diff --git a/modules/distribution/pom.xml b/modules/distribution/pom.xml
index 1fbef85bfe..48e8b76127 100644
--- a/modules/distribution/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/distribution/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.wso2.is</groupId>
         <artifactId>identity-server-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>5.3.0-m3</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
@@ -106,15 +106,15 @@
                         <configuration>
                             <tasks>
                                 <property name="tempdir" value="target/docs-temp" />
-                                <property name="registryPolicyHandler" value="&lt;handler class=&quot;org.wso2.carbon.identity.entitlement.policy.finder.registry.RegistryPolicyHandler&quot;&gt;${line.separator} &lt;filter class=&quot;org.wso2.carbon.identity.entitlement.policy.finder.registry.RegistryPolicyMediaTypeMatcher&quot;&gt;${line.separator}           &lt;property name=&quot;mediaType&quot;&gt;application/xacml-policy+xml&lt;/property&gt;${line.separator}       &lt;/filter&gt;${line.separator}   &lt;/handler&gt;${line.separator}${line.separator}   &lt;!--&lt;handler class=&quot;org.wso2.carbon.registry.extensions.handlers.SynapseRepositoryHandler&quot;&gt;" />
+                                <property name="registryPolicyHandler" value="&lt;handler class=&quot;org.wso2.carbon.identity.entitlement.policy.finder.registry.RegistryPolicyHandler&quot;&gt;${line.separator} &lt;filter class=&quot;org.wso2.carbon.identity.entitlement.policy.finder.registry.RegistryPolicyMediaTypeMatcher&quot;&gt;${line.separator} &lt;property name=&quot;mediaType&quot;&gt;application/xacml-policy+xml&lt;/property&gt;${line.separator}       &lt;/filter&gt;${line.separator}   &lt;/handler&gt;${line.separator}${line.separator}   &lt;!--&lt;handler class=&quot;org.wso2.carbon.registry.extensions.handlers.SynapseRepositoryHandler&quot;&gt;" />
 
-                                <property name="xss-kernel-token" value="&lt;XSSPreventionConfig&gt;${line.separator} &lt;Enabled&gt;true&lt;/Enabled&gt;${line.separator}            &lt;Rule&gt;allow&lt;/Rule&gt;${line.separator}            &lt;Patterns&gt;${line.separator}                &lt;!--Pattern&gt;&lt;/Pattern--&gt;${line.separator}            &lt;/Patterns&gt;${line.separator}        &lt;/XSSPreventionConfig&gt;" />
+                                <property name="xss-kernel-token" value="&lt;XSSPreventionConfig&gt;${line.separator} &lt;Enabled&gt;true&lt;/Enabled&gt;${line.separator} &lt;Rule&gt;allow&lt;/Rule&gt;${line.separator}            &lt;Patterns&gt;${line.separator}                &lt;!--Pattern&gt;&lt;/Pattern--&gt;${line.separator}            &lt;/Patterns&gt;${line.separator}        &lt;/XSSPreventionConfig&gt;" />
 
                                 <property name="xss-is-token" value="" />
 
                                 <property name="sso-idp-config-default" value="&lt;!--ServiceProvider&gt;&lt;/ServiceProvider--&gt;" />
 
