Preparing to release 3.4.0-RC1
diff --git a/apex-app-archetype/README.md b/apex-app-archetype/README.md
index 5979bb1..4385dfb 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=3.4.0-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=3.4.0 -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 e9065c6..5f5263c 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>3.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.4.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>apex-app-archetype</artifactId>
diff --git a/apex-conf-archetype/README.md b/apex-conf-archetype/README.md
index 26f2c37..6639aed 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=3.4.0-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=3.4.0 -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 2e2d617..a6c99d2 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>3.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.4.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>apex-conf-archetype</artifactId>
diff --git a/api/pom.xml b/api/pom.xml
index db1de38..36edca0 100644
--- a/api/pom.xml
+++ b/api/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.apex</groupId>
     <artifactId>apex</artifactId>
-    <version>3.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.4.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>apex-api</artifactId>
diff --git a/bufferserver/pom.xml b/bufferserver/pom.xml
index b76fc33..ee611d2 100644
--- a/bufferserver/pom.xml
+++ b/bufferserver/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.apex</groupId>
     <artifactId>apex</artifactId>
-    <version>3.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.4.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>apex-bufferserver</artifactId>
diff --git a/common/pom.xml b/common/pom.xml
index 3371cb0..0abb81c 100644
--- a/common/pom.xml
+++ b/common/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.apex</groupId>
     <artifactId>apex</artifactId>
-    <version>3.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.4.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>apex-common</artifactId>
diff --git a/engine/pom.xml b/engine/pom.xml
index 1c699cf..63bbaf5 100644
--- a/engine/pom.xml
+++ b/engine/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.apex</groupId>
     <artifactId>apex</artifactId>
-    <version>3.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.4.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>apex-engine</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d41c042..bc0b992 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
   <groupId>org.apache.apex</groupId>
   <artifactId>apex</artifactId>
-  <version>3.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>3.4.0</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <name>Apache Apex</name>