diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-active/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-active/pom.xml
index a43e88e..f259ce7 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-active/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-active/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.asterix</groupId>
     <artifactId>apache-asterixdb</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.9.0</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>asterix-active</artifactId>
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-algebra/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-algebra/pom.xml
index b4e504c..c92fd19 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-algebra/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-algebra/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>apache-asterixdb</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.asterix</groupId>
-    <version>0.8.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.9.0</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>asterix-algebra</artifactId>
 
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-app/pom.xml
index 7cdf78a..eb97060 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>apache-asterixdb</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.asterix</groupId>
-    <version>0.8.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.9.0</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>asterix-app</artifactId>
   <licenses>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-client-helper/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-client-helper/pom.xml
index b053331..5ce4eec 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-client-helper/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-client-helper/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.asterix</groupId>
     <artifactId>apache-asterixdb</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.9.0</version>
   </parent>
   <build>
     <plugins>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-common/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-common/pom.xml
index cb5075a..081442f 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-common/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-common/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>apache-asterixdb</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.asterix</groupId>
-    <version>0.8.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.9.0</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>asterix-common</artifactId>
 
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-coverage/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-coverage/pom.xml
index aae0829..0fc066f 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-coverage/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-coverage/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.asterix</groupId>
     <artifactId>apache-asterixdb</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.9.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <profiles>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-doc/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-doc/pom.xml
index a41bce2..897506d 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-doc/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-doc/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>apache-asterixdb</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.asterix</groupId>
-    <version>0.8.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.9.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <url>http://asterixdb.apache.org/</url>
@@ -53,16 +53,13 @@
             <configuration>
               <target>
                 <concat destfile="${project.build.directory}/generated-site/markdown/sqlpp/manual.md">
-                  <filelist dir="${project.basedir}/src/main/markdown/sqlpp"
-                         files="0_toc.md,1_intro.md,2_expr.md,3_query.md,4_error.md,5_ddl.md,appendix_1_keywords.md"/>
+                  <filelist dir="${project.basedir}/src/main/markdown/sqlpp" files="0_toc.md,1_intro.md,2_expr.md,3_query.md,4_error.md,5_ddl.md,appendix_1_keywords.md" />
                 </concat>
                 <concat destfile="${project.build.directory}/generated-site/markdown/sqlpp/builtins.md">
-                  <filelist dir="${project.basedir}/src/main/markdown/builtins"
-                            files="0_toc.md,1_numeric.md,2_string.md,3_binary.md,4_spatial.md,5_similarity.md,6_tokenizing.md,7_temporal.md,7_allens.md,8_record.md,9_aggregate_sql.md,10_comparison.md,11_type.md,12_misc.md"/>
+                  <filelist dir="${project.basedir}/src/main/markdown/builtins" files="0_toc.md,1_numeric.md,2_string.md,3_binary.md,4_spatial.md,5_similarity.md,6_tokenizing.md,7_temporal.md,7_allens.md,8_record.md,9_aggregate_sql.md,10_comparison.md,11_type.md,12_misc.md" />
                 </concat>
                 <concat destfile="${project.build.directory}/generated-site/markdown/aql/builtins.md">
-                  <filelist dir="${project.basedir}/src/main/markdown/builtins"
-                            files="0_toc.md,1_numeric.md,2_string.md,3_binary.md,4_spatial.md,5_similarity.md,6_tokenizing.md,7_temporal.md,7_allens.md,8_record.md,9_aggregate_aql.md,10_comparison.md,11_type.md,12_misc.md"/>
+                  <filelist dir="${project.basedir}/src/main/markdown/builtins" files="0_toc.md,1_numeric.md,2_string.md,3_binary.md,4_spatial.md,5_similarity.md,6_tokenizing.md,7_temporal.md,7_allens.md,8_record.md,9_aggregate_aql.md,10_comparison.md,11_type.md,12_misc.md" />
                 </concat>
               </target>
             </configuration>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-events/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-events/pom.xml
index 47dfd80..ccc607a 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-events/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-events/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>apache-asterixdb</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.asterix</groupId>
-    <version>0.8.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.9.0</version>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.apache.asterix</groupId>
   <artifactId>asterix-events</artifactId>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-examples/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-examples/pom.xml
index 44b982a..d9badf8 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-examples/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>apache-asterixdb</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.asterix</groupId>
-    <version>0.8.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.9.0</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>asterix-examples</artifactId>
 
