diff --git a/apache-jena-libs/pom.xml b/apache-jena-libs/pom.xml
index 8c170708be3..f15756a9213 100644
--- a/apache-jena-libs/pom.xml
+++ b/apache-jena-libs/pom.xml
@@ -16,21 +16,19 @@
    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/maven-v4_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/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
   <artifactId>apache-jena-libs</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>Apache Jena - Libraries POM</name>
-  <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>3.6.0</version>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena</artifactId>
-    <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.6.0</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
@@ -43,19 +41,19 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-tdb</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-tdb2</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-rdfconnection</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
     </dependency>
 
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/apache-jena-osgi/jena-osgi-features/pom.xml b/apache-jena-osgi/jena-osgi-features/pom.xml
index f495f8853bf..02d66d91e56 100644
--- a/apache-jena-osgi/jena-osgi-features/pom.xml
+++ b/apache-jena-osgi/jena-osgi-features/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>apache-jena-osgi</artifactId>
-    <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.6.0</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>jena-osgi-features</artifactId>  
   <packaging>bundle</packaging>
diff --git a/apache-jena-osgi/jena-osgi/pom.xml b/apache-jena-osgi/jena-osgi/pom.xml
index 2237ad7305f..e995eeae8b3 100644
--- a/apache-jena-osgi/jena-osgi/pom.xml
+++ b/apache-jena-osgi/jena-osgi/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>apache-jena-osgi</artifactId>
-    <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.6.0</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>jena-osgi</artifactId>  
   <packaging>bundle</packaging>
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-arq</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
       <exclusions>
         <!-- These are all embedded within httpclient-osgi -->
@@ -106,14 +106,14 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-core</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-rdfconnection</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
    <!-- xerces is needed - but this is marked as optional as some
@@ -133,14 +133,14 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-shaded-guava</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-tdb</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <!--
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-iri</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/apache-jena-osgi/pom.xml b/apache-jena-osgi/pom.xml
index 6bbc82bce79..2d572f21e28 100644
--- a/apache-jena-osgi/pom.xml
+++ b/apache-jena-osgi/pom.xml
@@ -21,13 +21,13 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena</artifactId>
-    <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.6.0</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent> 
 
   <name>Apache Jena - OSGi</name>
   <artifactId>apache-jena-osgi</artifactId>
-  <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>3.6.0</version>
 
   <description>Apache Jena OSGi distribution and test</description>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
diff --git a/apache-jena/pom.xml b/apache-jena/pom.xml
index 74610776de7..0f35718e6d9 100644
--- a/apache-jena/pom.xml
+++ b/apache-jena/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>Apache Jena - Distribution</name>
   <url>http://jena.apache.org/</url>
-  <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>3.6.0</version>
   <description>
     Apache Jena is a API and toolkit for working with semantic web technologies such as RDF and SPARQL using Java.  This artifact represents the source and binary distribution packages generated for releases.
   </description>
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena</artifactId>
-    <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.6.0</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
@@ -60,13 +60,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-arq</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-arq</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
       <classifier>sources</classifier>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-arq</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
       <classifier>javadoc</classifier>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
@@ -82,13 +82,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-core</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-core</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
       <classifier>sources</classifier>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-core</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
       <classifier>javadoc</classifier>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
@@ -104,13 +104,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-tdb</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-tdb</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
       <classifier>sources</classifier>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-tdb</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
       <classifier>javadoc</classifier>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
@@ -126,13 +126,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-rdfconnection</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-rdfconnection</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
       <classifier>sources</classifier>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-rdfconnection</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
       <classifier>javadoc</classifier>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
@@ -148,13 +148,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-cmds</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-cmds</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
       <classifier>sources</classifier>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-cmds</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
       <classifier>javadoc</classifier>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
diff --git a/jena-arq/pom.xml b/jena-arq/pom.xml
index 49871e3b875..2ea3d8befed 100644
--- a/jena-arq/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-arq/pom.xml
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@
   <artifactId>jena-arq</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Apache Jena - ARQ (SPARQL 1.1 Query Engine)</name>
-  <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>3.6.0</version>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena</artifactId>
-    <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.6.0</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
@@ -42,14 +42,14 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-core</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-core</artifactId>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
@@ -57,14 +57,14 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-base</artifactId>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-shaded-guava</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
     </dependency>
     
