diff --git a/afterburner/pom.xml b/afterburner/pom.xml
index f04e8418..fd059ada 100644
--- a/afterburner/pom.xml
+++ b/afterburner/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-modules-base</artifactId>
-    <version>2.18.0-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.18.0-rc1</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>jackson-module-afterburner</artifactId>
   <name>Jackson module: Afterburner</name>
diff --git a/android-record/pom.xml b/android-record/pom.xml
index 296db0cb..6b00aeb6 100644
--- a/android-record/pom.xml
+++ b/android-record/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-modules-base</artifactId>
-    <version>2.18.0-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.18.0-rc1</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/blackbird/pom.xml b/blackbird/pom.xml
index 97487e8e..3712820b 100644
--- a/blackbird/pom.xml
+++ b/blackbird/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-modules-base</artifactId>
-    <version>2.18.0-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.18.0-rc1</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>jackson-module-blackbird</artifactId>
   <name>Jackson module: Blackbird</name>
diff --git a/guice/pom.xml b/guice/pom.xml
index 36104b85..87231cd8 100644
--- a/guice/pom.xml
+++ b/guice/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-modules-base</artifactId>
-        <version>2.18.0-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.18.0-rc1</version>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>jackson-module-guice</artifactId>
     <name>Jackson module: Guice (javax.inject)</name>
diff --git a/guice7/pom.xml b/guice7/pom.xml
index 5ac116b6..035c95c2 100644
--- a/guice7/pom.xml
+++ b/guice7/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-modules-base</artifactId>
-        <version>2.18.0-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.18.0-rc1</version>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>jackson-module-guice7</artifactId>
     <name>Jackson module: Guice 7+ (jakarta.inject)</name>
diff --git a/jakarta-xmlbind/pom.xml b/jakarta-xmlbind/pom.xml
index 1de7e19f..bac2810b 100644
--- a/jakarta-xmlbind/pom.xml
+++ b/jakarta-xmlbind/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-modules-base</artifactId>
-    <version>2.18.0-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.18.0-rc1</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>jackson-module-jakarta-xmlbind-annotations</artifactId>
   <name>Jackson module: Jakarta XML Bind Annotations (jakarta.xml.bind)</name>
diff --git a/jaxb/pom.xml b/jaxb/pom.xml
index a46fbca0..17d0f55d 100644
--- a/jaxb/pom.xml
+++ b/jaxb/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-modules-base</artifactId>
-    <version>2.18.0-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.18.0-rc1</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>jackson-module-jaxb-annotations</artifactId>
   <name>Jackson module: Old JAXB Annotations (javax.xml.bind)</name>
diff --git a/mrbean/pom.xml b/mrbean/pom.xml
index 44467a5b..bbd92914 100644
--- a/mrbean/pom.xml
+++ b/mrbean/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-modules-base</artifactId>
-    <version>2.18.0-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.18.0-rc1</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>jackson-module-mrbean</artifactId>
   <name>Jackson module: Mr Bean</name>
diff --git a/no-ctor-deser/pom.xml b/no-ctor-deser/pom.xml
index 6459d1ac..e2b1a2fd 100644
--- a/no-ctor-deser/pom.xml
+++ b/no-ctor-deser/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-modules-base</artifactId>
-        <version>2.18.0-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.18.0-rc1</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/osgi/pom.xml b/osgi/pom.xml
index 5a4a1811..c9e71cdb 100644
--- a/osgi/pom.xml
+++ b/osgi/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-modules-base</artifactId>
-        <version>2.18.0-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.18.0-rc1</version>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>jackson-module-osgi</artifactId>
     <packaging>bundle</packaging>
diff --git a/paranamer/pom.xml b/paranamer/pom.xml
index a13dd1e7..d4e70522 100644
--- a/paranamer/pom.xml
+++ b/paranamer/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-modules-base</artifactId>
-    <version>2.18.0-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.18.0-rc1</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>jackson-module-paranamer</artifactId>
   <name>Jackson module: Paranamer</name>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1bece25c..e52a1368 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
   <artifactId>jackson-modules-base</artifactId>
   <name>Jackson modules: Base</name>
-  <version>2.18.0-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>2.18.0-rc1</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <description>Parent pom for Jackson "base" modules: modules that build directly on databind, and are
 not datatype, data format, or JAX-RS provider modules.
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ not datatype, data format, or JAX-RS provider modules.
     <connection>scm:git:git@github.com:FasterXML/jackson-modules-base.git</connection>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:FasterXML/jackson-modules-base.git</developerConnection>
     <url>https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-modules-base</url>
-    <tag>HEAD</tag>
+    <tag>jackson-modules-base-2.18.0-rc1</tag>
   </scm>
   <issueManagement>
     <url>https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-modules-base/issues</url>