diff --git a/tools/package/archetypes/pom.xml b/tools/package/archetypes/pom.xml
index 3528a98..c4c72a4 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>2.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.1.0-rc1</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
     <description>ONOS archetypes project</description>