     <dependency>
diff --git a/jena-base/pom.xml b/jena-base/pom.xml
index 8db450d59a2..d47470609f6 100644
--- a/jena-base/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-base/pom.xml
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena</artifactId>
-    <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.6.0</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>jena-base</artifactId>
-  <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>3.6.0</version>
   <name>Apache Jena - Base Common Environment</name>
   <description>
     This module contains non-RDF library code and the common system runtime.
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-shaded-guava</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/jena-cmds/pom.xml b/jena-cmds/pom.xml
index 093bbff2680..0a299705cb3 100644
--- a/jena-cmds/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-cmds/pom.xml
@@ -21,13 +21,13 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena</artifactId>
-    <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.6.0</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent> 
 
   <name>Apache Jena - Command line tools</name>
   <artifactId>jena-cmds</artifactId>
-  <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>3.6.0</version>
 
   <description>Command line tools</description>
 
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>apache-jena-libs</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
       <type>pom</type>
     </dependency>
 
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-arq</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-core</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-base</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
diff --git a/jena-core/pom.xml b/jena-core/pom.xml
index 6401d95864a..5270ac2bdaf 100644
--- a/jena-core/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-core/pom.xml
@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@
   <artifactId>jena-core</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Apache Jena - Core</name>
-  <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>3.6.0</version>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena</artifactId>
-    <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.6.0</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-iri</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
@@ -88,13 +88,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-base</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-base</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
diff --git a/jena-csv/pom.xml b/jena-csv/pom.xml
index 08be5dcc4e3..e35bc079e09 100644
--- a/jena-csv/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-csv/pom.xml
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@
   <artifactId>jena-csv</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Apache Jena - Data Tables for RDF and SPARQL</name>
-  <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>3.6.0</version>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena</artifactId>
-    <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.6.0</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
   
@@ -43,21 +43,21 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>apache-jena-libs</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
       <type>pom</type>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-cmds</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
     </dependency>
     
     <!-- Testing support -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-base</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
diff --git a/jena-db/jena-dboe-base/pom.xml b/jena-db/jena-dboe-base/pom.xml
index e97d17194c8..0ea486b2ecd 100644
--- a/jena-db/jena-dboe-base/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-db/jena-dboe-base/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena-db</artifactId>
-    <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.6.0</version>
   </parent> 
 
   <dependencies>
@@ -35,13 +35,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-arq</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-arq</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
diff --git a/jena-db/jena-dboe-index-test/pom.xml b/jena-db/jena-dboe-index-test/pom.xml
index 64037734306..e5035a5e949 100644
--- a/jena-db/jena-dboe-index-test/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-db/jena-dboe-index-test/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena-db</artifactId>
-    <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.6.0</version>
   </parent> 
 
   <dependencies>
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-dboe-index</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/jena-db/jena-dboe-index/pom.xml b/jena-db/jena-dboe-index/pom.xml
index 4cf6046fbf6..c59d6ed4f3c 100644
--- a/jena-db/jena-dboe-index/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-db/jena-dboe-index/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena-db</artifactId>
-    <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.6.0</version>
   </parent> 
 
   <dependencies>
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-dboe-base</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
     </dependency>
 
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/jena-db/jena-dboe-trans-data/pom.xml b/jena-db/jena-dboe-trans-data/pom.xml
index 21dd7bed336..5e355208f6e 100644
--- a/jena-db/jena-dboe-trans-data/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-db/jena-dboe-trans-data/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena-db</artifactId>
-    <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.6.0</version>
   </parent> 
 
