diff --git a/api/pom.xml b/api/pom.xml
index 624bf065..cc56f89f 100644
--- a/api/pom.xml
+++ b/api/pom.xml
@@ -19,15 +19,14 @@
     limitations under the License.
 
 -->
-<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">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
     <parent>
         <!-- This is just for now and will not work if the API has a separate release cycle than the rest. -->
         <groupId>org.eclipse.microprofile.reactive.messaging</groupId>
         <artifactId>microprofile-reactive-messaging-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-RC1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e9cb14ce..eccc0e76 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -19,13 +19,12 @@
     limitations under the License.
 
 -->
-<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">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
     <groupId>org.eclipse.microprofile.reactive.messaging</groupId>
     <artifactId>microprofile-reactive-messaging-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.0-RC1</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
     <name>MicroProfile Reactive Messaging</name>
@@ -87,7 +86,7 @@
         <connection>scm:git:https://github.com/eclipse/microprofile-reactive-messaging.git</connection>
         <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:eclipse/microprofile-reactive-messaging.git</developerConnection>
         <url>https://github.com/eclipse/microprofile-reactive-messaging</url>
-        <tag>HEAD</tag>
+        <tag>1.0-RC1</tag>
     </scm>
 
     <distributionManagement>
diff --git a/spec/pom.xml b/spec/pom.xml
index 861c565b..5abc78a6 100644
--- a/spec/pom.xml
+++ b/spec/pom.xml
@@ -19,14 +19,13 @@
     limitations under the License.
 
 -->
-<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">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.eclipse.microprofile.reactive.messaging</groupId>
         <artifactId>microprofile-reactive-messaging-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-RC1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>microprofile-reactive-messaging-spec</artifactId>
diff --git a/tck/pom.xml b/tck/pom.xml
index 34c78869..0d41b514 100644
--- a/tck/pom.xml
+++ b/tck/pom.xml
@@ -19,15 +19,13 @@
     limitations under the License.
 
 -->
-<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">
+<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">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.eclipse.microprofile.reactive.messaging</groupId>
         <artifactId>microprofile-reactive-messaging-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-RC1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>microprofile-reactive-messaging-tck</artifactId>