diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6cd75afcc76..e9fb3a8a9a1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ The OpenAPI Specification has undergone 3 revisions since initial creation in 20
 
 Swagger Codegen Version    | Release Date | OpenAPI Spec compatibility | Notes
 -------------------------- | ------------ | -------------------------- | -----
-3.0.0 (upcoming major release) [SNAPSHOT](https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/io/swagger/swagger-codegen-cli/3.0.0-SNAPSHOT/)| TBD | 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 2.0, 3.0 | Major release with breaking changes
+3.0.0 (upcoming major release) [rc1](https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/io/swagger/swagger-codegen-cli/3.0.0-rc1/)| TBD | 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 2.0, 3.0 | Major release with breaking changes
 2.4.0 (current master, upcoming minor release) [SNAPSHOT](https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/io/swagger/swagger-codegen-cli/2.4.0-SNAPSHOT/)| TBD   | 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 2.0   | Minor release with breaking changes
 [2.3.0](https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-codegen/releases/tag/v2.3.0) (**current stable**) | 2017-12-21   | 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 2.0   | [tag v2.3.0](https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-codegen/tree/v2.3.0)
 [2.2.3](https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-codegen/releases/tag/v2.2.3) | 2017-07-15   | 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 2.0   | [tag v2.2.3](https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-codegen/tree/v2.2.3)
@@ -85,10 +85,10 @@ Swagger Codegen Version    | Release Date | OpenAPI Spec compatibility | Notes
 
 
 ### Prerequisites
-Right now there is a release candidate (rc0) version, which you can grab it directly from Maven.org (Java 8 runtime at a minimum):
+If you're looking for the latest stable version, you can grab it directly from Maven.org (Java 8 runtime at a minimum):
 
 ```sh
-wget http://central.maven.org/maven2/io/swagger/swagger-codegen-cli/3.0.0-rc0/swagger-codegen-cli-3.0.0-rc0.jar -O swagger-codegen-cli.jar
+wget http://central.maven.org/maven2/io/swagger/swagger-codegen-cli/3.0.0-rc1/swagger-codegen-cli-3.0.0-rc1.jar -O swagger-codegen-cli.jar
 
 java -jar swagger-codegen-cli.jar --help
 ```
diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen-cli/pom.xml b/modules/swagger-codegen-cli/pom.xml
index 4d35a54df88..efc59656dc4 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen-cli/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen-cli/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.swagger</groupId>
         <artifactId>swagger-codegen-project</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-rc1</version>
         <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/modules/swagger-codegen-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index 37a54360013..6aa1fa9abbd 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.swagger</groupId>
         <artifactId>swagger-codegen-project</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-rc1</version>
         <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>swagger-codegen-maven-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.swagger</groupId>
             <artifactId>swagger-codegen</artifactId>
-            <version>${project.version}</version>
+            <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.swagger</groupId>
diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/pom.xml b/modules/swagger-codegen/pom.xml
index 2856a415454..d349c0b1fd8 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.swagger</groupId>
         <artifactId>swagger-codegen-project</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-rc1</version>
         <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/modules/swagger-generator/pom.xml b/modules/swagger-generator/pom.xml
index 2f01a1094c8..3bc53871a7d 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-generator/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/swagger-generator/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.swagger</groupId>
         <artifactId>swagger-codegen-project</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-rc1</version>
         <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>swagger-generator</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 48cdb8c47b6..d9101940e44 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <artifactId>swagger-codegen-project</artifactId>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <name>swagger-codegen-project</name>
-    <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-rc1</version>
     <url>https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-codegen</url>
     <scm>
         <connection>scm:git:git@github.com:swagger-api/swagger-codegen.git</connection>
@@ -934,7 +934,7 @@
         <swagger-parser-version>2.0.0</swagger-parser-version>
         <scala-version>2.11.1</scala-version>
         <felix-version>3.3.0</felix-version>
-        <swagger-core-version>2.0.0</swagger-core-version>
+        <swagger-core-version>2.0.1</swagger-core-version>
         <commons-io-version>2.4</commons-io-version>
         <commons-cli-version>1.2</commons-cli-version>
         <junit-version>4.8.1</junit-version>
diff --git a/pom.xml.bash b/pom.xml.bash
index 249f4d8ef21..9181b51fcf8 100644
--- a/pom.xml.bash
+++ b/pom.xml.bash
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <artifactId>swagger-codegen-project</artifactId>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <name>swagger-codegen-project</name>
-    <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-rc1</version>
     <url>https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-codegen</url>
     <scm>
         <connection>scm:git:git@github.com:swagger-api/swagger-codegen.git</connection>
@@ -909,10 +909,10 @@
         </repository>
     </repositories>
     <properties>
-        <swagger-parser-version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</swagger-parser-version>
+        <swagger-parser-version>2.0.0</swagger-parser-version>
         <scala-version>2.11.1</scala-version>
         <felix-version>3.3.0</felix-version>
-        <swagger-core-version>2.0.0</swagger-core-version>
+        <swagger-core-version>2.0.1</swagger-core-version>
         <commons-io-version>2.4</commons-io-version>
         <commons-cli-version>1.2</commons-cli-version>
         <junit-version>4.8.1</junit-version>
diff --git a/pom.xml.circleci b/pom.xml.circleci
index 562ec797aad..ba95b196f34 100644
--- a/pom.xml.circleci
+++ b/pom.xml.circleci
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <artifactId>swagger-codegen-project</artifactId>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <name>swagger-codegen-project</name>
-    <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-rc1</version>
     <url>https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-codegen</url>
     <scm>
         <connection>scm:git:git@github.com:swagger-api/swagger-codegen.git</connection>
@@ -941,10 +941,10 @@
         </repository>
     </repositories>
     <properties>
-        <swagger-parser-version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</swagger-parser-version>
+        <swagger-parser-version>2.0.0</swagger-parser-version>
         <scala-version>2.11.1</scala-version>
         <felix-version>3.3.0</felix-version>
-        <swagger-core-version>2.0.0</swagger-core-version>
+        <swagger-core-version>2.0.1</swagger-core-version>
         <commons-io-version>2.4</commons-io-version>
         <commons-cli-version>1.2</commons-cli-version>
         <junit-version>4.8.1</junit-version>
diff --git a/pom.xml.shippable b/pom.xml.shippable
index 5738c9ec234..54451b5f4cc 100644
--- a/pom.xml.shippable
+++ b/pom.xml.shippable
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <artifactId>swagger-codegen-project</artifactId>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <name>swagger-codegen-project</name>
-    <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-rc1</version>
     <url>https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-codegen</url>
     <scm>
         <connection>scm:git:git@github.com:swagger-api/swagger-codegen.git</connection>
@@ -911,10 +911,10 @@
         </repository>
     </repositories>
     <properties>
-        <swagger-parser-version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</swagger-parser-version>
+        <swagger-parser-version>2.0.0</swagger-parser-version>
         <scala-version>2.11.1</scala-version>
         <felix-version>3.3.0</felix-version>
-        <swagger-core-version>2.0.0</swagger-core-version>
+        <swagger-core-version>2.0.1</swagger-core-version>
         <commons-io-version>2.4</commons-io-version>
         <commons-cli-version>1.2</commons-cli-version>
         <junit-version>4.8.1</junit-version>