diff --git a/tools/build/envDefaults b/tools/build/envDefaults
index 57c1f67..766a959 100644
--- a/tools/build/envDefaults
+++ b/tools/build/envDefaults
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
 export BUILD_NUMBER=${BUILD_NUMBER:-$(id -un)~$(date +'%Y/%m/%d@%H:%M')}
 
 # ONOS Version and onos.tar.gz staging environment
-export ONOS_POM_VERSION="1.3.0-SNAPSHOT"
-export ONOS_VERSION=${ONOS_VERSION:-1.3.0.$BUILD_NUMBER}
+export ONOS_POM_VERSION="1.3.0-rc1"
+export ONOS_VERSION=${ONOS_VERSION:-1.3.0-rc1.$BUILD_NUMBER}
 
 # ONOS production bits (onos.tar.gz, onos.zip, onos.deb, onos.rpm) staging environment
 export ONOS_BITS=onos-${ONOS_VERSION%~*}