diff --git a/providers/bmv2/device/pom.xml b/providers/bmv2/device/pom.xml
index 46d0112..8c03196 100644
--- a/providers/bmv2/device/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/bmv2/device/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>onos-bmv2-providers</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
-        <version>1.8.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.8.5-rc1</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>