   <dependencies>
@@ -34,26 +34,26 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-dboe-transaction</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-dboe-index</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-dboe-index-test</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-dboe-base</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
diff --git a/jena-db/jena-dboe-transaction/pom.xml b/jena-db/jena-dboe-transaction/pom.xml
index a7dc5df10f5..1738c24744c 100644
--- a/jena-db/jena-dboe-transaction/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-db/jena-dboe-transaction/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena-db</artifactId>
-    <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.6.0</version>
   </parent> 
 
   <dependencies>
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-dboe-base</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
     </dependency>
 
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/jena-db/jena-tdb2/pom.xml b/jena-db/jena-tdb2/pom.xml
index f996db6b944..dfb6a816a1a 100644
--- a/jena-db/jena-tdb2/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-db/jena-tdb2/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena-db</artifactId>
-    <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.6.0</version>
   </parent> 
 
   <dependencies>
@@ -36,13 +36,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-dboe-trans-data</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-core</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-arq</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-base</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
diff --git a/jena-db/pom.xml b/jena-db/pom.xml
index c323e8f35e2..b61e3483012 100644
--- a/jena-db/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-db/pom.xml
@@ -22,14 +22,14 @@
   
   <artifactId>jena-db</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>3.6.0</version>
   <name>Apache Jena - Database Operation Environment</name>
   <url>http://jena.apache.org/</url>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena</artifactId>
-    <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.6.0</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
   
diff --git a/jena-elephas/jena-elephas-common/pom.xml b/jena-elephas/jena-elephas-common/pom.xml
index 4de92e8ab4b..034a11c899b 100644
--- a/jena-elephas/jena-elephas-common/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-elephas/jena-elephas-common/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena-elephas</artifactId>
-    <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.6.0</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>jena-elephas-common</artifactId>
   <name>Apache Jena - Elephas - Common API</name>
diff --git a/jena-elephas/jena-elephas-io/pom.xml b/jena-elephas/jena-elephas-io/pom.xml
index 85d9937d079..e223e85a2b6 100644
--- a/jena-elephas/jena-elephas-io/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-elephas/jena-elephas-io/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena-elephas</artifactId>
-    <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.6.0</version>
     <relativePath>../</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>jena-elephas-io</artifactId>
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-elephas-common</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
     </dependency>
     
     <!-- Hadoop Dependencies -->
diff --git a/jena-elephas/jena-elephas-mapreduce/pom.xml b/jena-elephas/jena-elephas-mapreduce/pom.xml
index 10841cd9cce..5e3ce0b08d9 100644
--- a/jena-elephas/jena-elephas-mapreduce/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-elephas/jena-elephas-mapreduce/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena-elephas</artifactId>
-    <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.6.0</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>jena-elephas-mapreduce</artifactId>
   <name>Apache Jena - Elephas - Map/Reduce</name>
diff --git a/jena-elephas/jena-elephas-stats/pom.xml b/jena-elephas/jena-elephas-stats/pom.xml
index d4532555f18..2742ac78466 100644
--- a/jena-elephas/jena-elephas-stats/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-elephas/jena-elephas-stats/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena-elephas</artifactId>
-    <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.6.0</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>jena-elephas-stats</artifactId>
   <name>Apache Jena - Elephas - Statistics Demo App</name>
diff --git a/jena-elephas/pom.xml b/jena-elephas/pom.xml
index 3aac62d8845..b5349e376af 100644
--- a/jena-elephas/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-elephas/pom.xml
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@ 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">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>jena-elephas</artifactId>
-  <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>3.6.0</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena</artifactId>
-    <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.6.0</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ limitations under the License.
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
         <artifactId>jena-arq</artifactId>
-        <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.6.0</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <!-- Test Dependencies -->
diff --git a/jena-extras/jena-querybuilder/pom.xml b/jena-extras/jena-querybuilder/pom.xml
index a059538e6d3..4dda8637bd7 100644
--- a/jena-extras/jena-querybuilder/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-extras/jena-querybuilder/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena-extras</artifactId>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
-    <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.6.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/jena-extras/pom.xml b/jena-extras/pom.xml
index 40d61ed0325..4bced311610 100644
--- a/jena-extras/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-extras/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 <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>
   <artifactId>jena-extras</artifactId>
-  <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>3.6.0</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>Apache Jena - Extras</name>
   <description>Extra packages for Jena development.
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena</artifactId>
-    <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.6.0</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
         <artifactId>apache-jena-libs</artifactId>
-        <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.6.0</version>
         <type>pom</type>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
diff --git a/jena-fuseki1/pom.xml b/jena-fuseki1/pom.xml
index 376f342224a..3eb3187e9b0 100644
--- a/jena-fuseki1/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-fuseki1/pom.xml
@@ -21,14 +21,14 @@
   <artifactId>jena-fuseki1</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Apache Jena - Fuseki1</name>
-  <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>3.6.0</version>
   <description>Fuseki is a SPARQL 1.1 Server</description>
   <url>http://jena.apache.org/</url>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena</artifactId>
-    <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.6.0</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent> 
 