-                                <property name="sso-idp-config-replace" value="&lt;ServiceProvider&gt;${line.separator} &lt;Issuer&gt;wso2.my.dashboard&lt;/Issuer&gt;${line.separator}      &lt;AssertionConsumerServiceURLs&gt;${line.separator}        &lt;AssertionConsumerServiceURL&gt;${carbon.protocol}://${carbon.host}:${carbon.management.port}/dashboard/acs&lt;/AssertionConsumerServiceURL&gt;${line.separator}      &lt;/AssertionConsumerServiceURLs&gt;${line.separator}      &lt;DefaultAssertionConsumerServiceURL&gt;${carbon.protocol}://${carbon.host}:${carbon.management.port}/dashboard/acs&lt;/DefaultAssertionConsumerServiceURL&gt;${line.separator}      &lt;SignResponse&gt;true&lt;/SignResponse&gt;${line.separator}      &lt;EnableAudienceRestriction&gt;true&lt;/EnableAudienceRestriction&gt;${line.separator}      &lt;AudiencesList&gt;${line.separator}        &lt;Audience&gt;carbonServer&lt;/Audience&gt;${line.separator}      &lt;/AudiencesList&gt;${line.separator}    &lt;/ServiceProvider&gt;" />
+                                <property name="sso-idp-config-replace" value="&lt;ServiceProvider&gt;${line.separator} &lt;Issuer&gt;wso2.my.dashboard&lt;/Issuer&gt;${line.separator} &lt;AssertionConsumerServiceURLs&gt;${line.separator}        &lt;AssertionConsumerServiceURL&gt;${carbon.protocol}://${carbon.host}:${carbon.management.port}/dashboard/acs&lt;/AssertionConsumerServiceURL&gt;${line.separator}      &lt;/AssertionConsumerServiceURLs&gt;${line.separator}      &lt;DefaultAssertionConsumerServiceURL&gt;${carbon.protocol}://${carbon.host}:${carbon.management.port}/dashboard/acs&lt;/DefaultAssertionConsumerServiceURL&gt;${line.separator}      &lt;SignResponse&gt;true&lt;/SignResponse&gt;${line.separator}      &lt;EnableAudienceRestriction&gt;true&lt;/EnableAudienceRestriction&gt;${line.separator}      &lt;AudiencesList&gt;${line.separator}        &lt;Audience&gt;carbonServer&lt;/Audience&gt;${line.separator}      &lt;/AudiencesList&gt;${line.separator}    &lt;/ServiceProvider&gt;" />
 
                                 <mkdir dir="${tempdir}" />
                                 <unzip dest="${tempdir}">
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@
                                 <replace file="target/wso2carbon-core-${carbon.kernel.version}/repository/conf/log4j.properties" token="log4j.appender.CARBON_MEMORY.layout.ConversionPattern=[%d] %5p {%c} - %x %m %n" value="log4j.appender.CARBON_MEMORY.layout.ConversionPattern=TID: [%T] [%S] [%d] %P%5p {%c} - %x %m {%c}%n${line.separator}log4j.appender.CARBON_MEMORY.layout.TenantPattern=%U%@%D [%T] [%S]${line.separator}log4j.appender.CARBON_MEMORY.columnList=%T,%S,%A,%d,%c,%p,%m,%H,%I,%Stacktrace" />
 
                                 <!-- Update Owasp.CsrfGuard.properties file with authenticator endpoint URLs -->
-                                <replace file="target/wso2carbon-core-${carbon.kernel.version}/repository/conf/security/Owasp.CsrfGuard.Carbon.properties" token="org.owasp.csrfguard.unprotected.Services=%servletContext%/services/*" value="org.owasp.csrfguard.unprotected.Services=%servletContext%/services/*${line.separator}org.owasp.csrfguard.unprotected.oauth=%servletContext%/commonauth/*${line.separator}org.owasp.csrfguard.unprotected.samlsso=%servletContext%/samlsso/*${line.separator}org.owasp.csrfguard.unprotected.authenticationendpoint=%servletContext%/authenticationendpoint/*${line.separator}org.owasp.csrfguard.unprotected.wso2=%servletContext%/wso2/*${line.separator}org.owasp.csrfguard.unprotected.oauth2=%servletContext%/oauth2/*${line.separator}org.owasp.csrfguard.unprotected.openid=%servletContext%/openid/*${line.separator}org.owasp.csrfguard.unprotected.openidserver=%servletContext%/openidserver/*${line.separator}org.owasp.csrfguard.unprotected.passivests=%servletContext%/passivests/*${line.separator}org.owasp.csrfguard.unprotected.acs=%servletContext%/acs/*${line.separator}org.owasp.csrfguard.unprotected.iwa=%servletContext%/iwa/*${line.separator}org.owasp.csrfguard.unprotected.oauthiwa=%servletContext%/commonauth/iwa/*${line.separator}org.owsap.csrfguard.unprotected.thrift=%servletContext%/thriftAuthenticator/*"/>
+                                <replace file="target/wso2carbon-core-${carbon.kernel.version}/repository/conf/security/Owasp.CsrfGuard.Carbon.properties" token="org.owasp.csrfguard.unprotected.Services=%servletContext%/services/*" value="org.owasp.csrfguard.unprotected.Services=%servletContext%/services/*${line.separator}org.owasp.csrfguard.unprotected.oauth=%servletContext%/commonauth/*${line.separator}org.owasp.csrfguard.unprotected.samlsso=%servletContext%/samlsso/*${line.separator}org.owasp.csrfguard.unprotected.authenticationendpoint=%servletContext%/authenticationendpoint/*${line.separator}org.owasp.csrfguard.unprotected.wso2=%servletContext%/wso2/*${line.separator}org.owasp.csrfguard.unprotected.oauth2=%servletContext%/oauth2/*${line.separator}org.owasp.csrfguard.unprotected.openid=%servletContext%/openid/*${line.separator}org.owasp.csrfguard.unprotected.openidserver=%servletContext%/openidserver/*${line.separator}org.owasp.csrfguard.unprotected.passivests=%servletContext%/passivests/*${line.separator}org.owasp.csrfguard.unprotected.acs=%servletContext%/acs/*${line.separator}org.owasp.csrfguard.unprotected.iwa=%servletContext%/iwa/*${line.separator}org.owasp.csrfguard.unprotected.oauthiwa=%servletContext%/commonauth/iwa/*${line.separator}org.owsap.csrfguard.unprotected.thrift=%servletContext%/thriftAuthenticator/*" />
 