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-experiments/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-experiments/pom.xml
index 6db761a..793dd50 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-experiments/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-experiments/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>apache-asterixdb</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.asterix</groupId>
-    <version>0.8.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.9.0</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>asterix-experiments</artifactId>
 
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/pom.xml
index 563799e..c8bc2e3 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>apache-asterixdb</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.asterix</groupId>
-    <version>0.8.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.9.0</version>
   </parent>
   <licenses>
     <license>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-fuzzyjoin/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-fuzzyjoin/pom.xml
index 77a2eff..4f43038 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-fuzzyjoin/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-fuzzyjoin/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>apache-asterixdb</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.asterix</groupId>
-    <version>0.8.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.9.0</version>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.apache.asterix</groupId>
   <artifactId>asterix-fuzzyjoin</artifactId>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-hivecompat/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-hivecompat/pom.xml
index 1180763..fe0270f 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-hivecompat/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-hivecompat/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>apache-asterixdb</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.asterix</groupId>
-    <version>0.8.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.9.0</version>
   </parent>
   <licenses>
     <license>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-installer/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-installer/pom.xml
index c8aa0a8..01e66e8 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-installer/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-installer/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>apache-asterixdb</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.asterix</groupId>
-    <version>0.8.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.9.0</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>asterix-installer</artifactId>
   <properties>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-lang-aql/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-lang-aql/pom.xml
index 24909ad..b777f30 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-lang-aql/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-lang-aql/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>apache-asterixdb</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.asterix</groupId>
-    <version>0.8.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.9.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <licenses>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-lang-common/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-lang-common/pom.xml
index b095997..b657c38 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-lang-common/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-lang-common/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>apache-asterixdb</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.asterix</groupId>
-    <version>0.8.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.9.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <licenses>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-lang-sqlpp/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-lang-sqlpp/pom.xml
index ba371c0..5b214ca 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-lang-sqlpp/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-lang-sqlpp/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>apache-asterixdb</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.asterix</groupId>
-    <version>0.8.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.9.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <licenses>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-license/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-license/pom.xml
index e30fbc1..e1c2c0a 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-license/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-license/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.asterix</groupId>
     <artifactId>apache-asterixdb</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.9.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <licenses>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-maven-plugins/asterix-evaluator-generator-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-maven-plugins/asterix-evaluator-generator-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index cd85902..2c41298 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-maven-plugins/asterix-evaluator-generator-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-maven-plugins/asterix-evaluator-generator-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.asterix</groupId>
     <artifactId>asterix-maven-plugins</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.9.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <packaging>maven-plugin</packaging>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-maven-plugins/asterix-grammar-extension-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-maven-plugins/asterix-grammar-extension-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index 49339c1..20bb09a 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-maven-plugins/asterix-grammar-extension-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-maven-plugins/asterix-grammar-extension-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.asterix</groupId>
     <artifactId>asterix-maven-plugins</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.9.0</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>asterix-grammar-extension-maven-plugin</artifactId>
   <packaging>maven-plugin</packaging>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-maven-plugins/asterix-test-datagenerator-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-maven-plugins/asterix-test-datagenerator-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index 426a6b4..db95320 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-maven-plugins/asterix-test-datagenerator-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-maven-plugins/asterix-test-datagenerator-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>asterix-maven-plugins</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.asterix</groupId>
-    <version>0.8.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.9.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-maven-plugins/lexer-generator-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-maven-plugins/lexer-generator-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index 72ba09a..74b346b 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-maven-plugins/lexer-generator-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-maven-plugins/lexer-generator-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>asterix-maven-plugins</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.asterix</groupId>
-    <version>0.8.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.9.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <packaging>maven-plugin</packaging>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-maven-plugins/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-maven-plugins/pom.xml
index 9207abe..9f13b44 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-maven-plugins/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-maven-plugins/pom.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>apache-asterixdb</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.asterix</groupId>
-    <version>0.8.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.9.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-maven-plugins/record-manager-generator-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-maven-plugins/record-manager-generator-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index 86d39c8..f21906b 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-maven-plugins/record-manager-generator-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-maven-plugins/record-manager-generator-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>asterix-maven-plugins</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.asterix</groupId>
-    <version>0.8.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.9.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <packaging>maven-plugin</packaging>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/pom.xml
index b39713f..8823692 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>apache-asterixdb</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.asterix</groupId>
-    <version>0.8.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.9.0</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>asterix-metadata</artifactId>
   <properties>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-om/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-om/pom.xml
index c175dcc..b5a3734 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-om/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-om/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>apache-asterixdb</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.asterix</groupId>
-    <version>0.8.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.9.0</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>asterix-om</artifactId>
 
