diff --git a/apps/kafka-integration/core/pom.xml b/apps/kafka-integration/core/pom.xml
index 4d36638..a17763d 100644
--- a/apps/kafka-integration/core/pom.xml
+++ b/apps/kafka-integration/core/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
         <artifactId>onos-kafka</artifactId>
-        <version>1.11.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.11.2-rc5</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>