                                 <!-- Comment all active UserStoreManagers -->
                                 <replace file="target/wso2carbon-core-${carbon.kernel.version}/repository/conf/user-mgt.xml" token="&lt;UserStoreManager" value="&lt;!--UserStoreManager" />
@@ -167,8 +167,7 @@
                                 <!-- turn off IsBulkImportSupported -->
                                 <replace file="target/wso2carbon-core-${carbon.kernel.version}/repository/conf/user-mgt.xml" token="&lt;Property name=&quot;IsBulkImportSupported&quot;&gt;true&lt;/Property&gt;" value="&lt;Property name=&quot;IsBulkImportSupported&quot;&gt;false&lt;/Property&gt;" />
 
-                                <replace
-                                        file="target/wso2carbon-core-${carbon.kernel.version}/repository/conf/user-mgt.xml" token="&lt;Property name=&quot;isCascadeDeleteEnabled&quot;&gt;true&lt;/Property&gt;" value="&lt;Property name=&quot;isCascadeDeleteEnabled&quot;&gt;true&lt;/Property&gt;${line.separator}            &lt;Property name=&quot;initializeNewClaimManager&quot;&gt;true&lt;/Property&gt;" />
+                                <replace file="target/wso2carbon-core-${carbon.kernel.version}/repository/conf/user-mgt.xml" token="&lt;Property name=&quot;isCascadeDeleteEnabled&quot;&gt;true&lt;/Property&gt;" value="&lt;Property name=&quot;isCascadeDeleteEnabled&quot;&gt;true&lt;/Property&gt;${line.separator}            &lt;Property name=&quot;initializeNewClaimManager&quot;&gt;true&lt;/Property&gt;" />
 
                                 <replace file="../p2-profile-gen/target/wso2carbon-core-${carbon.kernel.version}/repository/conf/identity/sso-idp-config.xml" token="${sso-idp-config-default}" value="${sso-idp-config-replace}" />
 
@@ -177,7 +176,7 @@
                                 <replace file="../p2-profile-gen/target/wso2carbon-core-${carbon.kernel.version}/repository/conf/security/authenticators.xml" token="&lt;/Authenticator--&gt;" value="&lt;/Authenticator&gt;" />
 
                                 <!-- turn off Registry Indexing -->
-                                <replace file="../p2-profile-gen/target/wso2carbon-core-${carbon.kernel.version}/repository/conf/registry.xml" token="&lt;startIndexing&gt;true&lt;/startIndexing&gt;" value="&lt;startIndexing&gt;false&lt;/startIndexing&gt;"/>
+                                <replace file="../p2-profile-gen/target/wso2carbon-core-${carbon.kernel.version}/repository/conf/registry.xml" token="&lt;startIndexing&gt;true&lt;/startIndexing&gt;" value="&lt;startIndexing&gt;false&lt;/startIndexing&gt;" />
 