@@ -65,13 +65,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-arq</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-arq</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-core</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-base</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
@@ -95,13 +95,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-tdb</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-text</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
       <exclusions>
         <!-- 
              Get this via commons-fileupload and also via jena-text/sol4j
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-spatial</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/jena-fuseki2/apache-jena-fuseki/pom.xml b/jena-fuseki2/apache-jena-fuseki/pom.xml
index 8b2215bae1c..fd598e52303 100644
--- a/jena-fuseki2/apache-jena-fuseki/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-fuseki2/apache-jena-fuseki/pom.xml
@@ -21,13 +21,13 @@
 
   <name>Apache Jena - Fuseki Binary Distribution</name>
   <artifactId>apache-jena-fuseki</artifactId>
-  <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>3.6.0</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena-fuseki</artifactId>
-    <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.6.0</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent> 
   
diff --git a/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-basic/pom.xml b/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-basic/pom.xml
index 6b45c1fe997..957581a2f37 100644
--- a/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-basic/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-basic/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena-fuseki</artifactId>
-    <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.6.0</version>
   </parent> 
 
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
@@ -34,13 +34,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-cmds</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-text</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- Add logging -->
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-fuseki-embedded</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
 
       <!-- No specific logging - leave to the application -->
       <exclusions>
diff --git a/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-core/pom.xml b/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-core/pom.xml
index 9303ce2abcd..1457ba9afef 100644
--- a/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-core/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-core/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena-fuseki</artifactId>
-    <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.6.0</version>
     <relativePath>../</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
@@ -34,14 +34,14 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>apache-jena-libs</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
       <type>pom</type>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-cmds</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
       <type>pom</type>
     </dependency>
 
@@ -75,13 +75,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-text</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-spatial</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- Apache Shiro -->
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-arq</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-base</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
diff --git a/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-embedded/pom.xml b/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-embedded/pom.xml
index 8314b734300..ef43a093125 100644
--- a/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-embedded/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-embedded/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena-fuseki</artifactId>
-    <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.6.0</version>
   </parent> 
 
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-fuseki-core</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
       <!-- No specific logging - leave to the application -->
       <exclusions>
 
diff --git a/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-server/pom.xml b/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-server/pom.xml
index 92167cfcf1f..c9534983ffa 100644
--- a/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-server/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-server/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena-fuseki</artifactId>
-    <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.6.0</version>
     <relativePath>../</relativePath>
   </parent> 
 
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-cmds</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
     </dependency>
 
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-war/pom.xml b/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-war/pom.xml
index 81d1b9a238a..a4f36801d7b 100644
--- a/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-war/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-fuseki2/jena-fuseki-war/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena-fuseki</artifactId>
-    <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.6.0</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent> 
 
diff --git a/jena-fuseki2/pom.xml b/jena-fuseki2/pom.xml
index 7c21d38cf9b..64ddb7e932d 100644
--- a/jena-fuseki2/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-fuseki2/pom.xml
@@ -21,13 +21,13 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena</artifactId>
-    <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.6.0</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent> 
 
