Preparing to release 3.7.0-RC1
diff --git a/apex-app-archetype/README.md b/apex-app-archetype/README.md
index 43423dc..9740dde 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=3.7.0-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=3.7.0 -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 74f7d59..332fac4 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>3.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.7.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>apex-app-archetype</artifactId>
diff --git a/apex-conf-archetype/README.md b/apex-conf-archetype/README.md
index ecb5457..9e134d6 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=3.7.0-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=3.7.0 -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 93389ec..5c45de8 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>3.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.7.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>apex-conf-archetype</artifactId>
diff --git a/api/pom.xml b/api/pom.xml
index 24e366b..8535bb1 100644
--- a/api/pom.xml
+++ b/api/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.apex</groupId>
     <artifactId>apex</artifactId>
-    <version>3.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.7.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>apex-api</artifactId>
diff --git a/bufferserver/pom.xml b/bufferserver/pom.xml
index 21d50eb..144d7f6 100644
--- a/bufferserver/pom.xml
+++ b/bufferserver/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.apex</groupId>
     <artifactId>apex</artifactId>
-    <version>3.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.7.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>apex-bufferserver</artifactId>
diff --git a/common/pom.xml b/common/pom.xml
index b39148e..062c1d6 100644
--- a/common/pom.xml
+++ b/common/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.apex</groupId>
     <artifactId>apex</artifactId>
-    <version>3.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.7.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>apex-common</artifactId>
diff --git a/engine/pom.xml b/engine/pom.xml
index 93e7d97..3894f2b 100644
--- a/engine/pom.xml
+++ b/engine/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.apex</groupId>
     <artifactId>apex</artifactId>
-    <version>3.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.7.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>apex-engine</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index acd3c9d..dc19d39 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
   <groupId>org.apache.apex</groupId>
   <artifactId>apex</artifactId>
-  <version>3.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>3.7.0</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <name>Apache Apex</name>