diff --git a/.releaserc b/.releaserc
index 3e5b43a921..4e896a2720 100644
--- a/.releaserc
+++ b/.releaserc
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   "debug": true,
   "tagFormat": "${version}",
+  "branches": [ "main" ],
   "plugins": [
     "@semantic-release/commit-analyzer",
     "@semantic-release/release-notes-generator",
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 4532fd599e..1dc381dd67 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ env:
 stages:
   - name: Build-Test
   - name: Semantic-Release
-    if: branch = master AND type = push AND fork = false
+    if: branch = main AND type = push AND fork = false
   - name: Publish-Release
     if: tag IS present
 
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 63d0f2a6d8..72cddfeee9 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ Before that, please search for similar issues. It's possible that someone has al
 
 # General Information
 For general guidance on contributing to this project, please see
-[this link](https://github.com/IBM/ibm-cloud-sdk-common/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING_java.md)
+[this link](https://github.com/IBM/ibm-cloud-sdk-common/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING_java.md)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a3429d6d7b..11c9728afa 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.com/IBM/platform-services-java-sdk.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.com/IBM/platform-services-java-sdk)
+[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.com/IBM/platform-services-java-sdk.svg?branch=main)](https://travis-ci.com/IBM/platform-services-java-sdk)
 [![Javadoc](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=javadoc&message=latest&color=blue)](https://ibm.github.io/platform-services-java-sdk/docs/latest)
 [![Release](https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/IBM/platform-services-java-sdk)](https://github.com/IBM/platform-services-java-sdk/releases/latest)
 [![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-Apache%202.0-blue.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/Apache-2.0)
-[![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/IBM/platform-services-java-sdk/branch/master/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/IBM/platform-services-java-sdk)
+[![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/IBM/platform-services-java-sdk/branch/main/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/IBM/platform-services-java-sdk)
 [![semantic-release](https://img.shields.io/badge/%20%20%F0%9F%93%A6%F0%9F%9A%80-semantic--release-e10079.svg)](https://github.com/semantic-release/semantic-release)
 
 
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ artifact coordinates (group id, artifact id and version) for the service, like t
 ```
 
 ## Using the SDK
-For general SDK usage information, please see [this link](https://github.com/IBM/ibm-cloud-sdk-common/blob/master/README.md)
+For general SDK usage information, please see [this link](https://github.com/IBM/ibm-cloud-sdk-common/blob/main/README.md)
 
 ## Questions
 
diff --git a/build/publishCodeCoverage.sh b/build/publishCodeCoverage.sh
index 7797760b27..d20a5a7008 100755
--- a/build/publishCodeCoverage.sh
+++ b/build/publishCodeCoverage.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-# This script will publish code coverage info for a build of the master branch
+# This script will publish code coverage info for a build of the main branch
 # or a tagged release.
 
-if [[ -n "${TRAVIS_TAG}" || "${TRAVIS_BRANCH}" == "master" && "${TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST}" == "false" ]]; then
+if [[ -n "${TRAVIS_TAG}" || "${TRAVIS_BRANCH}" == "main" && "${TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST}" == "false" ]]; then
     printf ">>>>> Publishing code coverage info for branch: %s\n" ${TRAVIS_BRANCH}
     $HOME/codecov-bash.sh -s modules/coverage-reports/target/site/jacoco-aggregate -t $CODECOV_TOKEN
 else
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b27e815464..3d7ed53951 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
     <scm>
         <connection>scm:git:https://github.com/IBM/platform-services-java-sdk</connection>
         <developerConnection>scm:git:https://github.com/IBM/platform-services-java-sdk</developerConnection>
-        <url>https://github.com/IBM/platform-services-java-sdk/tree/master</url>
+        <url>https://github.com/IBM/platform-services-java-sdk/tree/main</url>
     </scm>
 
     <issueManagement>