                                 <unzip dest="${tempdir}/shindig">
                                     <fileset dir="../p2-profile-gen/target/wso2carbon-core-${carbon.kernel.version}/repository/deployment/server/webapps">
diff --git a/modules/features/org.wso2.identity.styles.feature/pom.xml b/modules/features/org.wso2.identity.styles.feature/pom.xml
index 3ff9589ba7..05440c175a 100644
--- a/modules/features/org.wso2.identity.styles.feature/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/features/org.wso2.identity.styles.feature/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.wso2.is</groupId>
 		<artifactId>identity-features</artifactId>
-		<version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>5.3.0-m3</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/modules/features/org.wso2.identity.ui.feature/pom.xml b/modules/features/org.wso2.identity.ui.feature/pom.xml
index 8986657f8e..692dff2099 100644
--- a/modules/features/org.wso2.identity.ui.feature/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/features/org.wso2.identity.ui.feature/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.wso2.is</groupId>
 		<artifactId>identity-features</artifactId>
-		<version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>5.3.0-m3</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/modules/features/org.wso2.identity.utils.feature/pom.xml b/modules/features/org.wso2.identity.utils.feature/pom.xml
index c1fbadb75c..d93a32426c 100644
--- a/modules/features/org.wso2.identity.utils.feature/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/features/org.wso2.identity.utils.feature/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.wso2.is</groupId>
 		<artifactId>identity-features</artifactId>
-		<version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>5.3.0-m3</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/modules/features/pom.xml b/modules/features/pom.xml
index ffda6ff46b..2677a6af99 100644
--- a/modules/features/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/features/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 	<parent>
     	<groupId>org.wso2.is</groupId>
     	<artifactId>identity-server-parent</artifactId>
-    	<version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    	<version>5.3.0-m3</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/modules/integration/pom.xml b/modules/integration/pom.xml
index 571434f0cc..16389cd72d 100644
--- a/modules/integration/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/integration/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.wso2.is</groupId>
         <artifactId>identity-server-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>5.3.0-m3</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/modules/integration/tests-common/admin-clients/pom.xml b/modules/integration/tests-common/admin-clients/pom.xml
index d2f2d82d00..0a35ecacef 100644
--- a/modules/integration/tests-common/admin-clients/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/integration/tests-common/admin-clients/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.wso2.is</groupId>
         <artifactId>identity-integration-tests</artifactId>
-        <version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>5.3.0-m3</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/modules/integration/tests-common/integration-test-utils/pom.xml b/modules/integration/tests-common/integration-test-utils/pom.xml
index 038ad28eb3..fd9cb80c16 100644
--- a/modules/integration/tests-common/integration-test-utils/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/integration/tests-common/integration-test-utils/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.wso2.is</groupId>
         <artifactId>identity-integration-tests</artifactId>
-        <version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>5.3.0-m3</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/modules/integration/tests-common/pom.xml b/modules/integration/tests-common/pom.xml
index ef9868da73..ffc8252565 100644
--- a/modules/integration/tests-common/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/integration/tests-common/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.wso2.is</groupId>
         <artifactId>identity-integration-tests</artifactId>
-        <version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>5.3.0-m3</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/modules/integration/tests-common/ui-pages/pom.xml b/modules/integration/tests-common/ui-pages/pom.xml
index f938135df5..49eb82875d 100644
--- a/modules/integration/tests-common/ui-pages/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/integration/tests-common/ui-pages/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.wso2.is</groupId>
