diff --git a/tools/build/envDefaults b/tools/build/envDefaults
index 8a5913f..2ee9fe9 100644
--- a/tools/build/envDefaults
+++ b/tools/build/envDefaults
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
 export BUILD_NUMBER=${BUILD_NUMBER:-$(id -un)}
 
 # ONOS Version and onos.tar.gz staging environment
-export ONOS_POM_VERSION="1.9.0-SNAPSHOT"
-export ONOS_VERSION=${ONOS_VERSION:-1.9.0.$BUILD_NUMBER}
+export ONOS_POM_VERSION="1.9.0-b1b"
+export ONOS_VERSION=${ONOS_VERSION:-1.9.0-b1b.$BUILD_NUMBER}
 
 # ONOS production bits (onos.tar.gz, onos.zip, onos.deb, onos.rpm) staging environment
 export ONOS_BITS=onos-${ONOS_VERSION%~*}
diff --git a/tools/build/onos-prepare-sonar b/tools/build/onos-prepare-sonar
index 4b36ba3..0b3323a 100755
--- a/tools/build/onos-prepare-sonar
+++ b/tools/build/onos-prepare-sonar
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 from subprocess import call, check_call, check_output
 
 # FIXME pull the version from the Buck version file
-ONOS_VERSION='1.9.0-SNAPSHOT'
+ONOS_VERSION='1.9.0-b1b'
 
 # SonarQube property file name and template
 FILE_NAME = 'sonar-project.properties'
diff --git a/tools/package/archetypes/api/pom.xml b/tools/package/archetypes/api/pom.xml
index baa22f9..718e055 100644
--- a/tools/package/archetypes/api/pom.xml
+++ b/tools/package/archetypes/api/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
     <artifactId>onos-archetypes</artifactId>
-    <version>1.9.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.9.0-b1b</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>onos-api-archetype</artifactId>
diff --git a/tools/package/archetypes/api/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml b/tools/package/archetypes/api/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
index 4f34f37..06c95be 100644
--- a/tools/package/archetypes/api/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
+++ b/tools/package/archetypes/api/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <onos.version>1.9.0-SNAPSHOT</onos.version>
+        <onos.version>1.9.0-b1b</onos.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/tools/package/archetypes/bundle/pom.xml b/tools/package/archetypes/bundle/pom.xml
index d263a62..261e95b 100644
--- a/tools/package/archetypes/bundle/pom.xml
+++ b/tools/package/archetypes/bundle/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
     <artifactId>onos-archetypes</artifactId>
-    <version>1.9.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.9.0-b1b</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>onos-bundle-archetype</artifactId>
diff --git a/tools/package/archetypes/bundle/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml b/tools/package/archetypes/bundle/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
index b19c38c..af72c61 100644
--- a/tools/package/archetypes/bundle/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
+++ b/tools/package/archetypes/bundle/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <onos.version>1.9.0-SNAPSHOT</onos.version>
+        <onos.version>1.9.0-b1b</onos.version>
         <!-- Uncomment to generate ONOS app from this module.
         <onos.app.name>org.foo.app</onos.app.name>
         <onos.app.title>Foo App</onos.app.title>
diff --git a/tools/package/archetypes/cli/pom.xml b/tools/package/archetypes/cli/pom.xml
index 6394bec..860e509 100644
--- a/tools/package/archetypes/cli/pom.xml
+++ b/tools/package/archetypes/cli/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
     <artifactId>onos-archetypes</artifactId>
-    <version>1.9.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.9.0-b1b</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>onos-cli-archetype</artifactId>
diff --git a/tools/package/archetypes/cli/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml b/tools/package/archetypes/cli/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
index 2857299..ca12767 100644
--- a/tools/package/archetypes/cli/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
+++ b/tools/package/archetypes/cli/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <onos.version>1.9.0-SNAPSHOT</onos.version>
+        <onos.version>1.9.0-b1b</onos.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/tools/package/archetypes/pom.xml b/tools/package/archetypes/pom.xml
index 90dca6b..73e1369 100644
--- a/tools/package/archetypes/pom.xml
+++ b/tools/package/archetypes/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
     <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
     <artifactId>onos-archetypes</artifactId>
-    <version>1.9.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.9.0-b1b</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
     <description>ONOS archetypes project</description>
diff --git a/tools/package/archetypes/rest/pom.xml b/tools/package/archetypes/rest/pom.xml
index 5f7e8dc..44172cd 100644
--- a/tools/package/archetypes/rest/pom.xml
+++ b/tools/package/archetypes/rest/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
     <artifactId>onos-archetypes</artifactId>
-    <version>1.9.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.9.0-b1b</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>onos-rest-archetype</artifactId>
diff --git a/tools/package/archetypes/rest/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml b/tools/package/archetypes/rest/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
index 76081bd..afdc3fa 100644
--- a/tools/package/archetypes/rest/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
+++ b/tools/package/archetypes/rest/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <onos.version>1.9.0-SNAPSHOT</onos.version>
+        <onos.version>1.9.0-b1b</onos.version>
 