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-replication/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-replication/pom.xml
index e8fc5ff..87c10f5 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-replication/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-replication/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.asterix</groupId>
     <artifactId>apache-asterixdb</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.9.0</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>asterix-replication</artifactId>
   <licenses>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/pom.xml
index 4d33485..f4ffc45 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>apache-asterixdb</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.asterix</groupId>
-    <version>0.8.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.9.0</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>asterix-runtime</artifactId>
   <properties>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-server/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-server/pom.xml
index 449f1e8..efbda82 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-server/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-server/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.asterix</groupId>
     <artifactId>apache-asterixdb</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.9.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <licenses>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-test-framework/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-test-framework/pom.xml
index 047fb57..63e22b2 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-test-framework/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-test-framework/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>apache-asterixdb</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.asterix</groupId>
-    <version>0.8.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.9.0</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>asterix-test-framework</artifactId>
 
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-tools/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-tools/pom.xml
index ec87021..c7e42a9 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-tools/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-tools/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>apache-asterixdb</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.asterix</groupId>
-    <version>0.8.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.9.0</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>asterix-tools</artifactId>
 
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/pom.xml
index 0a96ffd..26784a6 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>apache-asterixdb</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.asterix</groupId>
-    <version>0.8.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.9.0</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>asterix-transactions</artifactId>
 
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-yarn/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-yarn/pom.xml
index 462fbdc..6e00a81 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-yarn/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-yarn/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>apache-asterixdb</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.asterix</groupId>
-    <version>0.8.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.9.0</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>asterix-yarn</artifactId>
 
diff --git a/asterixdb/pom.xml b/asterixdb/pom.xml
index e78b2ad..a981486 100644
--- a/asterixdb/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.apache.asterix</groupId>
   <artifactId>apache-asterixdb</artifactId>
-  <version>0.8.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.9.0</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <url>https://asterixdb.apache.org/</url>
 
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@
                     </goals>
                   </pluginExecutionFilter>
                   <action>
-                    <ignore></ignore>
+                    <ignore />
                   </action>
                 </pluginExecution>
                 <pluginExecution>
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@
                     </goals>
                   </pluginExecutionFilter>
                   <action>
-                    <ignore></ignore>
+                    <ignore />
                   </action>
                 </pluginExecution>
               </pluginExecutions>
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@
     <connection>scm:git:https://github.com/apache/asterixdb</connection>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:ssh://asterix-gerrit.ics.uci.edu:29418/asterixdb</developerConnection>
     <url>https://github.com/apache/asterixdb</url>
-    <tag>HEAD</tag>
+    <tag>apache-asterixdb-0.9.0-rc2</tag>
   </scm>
 
   <profiles>