diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 21389c5090..8e1210aff0 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.parser.v3</groupId>
   <artifactId>swagger-parser</artifactId>
-  <version>2.0.0-rc2</version>
+  <version>2.0.0-rc3</version>
 </dependency>
 
 ```
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ or
 <dependency>
   <groupId>io.swagger.parser.v3</groupId>
   <artifactId>swagger-parser</artifactId>
-  <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>2.0.0-rc3</version>
 </dependency>
 
 ```
diff --git a/modules/swagger-parser-core/pom.xml b/modules/swagger-parser-core/pom.xml
index 427381435f..f8462e6b5e 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-parser-core/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/swagger-parser-core/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.swagger.parser.v3</groupId>
         <artifactId>swagger-parser-project</artifactId>
-        <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.0.0-rc3</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 a0d8a2e43e..03c0a06af4 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-parser-v2-converter/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/swagger-parser-v2-converter/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.swagger.parser.v3</groupId>
         <artifactId>swagger-parser-project</artifactId>
-        <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.0.0-rc3</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 3d8dcf2cfd..0a61c9bdb0 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-parser-v3/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/swagger-parser-v3/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.swagger.parser.v3</groupId>
         <artifactId>swagger-parser-project</artifactId>
-        <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.0.0-rc3</version>
         <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
@@ -76,6 +76,6 @@
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
     <properties>
-        <swagger-core-module-version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</swagger-core-module-version>
+        <swagger-core-module-version>2.0.0-rc4</swagger-core-module-version>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/modules/swagger-parser/pom.xml b/modules/swagger-parser/pom.xml
index a8f04a688e..5497dafadd 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-parser/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/swagger-parser/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.swagger.parser.v3</groupId>
         <artifactId>swagger-parser-project</artifactId>
-        <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.0.0-rc3</version>
         <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8c85472272..3a798cdec3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>io.swagger.parser.v3</groupId>
     <artifactId>swagger-parser-project</artifactId>
-    <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.0.0-rc3</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <name>swagger-parser-project</name>
     <developers>
@@ -249,10 +249,10 @@
         </repository>
     </repositories>
     <properties>
-        <swagger-parser-v2-version>1.0.34-SNAPSHOT</swagger-parser-v2-version>
+        <swagger-parser-v2-version>1.0.34</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-rc4</swagger-core-version>
         <junit-version>4.8.1</junit-version>
         <testng-version>6.9.6</testng-version>
         <jmockit-version>1.19</jmockit-version>