diff --git a/benchmarks/pom.xml b/benchmarks/pom.xml
index e2a91e825..f1bde8e77 100644
--- a/benchmarks/pom.xml
+++ b/benchmarks/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.esotericsoftware</groupId>
 		<artifactId>kryo-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>5.0.0-RC9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>5.0.0-RC9</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/pom-main.xml b/pom-main.xml
index aea539792..a15043bca 100644
--- a/pom-main.xml
+++ b/pom-main.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.esotericsoftware</groupId>
 		<artifactId>kryo-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>5.0.0-RC9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>5.0.0-RC9</version>
 		<relativePath>./pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/pom-versioned.xml b/pom-versioned.xml
index c1ebfd9a9..c51b1f2f4 100644
--- a/pom-versioned.xml
+++ b/pom-versioned.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.esotericsoftware</groupId>
 		<artifactId>kryo-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>5.0.0-RC9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>5.0.0-RC9</version>
 		<relativePath>./pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 85f797fb6..f3eaf9e47 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 	<groupId>com.esotericsoftware</groupId>
 	<artifactId>kryo-parent</artifactId>
-	<version>5.0.0-RC9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>5.0.0-RC9</version>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 
 	<name>Kryo Parent</name>