]; then
+   echo "All good"
+ else
+   echo "Snapshots found. Exiting build"
+   find functions -type f -name pom.xml | xargs grep SNAPSHOT | grep -v ".contains(" | grep -v regex
+   git checkout -f
+ fi
+else 
+  lines=$(find functions -type f -name pom.xml | xargs egrep "SNAPSHOT|M[0-9]|RC[0-9]" | grep -v ".contains(" | grep -v regex | wc -l)
+  if [ $lines -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo "All good"
+  else
+   echo "Non Release versions found. Exiting build"
+   find functions -type f -name pom.xml | xargs egrep "SNAPSHOT|M[0-9]|RC[0-9]" | grep -v ".contains(" | grep -v regex
+   git checkout -f
+  fi
+fi
+
+popd
diff --git a/etc/release-tools/functions-upgrade.sh b/etc/release-tools/functions-upgrade.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..d873ee46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/release-tools/functions-upgrade.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# The script takes one argument - release version
+
+if [ "$#" -ne 1 ]; then
+    echo "Please specify the release version"
+    exit
+fi
+
+function git_commit_push {
+ echo "in git commit"
+ git commit -am"Functions: Release - $1"
+ git push origin master
+}
+
+pushd ../..
+
+VERSION=$1
+./mvnw -f functions versions:set -DnewVersion=$VERSION -DgenerateBackupPoms=false
+
+if [[ $VERSION =~ M[0-9]|RC[0-9] ]]; then
+ lines=$(find functions -type f -name pom.xml | xargs grep SNAPSHOT | grep -v ".contains(" | grep -v regex | wc -l)
+ if [ $lines -eq 0 ]; then
+  echo "All good"
+  git_commit_push 
+ else
+   echo "Snapshots found. Exiting build"
+   find functions -type f -name pom.xml | xargs grep SNAPSHOT | grep -v ".contains(" | grep -v regex
+   git checkout -f
+ fi
+else 
+  lines=$(find functions -type f -name pom.xml | xargs egrep "SNAPSHOT|M[0-9]|RC[0-9]" | grep -v ".contains(" | grep -v regex | wc -l)
+  if [ $lines -eq 0 ]; then
+   echo "All good"
+   git_commit_push 
+  else
+   echo "Non Release versions found. Exiting build"
+   find functions -type f -name pom.xml | xargs egrep "SNAPSHOT|M[0-9]|RC[0-9]" | grep -v ".contains(" | grep -v regex
+   git checkout -f
+  fi
+fi
+
+popd
diff --git a/etc/release-tools/processor-upgrade-dryrun.sh b/etc/release-tools/processor-upgrade-dryrun.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..326a348a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/release-tools/processor-upgrade-dryrun.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [ "$#" -ne 2 ]; then
+    echo "Please specify the release and core parent versions"
+    exit
+fi
+
+pushd ../..
+
+VERSION=$1
+./mvnw -f applications/processor versions:set -DnewVersion=$VERSION -DgenerateBackupPoms=false
+./mvnw -f applications/processor versions:update-parent -DparentVersion=$2 -Pspring -DgenerateBackupPoms=false
+
+if [[ $VERSION =~ M[0-9]|RC[0-9] ]]; then
+ lines=$(find applications/processor -type f -name pom.xml | xargs grep SNAPSHOT | grep -v ".contains(" | grep -v regex | wc -l)
+ if [ $lines -eq 0 ]; then
+   echo "All good"
+ else
+   echo "Snapshots found. Exiting build"
+   find applications/processor -type f -name pom.xml | xargs grep SNAPSHOT | grep -v ".contains(" | grep -v regex
+   git checkout -f
+ fi
+else 
+  lines=$(find applications/processor -type f -name pom.xml | xargs egrep "SNAPSHOT|M[0-9]|RC[0-9]" | grep -v ".contains(" | grep -v regex | wc -l)
+  if [ $lines -eq 0 ]; then
+   echo "All good"
+  else
+   echo "Non Release versions found. Exiting build"
+   find applications/processor -type f -name pom.xml | xargs egrep "SNAPSHOT|M[0-9]|RC[0-9]" | grep -v ".contains(" | grep -v regex
+   git checkout -f
+  fi
+fi
+
+popd
diff --git a/etc/release-tools/processor-upgrade.sh b/etc/release-tools/processor-upgrade.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..2cabb731
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/release-tools/processor-upgrade.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [ "$#" -ne 2 ]; then
+    echo "Please specify the release and core parent versions"
+    exit
+fi
+
+function git_commit_push {
+ echo "in git commit"
+ git commit -am"Processor Applications: Release - $1"
+ git push origin master
+}
+
+pushd ../..
