Preparing to release 3.6.0-RC1
diff --git a/apex-app-archetype/README.md b/apex-app-archetype/README.md
index 5f4654b..4037a65 100644
--- a/apex-app-archetype/README.md
+++ b/apex-app-archetype/README.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 Run the following command
 
-    mvn archetype:generate -DarchetypeGroupId=org.apache.apex -DarchetypeArtifactId=apex-app-archetype -DarchetypeVersion=3.6.0-SNAPSHOT -DgroupId=com.example -Dpackage=com.example.myapexapp -DartifactId=myapexapp -Dversion=1.0-SNAPSHOT
+    mvn archetype:generate -DarchetypeGroupId=org.apache.apex -DarchetypeArtifactId=apex-app-archetype -DarchetypeVersion=3.6.0 -DgroupId=com.example -Dpackage=com.example.myapexapp -DartifactId=myapexapp -Dversion=1.0-SNAPSHOT
 
 Using your favorite IDE, open the project that has just been created by the above command.
 Write your application code and optionally operator code 
diff --git a/apex-app-archetype/pom.xml b/apex-app-archetype/pom.xml
index 892c306..96f72d4 100644
--- a/apex-app-archetype/pom.xml
+++ b/apex-app-archetype/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.apex</groupId>
     <artifactId>apex</artifactId>
-    <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.6.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>apex-app-archetype</artifactId>
diff --git a/apex-conf-archetype/README.md b/apex-conf-archetype/README.md
index 7f24872..6b7d4b6 100644
--- a/apex-conf-archetype/README.md
+++ b/apex-conf-archetype/README.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 Run the following command
 
-    mvn archetype:generate -DarchetypeGroupId=org.apache.apex -DarchetypeArtifactId=apex-conf-archetype -DarchetypeVersion=3.6.0-SNAPSHOT -DgroupId=com.example -Dpackage=com.example.myapexapp -DartifactId=myapexconf -Dversion=1.0-SNAPSHOT
+    mvn archetype:generate -DarchetypeGroupId=org.apache.apex -DarchetypeArtifactId=apex-conf-archetype -DarchetypeVersion=3.6.0 -DgroupId=com.example -Dpackage=com.example.myapexapp -DartifactId=myapexconf -Dversion=1.0-SNAPSHOT
 
 Using your favorite IDE, open the project that has just been created by the above command.
 Write your application code and optionally operator code 
diff --git a/apex-conf-archetype/pom.xml b/apex-conf-archetype/pom.xml
index db46ee1..6ca83e4 100644
--- a/apex-conf-archetype/pom.xml
+++ b/apex-conf-archetype/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.apex</groupId>
     <artifactId>apex</artifactId>
-    <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.6.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>apex-conf-archetype</artifactId>
diff --git a/api/pom.xml b/api/pom.xml
index a1236f8..a6047cf 100644
--- a/api/pom.xml
+++ b/api/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.apex</groupId>
     <artifactId>apex</artifactId>
-    <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.6.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>apex-api</artifactId>
diff --git a/bufferserver/pom.xml b/bufferserver/pom.xml
index c0f66f1..cd46f48 100644
--- a/bufferserver/pom.xml
+++ b/bufferserver/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.apex</groupId>
     <artifactId>apex</artifactId>
-    <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.6.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>apex-bufferserver</artifactId>
diff --git a/common/pom.xml b/common/pom.xml
index 2900f5c..aac490f 100644
--- a/common/pom.xml
+++ b/common/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.apex</groupId>
     <artifactId>apex</artifactId>
-    <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.6.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>apex-common</artifactId>
diff --git a/engine/pom.xml b/engine/pom.xml
index 68a0775..f6b87ac 100644
--- a/engine/pom.xml
+++ b/engine/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.apex</groupId>
     <artifactId>apex</artifactId>
-    <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.6.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>apex-engine</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d83d0f2..dc6aea4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
   <groupId>org.apache.apex</groupId>
   <artifactId>apex</artifactId>
-  <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>3.6.0</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <name>Apache Apex</name>