Preparing to release v3.0.0-RC1
diff --git a/apex-app-archetype/README.md b/apex-app-archetype/README.md
index ca97994..8bf1aaf 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=com.datatorrent -DarchetypeArtifactId=apex-app-archetype -DarchetypeVersion=2.2.0-SNAPSHOT -DgroupId=com.example -Dpackage=com.example.myapexapp -DartifactId=myapexapp -Dversion=1.0-SNAPSHOT
+    mvn archetype:generate -DarchetypeGroupId=com.datatorrent -DarchetypeArtifactId=apex-app-archetype -DarchetypeVersion=3.0.0-SNAPSHOT -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 aaf4afb..fc8f096 100644
--- a/apex-app-archetype/pom.xml
+++ b/apex-app-archetype/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.datatorrent</groupId>
     <artifactId>dt-framework</artifactId>
-    <version>2.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>apex-app-archetype</artifactId>
diff --git a/apex-app-archetype/src/test/resources/projects/basic/archetype.properties b/apex-app-archetype/src/test/resources/projects/basic/archetype.properties
index b2a8f1c..4cca9b2 100644
--- a/apex-app-archetype/src/test/resources/projects/basic/archetype.properties
+++ b/apex-app-archetype/src/test/resources/projects/basic/archetype.properties
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 version=0.1-SNAPSHOT
 groupId=archetype.it
 artifactId=basic
-archetypeVersion=2.2.0-SNAPSHOT
+archetypeVersion=3.0.0-SNAPSHOT
diff --git a/apex-conf-archetype/README.md b/apex-conf-archetype/README.md
index 7f0e1b7..71cc402 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=com.datatorrent -DarchetypeArtifactId=apex-conf-archetype -DarchetypeVersion=2.2.0-SNAPSHOT -DgroupId=com.example -Dpackage=com.example.myapexapp -DartifactId=myapexconf -Dversion=1.0-SNAPSHOT
+    mvn archetype:generate -DarchetypeGroupId=com.datatorrent -DarchetypeArtifactId=apex-conf-archetype -DarchetypeVersion=3.0.0-SNAPSHOT -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 9652e59..6f6fbe4 100644
--- a/apex-conf-archetype/pom.xml
+++ b/apex-conf-archetype/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.datatorrent</groupId>
     <artifactId>dt-framework</artifactId>
-    <version>2.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>apex-conf-archetype</artifactId>
diff --git a/apex-conf-archetype/src/test/resources/projects/basic/archetype.properties b/apex-conf-archetype/src/test/resources/projects/basic/archetype.properties
index b2a8f1c..4cca9b2 100644
--- a/apex-conf-archetype/src/test/resources/projects/basic/archetype.properties
+++ b/apex-conf-archetype/src/test/resources/projects/basic/archetype.properties
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 version=0.1-SNAPSHOT
 groupId=archetype.it
 artifactId=basic
-archetypeVersion=2.2.0-SNAPSHOT
+archetypeVersion=3.0.0-SNAPSHOT
diff --git a/api/pom.xml b/api/pom.xml
index 9ece0a4..0507a05 100644
--- a/api/pom.xml
+++ b/api/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.datatorrent</groupId>
     <artifactId>dt-framework</artifactId>
-    <version>2.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>dt-api</artifactId>
diff --git a/bufferserver/pom.xml b/bufferserver/pom.xml
index 3577c6f..80e9fb3 100644
--- a/bufferserver/pom.xml
+++ b/bufferserver/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.datatorrent</groupId>
     <artifactId>dt-framework</artifactId>
-    <version>2.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>dt-bufferserver</artifactId>
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.datatorrent</groupId>
       <artifactId>dt-common</artifactId>
-      <version>2.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <type>jar</type>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/common/pom.xml b/common/pom.xml
index 6e5ed3c..f52b8f1 100644
--- a/common/pom.xml
+++ b/common/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.datatorrent</groupId>
     <artifactId>dt-framework</artifactId>
-    <version>2.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>dt-common</artifactId>
diff --git a/engine/pom.xml b/engine/pom.xml
index 9ea7db1..1e77ff7 100644
--- a/engine/pom.xml
+++ b/engine/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.datatorrent</groupId>
     <artifactId>dt-framework</artifactId>
-    <version>2.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>dt-engine</artifactId>
diff --git a/engine/src/test/java/com/datatorrent/stram/client/AppPackageTest.java b/engine/src/test/java/com/datatorrent/stram/client/AppPackageTest.java
index d873561..72bf203 100644
--- a/engine/src/test/java/com/datatorrent/stram/client/AppPackageTest.java
+++ b/engine/src/test/java/com/datatorrent/stram/client/AppPackageTest.java
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
   {
     Assert.assertEquals("mydtapp", json.getString("appPackageName"));
     Assert.assertEquals("1.0-SNAPSHOT", json.getString("appPackageVersion"));
-    Assert.assertEquals("2.2.0-SNAPSHOT", json.getString("dtEngineVersion"));
+    Assert.assertEquals("3.0.0-SNAPSHOT", json.getString("dtEngineVersion"));
     Assert.assertEquals("lib/*.jar", json.getJSONArray("classPath").getString(0));
 
     JSONObject application = json.getJSONArray("applications").getJSONObject(0);
diff --git a/engine/src/test/resources/testAppPackage/mydtapp/pom.xml b/engine/src/test/resources/testAppPackage/mydtapp/pom.xml
index f39e513..11b6d6f 100644
--- a/engine/src/test/resources/testAppPackage/mydtapp/pom.xml
+++ b/engine/src/test/resources/testAppPackage/mydtapp/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
   <properties>
     <!-- change this if you desire to use a different version of DataTorrent -->
-    <datatorrent.version>2.2.0-SNAPSHOT</datatorrent.version>
+    <datatorrent.version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</datatorrent.version>
     <datatorrent.apppackage.classpath>lib/*.jar</datatorrent.apppackage.classpath>
   </properties>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b85f9c6..c9e11d6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
   <groupId>com.datatorrent</groupId>
   <artifactId>dt-framework</artifactId>
-  <version>2.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <name>Realtime Stream Processing Framework</name>