diff --git a/annis-gui/pom.xml b/annis-gui/pom.xml
index 52c93c96c9..5a75f310ee 100644
--- a/annis-gui/pom.xml
+++ b/annis-gui/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>annis-all</artifactId>
     <groupId>de.hu-berlin.german.korpling.annis</groupId>
-    <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.0.0</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/annis-interfaces/pom.xml b/annis-interfaces/pom.xml
index d1b6889c86..d273b2c0d5 100644
--- a/annis-interfaces/pom.xml
+++ b/annis-interfaces/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>annis-all</artifactId>
     <groupId>de.hu-berlin.german.korpling.annis</groupId>
-    <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.0.0</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/annis-kickstarter/pom.xml b/annis-kickstarter/pom.xml
index ab849a79ea..62da587ad7 100644
--- a/annis-kickstarter/pom.xml
+++ b/annis-kickstarter/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>annis-all</artifactId>
     <groupId>de.hu-berlin.german.korpling.annis</groupId>
-    <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.0.0</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/annis-libgui/pom.xml b/annis-libgui/pom.xml
index 64e84aa203..a40895e897 100644
--- a/annis-libgui/pom.xml
+++ b/annis-libgui/pom.xml
@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
-<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+<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>de.hu-berlin.german.korpling.annis</groupId>
     <artifactId>annis-all</artifactId>
-    <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.0.0</version>
   </parent>
   <groupId>de.hu-berlin.german.korpling.annis</groupId>
   <artifactId>annis-libgui</artifactId>
-  <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>3.0.0</version>
   <name>annis-libgui</name>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <description>Base project for a Vaadin based GUI.</description>
diff --git a/annis-service/pom.xml b/annis-service/pom.xml
index 1d92b35a7a..939242b856 100644
--- a/annis-service/pom.xml
+++ b/annis-service/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>annis-all</artifactId>
     <groupId>de.hu-berlin.german.korpling.annis</groupId>
-    <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.0.0</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/annis-visualizers/pom.xml b/annis-visualizers/pom.xml
index 74b819cc83..1d7efbaabb 100644
--- a/annis-visualizers/pom.xml
+++ b/annis-visualizers/pom.xml
@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
-<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+<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>de.hu-berlin.german.korpling.annis</groupId>
     <artifactId>annis-all</artifactId>
-    <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.0.0</version>
   </parent>
   <groupId>de.hu-berlin.german.korpling.annis</groupId>
   <artifactId>annis-visualizers</artifactId>
-  <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>3.0.0</version>
   <name>annis-visualizers</name>
   <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
   <properties>
diff --git a/annis-widgets/pom.xml b/annis-widgets/pom.xml
index f574e68cd8..ff45c0d2a4 100644
--- a/annis-widgets/pom.xml
+++ b/annis-widgets/pom.xml
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>annis-all</artifactId>
     <groupId>de.hu-berlin.german.korpling.annis</groupId>
-    <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.0.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>de.hu-berlin.german.korpling.annis</groupId>
   <artifactId>annis-widgets</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>3.0.0</version>
   <name>annis-widgets</name>
  
 
diff --git a/buildbot_scripts/copyService.sh b/buildbot_scripts/copyService.sh
index 947c11f1ce..802ca64b16 100644
--- a/buildbot_scripts/copyService.sh
+++ b/buildbot_scripts/copyService.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 export ANNIS_HOME=$1
 export ANNIS_PORT=$2
 
-ANNIS_VERSION=3.0.0-SNAPSHOT
+ANNIS_VERSION=3.0.0
 DIST_DIR=annis-service/target/annis-service-$ANNIS_VERSION-distribution/annis-service-$ANNIS_VERSION
 
 #code
diff --git a/doc/Doxyfile b/doc/Doxyfile
index b5536e4f23..5457420039 100644
--- a/doc/Doxyfile
+++ b/doc/Doxyfile
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ PROJECT_NAME           = ANNIS
 # This could be handy for archiving the generated documentation or 
 # if some version control system is used.
 
-PROJECT_NUMBER         = 3.0.0-SNAPSHOT
+PROJECT_NUMBER         = 3.0.0
 
 # Using the PROJECT_BRIEF tag one can provide an optional one line description 
 # for a project that appears at the top of each page and should give viewer 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 52fc98f9a5..c15155c91d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <artifactId>annis-all</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>ANNIS corpus search</name>
-  <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>3.0.0</version>
   <description>
     ANNIS is an open source, versatile web browser-based search and
     visualization architecture for complex multilevel linguistic corpora with