   <name>Apache Jena - Fuseki - A SPARQL 1.1 Server</name>
   <artifactId>jena-fuseki</artifactId>
-  <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>3.6.0</version>
 
   <description>Fuseki is a SPARQL 1.1 Server which provides the SPARQL query, 
   SPARQL update and SPARQL graph store protocols.
diff --git a/jena-integration-tests/pom.xml b/jena-integration-tests/pom.xml
index 9c44fe43517..3408b19f42e 100644
--- a/jena-integration-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-integration-tests/pom.xml
@@ -25,14 +25,14 @@
   <artifactId>jena-integration-tests</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Apache Jena - Integration Testing</name>
-  <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>3.6.0</version>
 
   <description>Apache Jena - Integration testing and test tools</description>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena</artifactId>
-    <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.6.0</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>apache-jena-libs</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
       <type>pom</type>
     </dependency>
 
@@ -55,13 +55,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-rdfconnection</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-rdfconnection</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-cmds</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
       
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-base</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
@@ -86,13 +86,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-dboe-index-test</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-dboe-trans-data</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
@@ -101,14 +101,14 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-core</artifactId>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>    
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-arq</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-fuseki-embedded</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     
diff --git a/jena-iri/pom.xml b/jena-iri/pom.xml
index b6ec0084fcb..8ebec8f99df 100644
--- a/jena-iri/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-iri/pom.xml
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@
   <artifactId>jena-iri</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Apache Jena - IRI</name>
-  <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>3.6.0</version>
     <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena</artifactId>
-    <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.6.0</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent> 
   
