diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 07f43cede8..92e9641afa 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ You can include this library from Sonatype OSS for SNAPSHOTS, or Maven central f
 <dependency>
   <groupId>io.swagger</groupId>
   <artifactId>swagger-parser</artifactId>
-  <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>2.0.0-rc1</version>
 </dependency>
 
 ```
diff --git a/modules/swagger-parser-core/pom.xml b/modules/swagger-parser-core/pom.xml
index 3567a75f45..e82b9cd1da 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-parser-core/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/swagger-parser-core/pom.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.swagger</groupId>
         <artifactId>swagger-parser-project</artifactId>
-        <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.0.0-rc1</version>
         <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/modules/swagger-parser-v2-converter/pom.xml b/modules/swagger-parser-v2-converter/pom.xml
index 94cb2dac0f..deaac0abad 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-parser-v2-converter/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/swagger-parser-v2-converter/pom.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.swagger</groupId>
         <artifactId>swagger-parser-project</artifactId>
-        <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.0.0-rc1</version>
         <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/modules/swagger-parser-v2/dependency-reduced-pom.xml b/modules/swagger-parser-v2/dependency-reduced-pom.xml
index a0bbd410b3..ea9fe5d6ce 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-parser-v2/dependency-reduced-pom.xml
+++ b/modules/swagger-parser-v2/dependency-reduced-pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>swagger-parser-project</artifactId>
     <groupId>io.swagger</groupId>
-    <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.0.0-rc1</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/modules/swagger-parser-v2/pom.xml b/modules/swagger-parser-v2/pom.xml
index 248d760aac..307b6d08a5 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-parser-v2/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/swagger-parser-v2/pom.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.swagger</groupId>
         <artifactId>swagger-parser-project</artifactId>
-        <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.0.0-rc1</version>
         <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/modules/swagger-parser-v3/pom.xml b/modules/swagger-parser-v3/pom.xml
index bc04de5a27..c0d53ad778 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-parser-v3/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/swagger-parser-v3/pom.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.swagger</groupId>
         <artifactId>swagger-parser-project</artifactId>
-        <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.0.0-rc1</version>
         <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
@@ -78,6 +77,6 @@
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
     <properties>
-        <swagger-core-module-version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</swagger-core-module-version>
+        <swagger-core-module-version>2.0.0-rc2</swagger-core-module-version>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/modules/swagger-parser/pom.xml b/modules/swagger-parser/pom.xml
index 8e62e56312..48e6f9a634 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-parser/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/swagger-parser/pom.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.swagger</groupId>
         <artifactId>swagger-parser-project</artifactId>
-        <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.0.0-rc1</version>
         <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
@@ -101,7 +100,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.swagger</groupId>
             <artifactId>swagger-parser-v3</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>2.0.0-rc1</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 92b45181e8..14915f701c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.sonatype.oss</groupId>
         <artifactId>oss-parent</artifactId>
@@ -9,7 +8,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>io.swagger</groupId>
     <artifactId>swagger-parser-project</artifactId>
-    <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.0.0-rc1</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <name>swagger-parser-project</name>
     <developers>
@@ -167,7 +166,7 @@
                         <goals>
                             <goal>check</goal>
                         </goals>
-                        <configuration></configuration>
+                        <configuration />
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
                 <configuration>
@@ -254,7 +253,7 @@
         <swagger-parser-v2-version>1.0.28</swagger-parser-v2-version>
         <commons-io-version>2.4</commons-io-version>
         <slf4j-version>1.6.3</slf4j-version>
-        <swagger-core-version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</swagger-core-version>
+        <swagger-core-version>2.0.0-rc2</swagger-core-version>
         <junit-version>4.8.1</junit-version>
         <testng-version>6.9.6</testng-version>
         <jmockit-version>1.19</jmockit-version>