         <web.context>/onos/${artifactId}</web.context>
         <api.version>1.0.0</api.version>
diff --git a/tools/package/archetypes/ui/pom.xml b/tools/package/archetypes/ui/pom.xml
index 4dc7cc2..505b8b9 100644
--- a/tools/package/archetypes/ui/pom.xml
+++ b/tools/package/archetypes/ui/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
     <artifactId>onos-archetypes</artifactId>
-    <version>1.9.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.9.0-b1b</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>onos-ui-archetype</artifactId>
diff --git a/tools/package/archetypes/ui/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml b/tools/package/archetypes/ui/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
index 6479cb0..dcfe58c 100644
--- a/tools/package/archetypes/ui/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
+++ b/tools/package/archetypes/ui/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <onos.version>1.9.0-SNAPSHOT</onos.version>
+        <onos.version>1.9.0-b1b</onos.version>
         <!-- Uncomment to generate ONOS app from this module.
         <onos.app.name>org.foo.app</onos.app.name>
         <onos.app.title>Foo App</onos.app.title>
diff --git a/tools/package/archetypes/uitab/pom.xml b/tools/package/archetypes/uitab/pom.xml
index 1a00e4a..15ff30f 100644
--- a/tools/package/archetypes/uitab/pom.xml
+++ b/tools/package/archetypes/uitab/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
     <artifactId>onos-archetypes</artifactId>
-    <version>1.9.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.9.0-b1b</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>onos-uitab-archetype</artifactId>
diff --git a/tools/package/archetypes/uitab/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml b/tools/package/archetypes/uitab/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
index e806f77..7d9d629 100644
--- a/tools/package/archetypes/uitab/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
+++ b/tools/package/archetypes/uitab/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <onos.version>1.9.0-SNAPSHOT</onos.version>
+        <onos.version>1.9.0-b1b</onos.version>
         <!-- Uncomment to generate ONOS app from this module.
         <onos.app.name>org.foo.app</onos.app.name>
         <onos.app.title>Foo App</onos.app.title>
diff --git a/tools/package/archetypes/uitopo/pom.xml b/tools/package/archetypes/uitopo/pom.xml
index 57483e2..0bbef84 100644
--- a/tools/package/archetypes/uitopo/pom.xml
+++ b/tools/package/archetypes/uitopo/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
     <artifactId>onos-archetypes</artifactId>
-    <version>1.9.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.9.0-b1b</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>onos-uitopo-archetype</artifactId>
diff --git a/tools/package/archetypes/uitopo/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml b/tools/package/archetypes/uitopo/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
index 84e40b8..b6f881e 100644
--- a/tools/package/archetypes/uitopo/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
+++ b/tools/package/archetypes/uitopo/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <onos.version>1.9.0-SNAPSHOT</onos.version>
+        <onos.version>1.9.0-b1b</onos.version>
         <!-- Uncomment to generate ONOS app from this module.
         <onos.app.name>org.foo.app</onos.app.name>
         <onos.app.title>Foo App</onos.app.title>
diff --git a/tools/package/branding/pom.xml b/tools/package/branding/pom.xml
index 6a64d4a..a5d6607 100644
--- a/tools/package/branding/pom.xml
+++ b/tools/package/branding/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
         <artifactId>onos</artifactId>
-        <version>1.9.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.9.0-b1b</version>
         <relativePath>../../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/tools/test/bin/onos-archetypes-test b/tools/test/bin/onos-archetypes-test
index ee18188..a0343b8 100755
--- a/tools/test/bin/onos-archetypes-test
+++ b/tools/test/bin/onos-archetypes-test
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 set -e
 
 export AROOT=${ONOS_STAGE_ROOT:-/tmp}/foo
-export ARCHETYPE_OPTS="-DarchetypeGroupId=org.onosproject -DarchetypeVersion=1.9.0-SNAPSHOT"
+export ARCHETYPE_OPTS="-DarchetypeGroupId=org.onosproject -DarchetypeVersion=1.9.0-b1b"
 
 mkdir -p $AROOT
 for an in api bundle cli rest ui uitab uitopo; do