         <artifactId>identity-integration-tests</artifactId>
-        <version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>5.3.0-m3</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/modules/integration/tests-integration/pom.xml b/modules/integration/tests-integration/pom.xml
index fc78a94253..ee7090ea5b 100644
--- a/modules/integration/tests-integration/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/integration/tests-integration/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.wso2.is</groupId>
         <artifactId>identity-integration-tests</artifactId>
-        <version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>5.3.0-m3</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/modules/integration/tests-integration/tests-backend/pom.xml b/modules/integration/tests-integration/tests-backend/pom.xml
index 58637d65b6..5e306f2702 100644
--- a/modules/integration/tests-integration/tests-backend/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/integration/tests-integration/tests-backend/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.wso2.is</groupId>
         <artifactId>identity-integration-tests</artifactId>
-        <version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>5.3.0-m3</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
@@ -299,8 +299,7 @@
                         <configuration>
                             <tasks>
                                 <ant antfile="src/test/resources/artifacts/IS/saml/saml-app-build.xml" target="saml-tenant-signingdisabled" />
-                                <ant antfile="src/test/resources/artifacts/IS/saml/registrymount/registry-app-build.xml"
-                                     target="saml-tenant-registrymount" />
+                                <ant antfile="src/test/resources/artifacts/IS/saml/registrymount/registry-app-build.xml" target="saml-tenant-registrymount" />
                             </tasks>
                         </configuration>
                         <goals>
diff --git a/modules/migration/migration-5.0.0_to_5.1.0/wso2-is-migration-client/pom.xml b/modules/migration/migration-5.0.0_to_5.1.0/wso2-is-migration-client/pom.xml
index 564cea01d5..9a1fe7379c 100644
--- a/modules/migration/migration-5.0.0_to_5.1.0/wso2-is-migration-client/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/migration/migration-5.0.0_to_5.1.0/wso2-is-migration-client/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.wso2.is</groupId>
         <artifactId>identity-server-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>5.3.0-m3</version>
         <relativePath>../../../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/modules/p2-profile-gen/pom.xml b/modules/p2-profile-gen/pom.xml
index 008a9f1b04..eb87310fc1 100644
--- a/modules/p2-profile-gen/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/p2-profile-gen/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.wso2.is</groupId>
         <artifactId>identity-server-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>5.3.0-m3</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/modules/samples/identity-mgt/info-recovery-sample/pom.xml b/modules/samples/identity-mgt/info-recovery-sample/pom.xml
index 818be72d6b..2176ae7345 100644
--- a/modules/samples/identity-mgt/info-recovery-sample/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/samples/identity-mgt/info-recovery-sample/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.wso2.is</groupId>
         <artifactId>wso2is-identity-samples-info-recovery</artifactId>
-        <version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>5.3.0-m3</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/modules/samples/identity-mgt/pom.xml b/modules/samples/identity-mgt/pom.xml
index b3c10a7674..42f132fd14 100644
--- a/modules/samples/identity-mgt/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/samples/identity-mgt/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.wso2.is</groupId>
         <artifactId>wso2is-identity-samples</artifactId>
-        <version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>5.3.0-m3</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/modules/samples/oauth/oauth10a-resource-owner-equivalent/pom.xml b/modules/samples/oauth/oauth10a-resource-owner-equivalent/pom.xml
index 8fb0cfd494..8c64531fb5 100644
--- a/modules/samples/oauth/oauth10a-resource-owner-equivalent/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/samples/oauth/oauth10a-resource-owner-equivalent/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.wso2.is</groupId>
         <artifactId>wso2is-identity-samples-oauth10a</artifactId>
-        <version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>5.3.0-m3</version>
     </parent>
 