+
+VERSION=$1
+./mvnw -f applications/processor versions:set -DnewVersion=$VERSION -DgenerateBackupPoms=false
+./mvnw -f applications/processor versions:update-parent -DparentVersion=$2 -Pspring -DgenerateBackupPoms=false
+
+if [[ $VERSION =~ M[0-9]|RC[0-9] ]]; then
+ lines=$(find applications/processor -type f -name pom.xml | xargs grep SNAPSHOT | grep -v ".contains(" | grep -v regex | wc -l)
+ if [ $lines -eq 0 ]; then
+  echo "All good"
+  git_commit_push 
+ else
+   echo "Snapshots found. Exiting build"
+   find applications/processor -type f -name pom.xml | xargs grep SNAPSHOT | grep -v ".contains(" | grep -v regex
+   git checkout -f
+ fi
+else 
+  lines=$(find applications/processor -type f -name pom.xml | xargs egrep "SNAPSHOT|M[0-9]|RC[0-9]" | grep -v ".contains(" | grep -v regex | wc -l)
+  if [ $lines -eq 0 ]; then
+   echo "All good"
+   git_commit_push 
+  else
+   echo "Non Release versions found. Exiting build"
+   find applications/processor -type f -name pom.xml | xargs egrep "SNAPSHOT|M[0-9]|RC[0-9]" | grep -v ".contains(" | grep -v regex
+   git checkout -f
+  fi
+fi
+
+popd
diff --git a/etc/release-tools/sink-upgrade-dryrun.sh b/etc/release-tools/sink-upgrade-dryrun.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..482f6f97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/release-tools/sink-upgrade-dryrun.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [ "$#" -ne 2 ]; then
+    echo "Please specify the release and core parent versions"
+    exit
+fi
+
+pushd ../..
+
+VERSION=$1
+./mvnw -f applications/sink versions:set -DnewVersion=$VERSION -DgenerateBackupPoms=false
+./mvnw -f applications/sink versions:update-parent -DparentVersion=$2 -Pspring -DgenerateBackupPoms=false
+
+if [[ $VERSION =~ M[0-9]|RC[0-9] ]]; then
+ lines=$(find applications/sink -type f -name pom.xml | xargs grep SNAPSHOT | grep -v ".contains(" | grep -v regex | wc -l)
+ if [ $lines -eq 0 ]; then
+   echo "All good"
+ else
+   echo "Snapshots found. Exiting build"
+   find applications/sink -type f -name pom.xml | xargs grep SNAPSHOT | grep -v ".contains(" | grep -v regex
+   git checkout -f
+ fi
+else 
+  lines=$(find applications/sink -type f -name pom.xml | xargs egrep "SNAPSHOT|M[0-9]|RC[0-9]" | grep -v ".contains(" | grep -v regex | wc -l)
+  if [ $lines -eq 0 ]; then
+   echo "All good"
+  else
+   echo "Non Release versions found. Exiting build"
+   find applications/sink -type f -name pom.xml | xargs egrep "SNAPSHOT|M[0-9]|RC[0-9]" | grep -v ".contains(" | grep -v regex
+   git checkout -f
+  fi
+fi
+
+popd
diff --git a/etc/release-tools/sink-upgrade.sh b/etc/release-tools/sink-upgrade.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..ad91f0af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/release-tools/sink-upgrade.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [ "$#" -ne 2 ]; then
+    echo "Please specify the release and core parent versions"
+    exit
+fi
+
+function git_commit_push {
+ echo "in git commit"
+ git commit -am"Sink Applications: Release - $1"
+ git push origin master
+}
+
+pushd ../..
