diff --git a/providers/ovsdb/app/pom.xml b/providers/ovsdb/app/pom.xml
index c686569..8a74ee4 100644
--- a/providers/ovsdb/app/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/ovsdb/app/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
         <artifactId>onos-ovsdb-providers</artifactId>
-        <version>1.9.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.9.0-rc3</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>onos-ovsdatabase</artifactId>