diff --git a/providers/bgp/app/pom.xml b/providers/bgp/app/pom.xml
index b9605e2..2a31784 100644
--- a/providers/bgp/app/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/bgp/app/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
         <artifactId>onos-bgp-providers</artifactId>
-        <version>1.9.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.9.0-rc1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>onos-bgp-app</artifactId>