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/modules/samples/oauth/pom.xml b/modules/samples/oauth/pom.xml
index 2bcbee234c..c29476d847 100644
--- a/modules/samples/oauth/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/samples/oauth/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     <parent>
     	<groupId>org.wso2.is</groupId>
     	<artifactId>wso2is-identity-samples</artifactId>
-    	<version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    	<version>5.3.0-m3</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/modules/samples/oauth2/custom-grant/pom.xml b/modules/samples/oauth2/custom-grant/pom.xml
index 820cc78cb1..8f4ef77606 100644
--- a/modules/samples/oauth2/custom-grant/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/samples/oauth2/custom-grant/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.wso2.is</groupId>
         <artifactId>wso2is-identity-samples-oauth2</artifactId>
-        <version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>5.3.0-m3</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/modules/samples/oauth2/playground2/pom.xml b/modules/samples/oauth2/playground2/pom.xml
index bb56dc1a34..3ee9648134 100755
--- a/modules/samples/oauth2/playground2/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/samples/oauth2/playground2/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.wso2.is</groupId>
         <artifactId>wso2is-identity-samples-oauth2</artifactId>
-        <version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>5.3.0-m3</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/modules/samples/oauth2/pom.xml b/modules/samples/oauth2/pom.xml
index 3c17c578c0..04318ee5bb 100644
--- a/modules/samples/oauth2/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/samples/oauth2/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     <parent>
     	<groupId>org.wso2.is</groupId>
     	<artifactId>wso2is-identity-samples</artifactId>
-    	<version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    	<version>5.3.0-m3</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/modules/samples/passive-sts/passive-sts-client/PassiveSTSFilter/pom.xml b/modules/samples/passive-sts/passive-sts-client/PassiveSTSFilter/pom.xml
index f3ecb23e1b..4bdbfd89a1 100644
--- a/modules/samples/passive-sts/passive-sts-client/PassiveSTSFilter/pom.xml
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diff --git a/modules/samples/passive-sts/passive-sts-client/PassiveSTSSampleApp/pom.xml b/modules/samples/passive-sts/passive-sts-client/PassiveSTSSampleApp/pom.xml
index a683162686..7e72363eda 100644
--- a/modules/samples/passive-sts/passive-sts-client/PassiveSTSSampleApp/pom.xml
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diff --git a/modules/samples/passive-sts/passive-sts-client/pom.xml b/modules/samples/passive-sts/passive-sts-client/pom.xml
index 7ed9dd7895..f8ba092391 100644
--- a/modules/samples/passive-sts/passive-sts-client/pom.xml
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diff --git a/modules/samples/passive-sts/pom.xml b/modules/samples/passive-sts/pom.xml
index 5dd2276d22..5de084f2b0 100644
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diff --git a/modules/samples/pom.xml b/modules/samples/pom.xml
index c84fb91cea..afa2e5f580 100644
--- a/modules/samples/pom.xml
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@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
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diff --git a/modules/samples/scim/pom.xml b/modules/samples/scim/pom.xml
index 62ab9f905f..48c1d5e69d 100644
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diff --git a/modules/samples/scim/scim-provisioning/pom.xml b/modules/samples/scim/scim-provisioning/pom.xml
index 12e17f6bb7..08eb12f3d9 100644
--- a/modules/samples/scim/scim-provisioning/pom.xml
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diff --git a/modules/samples/sso/pom.xml b/modules/samples/sso/pom.xml
index 12ddccb03b..826c34e52b 100644
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diff --git a/modules/samples/sso/sso-agent-sample/pom.xml b/modules/samples/sso/sso-agent-sample/pom.xml
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diff --git a/modules/samples/sts/pom.xml b/modules/samples/sts/pom.xml
index 0a6eec1c5d..98ebf0c22d 100644
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diff --git a/modules/samples/sts/sts-client/pom.xml b/modules/samples/sts/sts-client/pom.xml
index 64ac3dd5ef..843f9a2434 100644
--- a/modules/samples/sts/sts-client/pom.xml
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diff --git a/modules/samples/user-mgt/pom.xml b/modules/samples/user-mgt/pom.xml
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diff --git a/modules/samples/user-mgt/remote-user-mgt/pom.xml b/modules/samples/user-mgt/remote-user-mgt/pom.xml
index 58d0d5c9d9..61b7539a60 100644
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diff --git a/modules/samples/workflow/handler/service-provider/pom.xml b/modules/samples/workflow/handler/service-provider/pom.xml
index ea3c2bdc80..19849b2590 100644
--- a/modules/samples/workflow/handler/service-provider/pom.xml
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@@ -14,13 +14,11 @@
   ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
   ~ limitations under the License.
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diff --git a/modules/samples/workflow/pom.xml b/modules/samples/workflow/pom.xml
index e77c50d24b..8c94dbf41e 100644
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diff --git a/modules/samples/xacml/pom.xml b/modules/samples/xacml/pom.xml
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diff --git a/modules/styles/pom.xml b/modules/styles/pom.xml
index 1c343d10ad..83f2e6b048 100644
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diff --git a/modules/styles/product/pom.xml b/modules/styles/product/pom.xml
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diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
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