diff --git a/core/api/pom.xml b/core/api/pom.xml
index 7cfb4ac..b985505 100644
--- a/core/api/pom.xml
+++ b/core/api/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
         <artifactId>onos-core</artifactId>
-        <version>1.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.3.0-rc3</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/core/common/pom.xml b/core/common/pom.xml
index 71c0fe4..d667360 100644
--- a/core/common/pom.xml
+++ b/core/common/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
         <artifactId>onos-core</artifactId>
-        <version>1.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.3.0-rc3</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/core/net/pom.xml b/core/net/pom.xml
index 4ba04c5..715125e 100644
--- a/core/net/pom.xml
+++ b/core/net/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
         <artifactId>onos-core</artifactId>
-        <version>1.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.3.0-rc3</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/core/net/src/main/java/org/onosproject/core/impl/CoreManager.java b/core/net/src/main/java/org/onosproject/core/impl/CoreManager.java
index 0761229..177e6e2 100644
--- a/core/net/src/main/java/org/onosproject/core/impl/CoreManager.java
+++ b/core/net/src/main/java/org/onosproject/core/impl/CoreManager.java
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
     private final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(getClass());
 
     private static final File VERSION_FILE = new File("../VERSION");
-    private static Version version = Version.version("1.3.0-SNAPSHOT");
+    private static Version version = Version.version("1.3.0-rc3");
 
     @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
     protected ApplicationIdStore applicationIdStore;
diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 0f7dd8c..7985c00 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
         <artifactId>onos</artifactId>
-        <version>1.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.3.0-rc3</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/core/security/pom.xml b/core/security/pom.xml
index 659d1d4..828a0f0 100644
--- a/core/security/pom.xml
+++ b/core/security/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>onos-core</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
-        <version>1.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.3.0-rc3</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/core/store/dist/pom.xml b/core/store/dist/pom.xml
index eb9c38a..3894545 100644
--- a/core/store/dist/pom.xml
+++ b/core/store/dist/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
         <artifactId>onos-core-store</artifactId>
-        <version>1.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.3.0-rc3</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/core/store/pom.xml b/core/store/pom.xml
index 59d6664..28e154f 100644
--- a/core/store/pom.xml
+++ b/core/store/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
         <artifactId>onos-core</artifactId>
-        <version>1.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.3.0-rc3</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/core/store/serializers/pom.xml b/core/store/serializers/pom.xml
index d869f60..87422c2 100644
--- a/core/store/serializers/pom.xml
+++ b/core/store/serializers/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
         <artifactId>onos-core-store</artifactId>
-        <version>1.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.3.0-rc3</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>