+
+VERSION=$1
+./mvnw -f applications/sink versions:set -DnewVersion=$VERSION -DgenerateBackupPoms=false
+./mvnw -f applications/sink versions:update-parent -DparentVersion=$2 -Pspring -DgenerateBackupPoms=false
+
+if [[ $VERSION =~ M[0-9]|RC[0-9] ]]; then
+ lines=$(find applications/sink -type f -name pom.xml | xargs grep SNAPSHOT | grep -v ".contains(" | grep -v regex | wc -l)
+ if [ $lines -eq 0 ]; then
+  echo "All good"
+  git_commit_push 
+ else
+   echo "Snapshots found. Exiting build"
+   find applications/sink -type f -name pom.xml | xargs grep SNAPSHOT | grep -v ".contains(" | grep -v regex
+   git checkout -f
+ fi
+else 
+  lines=$(find applications/sink -type f -name pom.xml | xargs egrep "SNAPSHOT|M[0-9]|RC[0-9]" | grep -v ".contains(" | grep -v regex | wc -l)
+  if [ $lines -eq 0 ]; then
+   echo "All good"
+   git_commit_push 
+  else
+   echo "Non Release versions found. Exiting build"
+   find applications/sink -type f -name pom.xml | xargs egrep "SNAPSHOT|M[0-9]|RC[0-9]" | grep -v ".contains(" | grep -v regex
+   git checkout -f
+  fi
+fi
+
+popd
diff --git a/etc/release-tools/source-upgrade-dryrun.sh b/etc/release-tools/source-upgrade-dryrun.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..4ee3ab44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/release-tools/source-upgrade-dryrun.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [ "$#" -ne 2 ]; then
+    echo "Please specify the release and core parent versions"
+    exit
+fi
+
+pushd ../..
+
+VERSION=$1
+./mvnw -f applications/source versions:set -DnewVersion=$VERSION -DgenerateBackupPoms=false
+./mvnw -f applications/source versions:update-parent -DparentVersion=$2 -Pspring -DgenerateBackupPoms=false
+
+if [[ $VERSION =~ M[0-9]|RC[0-9] ]]; then
+ lines=$(find applications/source -type f -name pom.xml | xargs grep SNAPSHOT | grep -v ".contains(" | grep -v regex | wc -l)
+ if [ $lines -eq 0 ]; then
+   echo "All good"
+ else
+   echo "Snapshots found. Exiting build"
+   find applications/source -type f -name pom.xml | xargs grep SNAPSHOT | grep -v ".contains(" | grep -v regex
+   git checkout -f
+ fi
+else 
+  lines=$(find applications/source -type f -name pom.xml | xargs egrep "SNAPSHOT|M[0-9]|RC[0-9]" | grep -v ".contains(" | grep -v regex | wc -l)
+  if [ $lines -eq 0 ]; then
+   echo "All good"
+  else
+   echo "Non Release versions found. Exiting build"
+   find applications/source -type f -name pom.xml | xargs egrep "SNAPSHOT|M[0-9]|RC[0-9]" | grep -v ".contains(" | grep -v regex
+   git checkout -f
+  fi
+fi
+
+popd
diff --git a/etc/release-tools/source-upgrade.sh b/etc/release-tools/source-upgrade.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..46888d6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/release-tools/source-upgrade.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [ "$#" -ne 2 ]; then
+    echo "Please specify the release and core parent versions"
+    exit
+fi
+
+function git_commit_push {
+ echo "in git commit"
+ git commit -am"Source Applications: Release - $1"
+ git push origin master
+}
+
+pushd ../..
+
+VERSION=$1
+./mvnw -f applications/source versions:set -DnewVersion=$VERSION -DgenerateBackupPoms=false
+./mvnw -f applications/source versions:update-parent -DparentVersion=$2 -Pspring -DgenerateBackupPoms=false
+
+if [[ $VERSION =~ M[0-9]|RC[0-9] ]]; then
+ lines=$(find applications/source -type f -name pom.xml | xargs grep SNAPSHOT | grep -v ".contains(" | grep -v regex | wc -l)
+ if [ $lines -eq 0 ]; then
+  echo "All good"
+  git_commit_push 
+ else
+   echo "Snapshots found. Exiting build"
+   find applications/source -type f -name pom.xml | xargs grep SNAPSHOT | grep -v ".contains(" | grep -v regex
+   git checkout -f
+ fi
+else 
+  lines=$(find applications/source -type f -name pom.xml | xargs egrep "SNAPSHOT|M[0-9]|RC[0-9]" | grep -v ".contains(" | grep -v regex | wc -l)
+  if [ $lines -eq 0 ]; then
+   echo "All good"
+   git_commit_push 
+  else
+   echo "Non Release versions found. Exiting build"
+   find applications/source -type f -name pom.xml | xargs egrep "SNAPSHOT|M[0-9]|RC[0-9]" | grep -v ".contains(" | grep -v regex
+   git checkout -f
+  fi
+fi
+
+popd