diff --git a/providers/bgpcep/app/pom.xml b/providers/bgpcep/app/pom.xml
index 2c51bed..c302e5c 100644
--- a/providers/bgpcep/app/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/bgpcep/app/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
         <artifactId>onos-bgpcep-providers</artifactId>
-        <version>1.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.6.0-rc3</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/providers/bgpcep/flow/pom.xml b/providers/bgpcep/flow/pom.xml
index 4b8433b..9db6065 100644
--- a/providers/bgpcep/flow/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/bgpcep/flow/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
         <artifactId>onos-bgpcep-providers</artifactId>
-        <version>1.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.6.0-rc3</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>onos-bgpcep-provider-flow</artifactId>
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
             <artifactId>onos-bgp-ctl</artifactId>
-            <version>1.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>1.6.0-rc3</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/providers/bgpcep/pom.xml b/providers/bgpcep/pom.xml
index 01f8acf..3095b4c 100644
--- a/providers/bgpcep/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/bgpcep/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
     <artifactId>onos-providers</artifactId>
-    <version>1.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.6.0-rc3</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>onos-bgpcep-providers</artifactId>