diff --git a/cassandra/pom.xml b/cassandra/pom.xml
index 473cf30..c30f3dc 100644
--- a/cassandra/pom.xml
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diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index a69fa32..557a8d7 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
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@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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diff --git a/couchdb/pom.xml b/couchdb/pom.xml
index 1983162..a244e31 100644
--- a/couchdb/pom.xml
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@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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diff --git a/csv/pom.xml b/csv/pom.xml
index 10f705d..2d4b019 100644
--- a/csv/pom.xml
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@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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diff --git a/elasticsearch/pom.xml b/elasticsearch/pom.xml
index 7114a8d..2a80d4f 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/pom.xml
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diff --git a/excel/pom.xml b/excel/pom.xml
index e690be7..e610afe 100644
--- a/excel/pom.xml
+++ b/excel/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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diff --git a/fixedwidth/pom.xml b/fixedwidth/pom.xml
index d997f9e..ac4f6d6 100644
--- a/fixedwidth/pom.xml
+++ b/fixedwidth/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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diff --git a/full/pom.xml b/full/pom.xml
index d375411..dc3d6ae 100644
--- a/full/pom.xml
+++ b/full/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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diff --git a/hadoop/pom.xml b/hadoop/pom.xml
index 0659b50..bd3def8 100644
--- a/hadoop/pom.xml
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diff --git a/hbase/pom.xml b/hbase/pom.xml
index 7ca2fca..66e0849 100644
--- a/hbase/pom.xml
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@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
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diff --git a/jdbc/pom.xml b/jdbc/pom.xml
index 378ebf0..a93233f 100644
--- a/jdbc/pom.xml
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@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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diff --git a/json/pom.xml b/json/pom.xml
index 3c255d0..b764a13 100644
--- a/json/pom.xml
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@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
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diff --git a/mongodb/pom.xml b/mongodb/pom.xml
index 22d41c2..c6ddde2 100644
--- a/mongodb/pom.xml
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@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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diff --git a/openoffice/pom.xml b/openoffice/pom.xml
index ebcc945..1ece2d9 100644
--- a/openoffice/pom.xml
+++ b/openoffice/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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diff --git a/pojo/pom.xml b/pojo/pom.xml
index 2048e01..637661f 100644
--- a/pojo/pom.xml
+++ b/pojo/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 86273ab..ee12556 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -42,11 +42,11 @@
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 		<developerConnection>scm:git:https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/metamodel.git</developerConnection>
-		<tag>HEAD</tag>
+		<tag>MetaModel-4.4.0-RC1</tag>
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 	<groupId>org.apache.metamodel</groupId>
 	<artifactId>MetaModel</artifactId>
-	<version>4.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>4.4.0-RC1</version>
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diff --git a/salesforce/pom.xml b/salesforce/pom.xml
index 800847c..0312d57 100644
--- a/salesforce/pom.xml
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@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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diff --git a/spring/pom.xml b/spring/pom.xml
index 7d3225b..e5c8d25 100644
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diff --git a/sugarcrm/pom.xml b/sugarcrm/pom.xml
index 0a4eb72..3a6e69f 100644
--- a/sugarcrm/pom.xml
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diff --git a/xml/pom.xml b/xml/pom.xml
index 3518e7e..1f23b3d 100644
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