diff --git a/jena-jdbc/jena-jdbc-core/pom.xml b/jena-jdbc/jena-jdbc-core/pom.xml
index 8339dc9cac9..6bdc388547d 100644
--- a/jena-jdbc/jena-jdbc-core/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-jdbc/jena-jdbc-core/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
 		<artifactId>jena-jdbc</artifactId>
-		<version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>3.6.0</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>jena-jdbc-core</artifactId>
 	<name>Apache Jena - JDBC Core API</name>
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jena-arq</artifactId>
-			<version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>3.6.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 
     <!-- Jena Driver configures Log4j directly -->
diff --git a/jena-jdbc/jena-jdbc-driver-bundle/pom.xml b/jena-jdbc/jena-jdbc-driver-bundle/pom.xml
index 850b45fc428..b2fbcfd0595 100644
--- a/jena-jdbc/jena-jdbc-driver-bundle/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-jdbc/jena-jdbc-driver-bundle/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
 		<artifactId>jena-jdbc</artifactId>
-		<version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>3.6.0</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>jena-jdbc-driver-bundle</artifactId>
 	<name>Apache Jena - JDBC Driver Bundle</name>
@@ -45,17 +45,17 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jena-jdbc-driver-mem</artifactId>
-			<version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>3.6.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jena-jdbc-driver-remote</artifactId>
-			<version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>3.6.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jena-jdbc-driver-tdb</artifactId>
-			<version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>3.6.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- Test Dependencies -->
@@ -67,35 +67,35 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jena-jdbc-driver-mem</artifactId>
-			<version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>3.6.0</version>
 			<classifier>tests</classifier>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jena-jdbc-driver-remote</artifactId>
-			<version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>3.6.0</version>
 			<classifier>tests</classifier>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jena-jdbc-driver-tdb</artifactId>
-			<version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>3.6.0</version>
 			<classifier>tests</classifier>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jena-jdbc-core</artifactId>
-			<version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>3.6.0</version>
 			<classifier>tests</classifier>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jena-fuseki-embedded</artifactId>
-			<version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>3.6.0</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
diff --git a/jena-jdbc/jena-jdbc-driver-mem/pom.xml b/jena-jdbc/jena-jdbc-driver-mem/pom.xml
index aafc26bc813..7778eeebbd8 100644
--- a/jena-jdbc/jena-jdbc-driver-mem/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-jdbc/jena-jdbc-driver-mem/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
 		<artifactId>jena-jdbc</artifactId>
-		<version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>3.6.0</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>jena-jdbc-driver-mem</artifactId>
 	<name>Apache Jena - JDBC In-Memory Driver</name>
@@ -36,14 +36,14 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jena-jdbc-core</artifactId>
-			<version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>3.6.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- Test Dependencies -->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jena-jdbc-core</artifactId>
-			<version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>3.6.0</version>
 			<classifier>tests</classifier>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
diff --git a/jena-jdbc/jena-jdbc-driver-remote/pom.xml b/jena-jdbc/jena-jdbc-driver-remote/pom.xml
index c9f7aefdd8e..b735b9fbf5a 100644
--- a/jena-jdbc/jena-jdbc-driver-remote/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-jdbc/jena-jdbc-driver-remote/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena-jdbc</artifactId>
-    <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.6.0</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>jena-jdbc-driver-remote</artifactId>
   <name>Apache Jena - JDBC Remote Endpoint Driver</name>
@@ -36,26 +36,26 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-jdbc-core</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- Test Dependencies -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-jdbc-core</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-fuseki-embedded</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-fuseki-embedded</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
     </dependency>
diff --git a/jena-jdbc/jena-jdbc-driver-tdb/pom.xml b/jena-jdbc/jena-jdbc-driver-tdb/pom.xml
index 1efa681ca21..083e6cd0f73 100644
--- a/jena-jdbc/jena-jdbc-driver-tdb/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-jdbc/jena-jdbc-driver-tdb/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
 		<artifactId>jena-jdbc</artifactId>
-		<version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>3.6.0</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>jena-jdbc-driver-tdb</artifactId>
 	<name>Apache Jena - JDBC TDB Driver</name>
@@ -36,12 +36,12 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jena-jdbc-core</artifactId>
-			<version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>3.6.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jena-tdb</artifactId>
-			<version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>3.6.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- Test Dependencies -->
@@ -53,14 +53,14 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jena-jdbc-core</artifactId>
-			<version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>3.6.0</version>
 			<classifier>tests</classifier>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jena-jdbc-driver-mem</artifactId>
-			<version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>3.6.0</version>
 			<classifier>tests</classifier>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
diff --git a/jena-jdbc/pom.xml b/jena-jdbc/pom.xml
index 9fe102558e8..c9b09625854 100644
--- a/jena-jdbc/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-jdbc/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
 	<artifactId>jena-jdbc</artifactId>
-	<version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>3.6.0</version>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 	<name>Apache Jena - JDBC Parent</name>
 	<description>This is the parent module for the Jena JDBC modules.  These modules provide JDBC Type 4 drivers for in-memory and TDB datasets as well as remote SPARQL endpoints.</description>
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
 		<artifactId>jena</artifactId>
-		<version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>3.6.0</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/jena-maven-tools/pom.xml b/jena-maven-tools/pom.xml
index 976a43b0d38..7d0570773a8 100644
--- a/jena-maven-tools/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-maven-tools/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>jena-maven-tools</artifactId>
   <packaging>maven-plugin</packaging>
-  <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>3.6.0</version>
   <name>Apache Jena - Maven Plugins, including schemagen</name>
   <description>Plugins for Apache Maven to perform source management activities,
   such as generating Java files from RDF vocabulary sources using
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena</artifactId>
-    <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.6.0</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-cmds</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
diff --git a/jena-permissions/pom.xml b/jena-permissions/pom.xml
index 131507a75c4..51fcf51aa9d 100644
--- a/jena-permissions/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-permissions/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
   <artifactId>jena-permissions</artifactId>
-  <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>3.6.0</version>
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena</artifactId>
-    <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.6.0</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 	<organization>
diff --git a/jena-rdfconnection/pom.xml b/jena-rdfconnection/pom.xml
index f8884cb62b1..5072ecdac76 100644
--- a/jena-rdfconnection/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-rdfconnection/pom.xml
@@ -25,14 +25,14 @@
   <artifactId>jena-rdfconnection</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Apache Jena - RDF Connection</name>
-  <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>3.6.0</version>
 
