diff --git a/jr-all/pom.xml b/jr-all/pom.xml
index 758bd71a..9f8d8a2a 100644
--- a/jr-all/pom.xml
+++ b/jr-all/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.jr</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-jr-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.17.0-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>jackson-jr-all</artifactId>
   <name>jackson-jr-all</name>
diff --git a/jr-annotation-support/pom.xml b/jr-annotation-support/pom.xml
index 168e5371..71ca4eb5 100644
--- a/jr-annotation-support/pom.xml
+++ b/jr-annotation-support/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.jr</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-jr-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.17.0-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>jackson-jr-annotation-support</artifactId>
   <packaging>bundle</packaging>
diff --git a/jr-objects/pom.xml b/jr-objects/pom.xml
index bcd55e11..08625dc8 100644
--- a/jr-objects/pom.xml
+++ b/jr-objects/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.jr</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-jr-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.17.0-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>jackson-jr-objects</artifactId>
   <packaging>bundle</packaging>
diff --git a/jr-retrofit2/pom.xml b/jr-retrofit2/pom.xml
index f81e14ee..f8be8819 100644
--- a/jr-retrofit2/pom.xml
+++ b/jr-retrofit2/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.jr</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-jr-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.17.0-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>jackson-jr-retrofit2</artifactId>
   <packaging>bundle</packaging>
diff --git a/jr-stree/pom.xml b/jr-stree/pom.xml
index 54018bbd..5436eb5d 100644
--- a/jr-stree/pom.xml
+++ b/jr-stree/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.jr</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-jr-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.17.0-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>jackson-jr-stree</artifactId>
   <packaging>bundle</packaging>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 58addd35..eac0f305 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-base</artifactId>
-    <version>2.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.17.0-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.jr</groupId>
   <artifactId>jackson-jr-parent</artifactId>
   <name>Parent pom for Jackson jr components</name>
-  <version>2.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>2.17.0-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <description>Parent pom for Jackson jr components
   </description>