   <description>RDF Connection</description>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena</artifactId>
-    <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.6.0</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
@@ -47,13 +47,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-arq</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-base</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-arq</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-core</artifactId>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>    
 
diff --git a/jena-sdb/pom.xml b/jena-sdb/pom.xml
index 8ea3f1fe4f2..2a2ec02e6df 100644
--- a/jena-sdb/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-sdb/pom.xml
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@
   <artifactId>jena-sdb</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Apache Jena - SDB (SQL based triple store)</name>
-  <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>3.6.0</version>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena</artifactId>
-    <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.6.0</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent> 
 
@@ -43,20 +43,20 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-arq</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-cmds</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
     </dependency>
     
     <!-- Need the tests as well -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-arq</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-core</artifactId>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-base</artifactId>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/jena-shaded-guava/pom.xml b/jena-shaded-guava/pom.xml
index 1f6ee3c9273..65dde674d88 100644
--- a/jena-shaded-guava/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-shaded-guava/pom.xml
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena</artifactId>
-    <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.6.0</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>jena-shaded-guava</artifactId>
-  <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>3.6.0</version>
   <name>Apache Jena - Shadowed external libraries</name>
   <description>
     This module shades Google's Guava.
diff --git a/jena-spatial/pom.xml b/jena-spatial/pom.xml
index 0bdfed003ea..57703f23aab 100644
--- a/jena-spatial/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-spatial/pom.xml
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@
   <artifactId>jena-spatial</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Apache Jena - SPARQL Spatial Search</name>
-  <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>3.6.0</version>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena</artifactId>
-    <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.6.0</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
@@ -43,21 +43,21 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>apache-jena-libs</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
       <type>pom</type>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-cmds</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- Testing support -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-base</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
diff --git a/jena-tdb/pom.xml b/jena-tdb/pom.xml
index fe1b554dc64..56835ea01c3 100644
--- a/jena-tdb/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-tdb/pom.xml
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@
   <artifactId>jena-tdb</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Apache Jena - TDB1 (Native Triple Store)</name>
-  <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>3.6.0</version>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena</artifactId>
-    <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.6.0</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent> 
 
@@ -42,14 +42,14 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-arq</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-arq</artifactId>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-core</artifactId>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-base</artifactId>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/jena-text-es/pom.xml b/jena-text-es/pom.xml
index bee8787aa3f..00a20b8d25b 100644
--- a/jena-text-es/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-text-es/pom.xml
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@
   <artifactId>jena-text-es</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Apache Jena - SPARQL Text Search - Elasticsearch</name>
-  <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>3.6.0</version>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena</artifactId>
-    <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.6.0</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
@@ -40,14 +40,14 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-text</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
     </dependency>
     
     <!-- Testing support -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-base</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
diff --git a/jena-text/pom.xml b/jena-text/pom.xml
index 8d07f08f4bb..488889e2643 100644
--- a/jena-text/pom.xml
+++ b/jena-text/pom.xml
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@
   <artifactId>jena-text</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Apache Jena - SPARQL Text Search</name>
-  <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>3.6.0</version>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
     <artifactId>jena</artifactId>
-    <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.6.0</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
@@ -41,14 +41,14 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>apache-jena-libs</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
       <type>pom</type>
     </dependency>
     
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-cmds</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
     </dependency>
     
     <dependency>
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
       <artifactId>jena-base</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.6.0</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d019e59456b..2c28ee04440 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <artifactId>jena</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <url>http://jena.apache.org/</url>
-  <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>3.6.0</version>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache</groupId>
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
     <connection>scm:git:https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/jena.git</connection>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/jena.git</developerConnection>
     <url>https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/jena.git</url>
-    <tag>HEAD</tag>
+    <tag>jena-3.6.0-rc1</tag>
   </scm>
 
    <properties>