Preparing to release 2.0.0-RC3
diff --git a/apps/logstream/pom.xml b/apps/logstream/pom.xml
index 2c7d454..a3bb0f6 100644
--- a/apps/logstream/pom.xml
+++ b/apps/logstream/pom.xml
@@ -1,182 +1,182 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">

-  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

-  <parent>

-    <artifactId>malhar-apps</artifactId>

-    <groupId>com.datatorrent</groupId>

-    <version>2.0.0-RC2</version>

-  </parent>

-

-  <groupId>com.datatorrent</groupId>

-  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>

-  <artifactId>logstream</artifactId>

-  <packaging>jar</packaging>

-

-  <properties>

-    <!-- change this if you desire to use a different version of DataTorrent -->

-    <datatorrent.version>2.0.0-RC2</datatorrent.version>

-    <datatorrent.apppackage.classpath>lib/*.jar</datatorrent.apppackage.classpath>

-    <maven.deploy.skip>false</maven.deploy.skip>

-    <skipTests>false</skipTests>

-  </properties>

-

-  <name>Logstream Application</name>

-

-  <!-- repository to provide the DataTorrent artifacts -->

-  <repositories>

-    <repository>

-      <snapshots>

-        <enabled>false</enabled>

-      </snapshots>

-      <id>Datatorrent-Releases</id>

-      <name>DataTorrent Release Repository</name>

-      <url>https://www.datatorrent.com/maven/content/repositories/releases/</url>

-    </repository>

-    <repository>

-      <releases>

-        <enabled>false</enabled>

-      </releases>

-      <id>DataTorrent-Snapshots</id>

-      <name>DataTorrent Early Access Program Snapshot Repository</name>

-      <url>https://www.datatorrent.com/maven/content/repositories/snapshots/</url>

-    </repository>

-  </repositories>

-

-  <build>

-    <plugins>

-      <plugin>

-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>

-        <artifactId>maven-eclipse-plugin</artifactId>

-        <version>2.9</version>

-        <configuration>

-          <downloadSources>true</downloadSources>

-        </configuration>

-      </plugin>

-      <plugin>

-        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>

-        <version>2.3.2</version>

-        <configuration>

-          <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>

-          <source>1.6</source>

-          <target>1.6</target>

-          <debug>true</debug>

-          <optimize>false</optimize>

-          <showDeprecation>true</showDeprecation>

-          <showWarnings>true</showWarnings>

-        </configuration>

-      </plugin>

-      <plugin>

-        <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>

-        <version>2.8</version>

-        <executions>

-          <execution>

-            <id>copy-dependencies</id>

-            <phase>prepare-package</phase>

-            <goals>

-              <goal>copy-dependencies</goal>

-            </goals>

-            <configuration>

-              <outputDirectory>target/deps</outputDirectory>

-              <includeScope>runtime</includeScope>

-            </configuration>

-          </execution>

-          <execution>

-            <id>unpack</id>

-            <phase>package</phase>

-            <goals>

-              <goal>unpack</goal>

-            </goals>

-            <configuration>

-              <artifactItems>

-                <artifactItem>

-                  <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>

-                  <artifactId>${project.artifactId}</artifactId>

-                  <version>${project.version}</version>

-                  <type>jar</type>

-                  <includes>META-INF/MANIFEST.MF</includes>

-                  <outputDirectory>target</outputDirectory>

-                </artifactItem>

-              </artifactItems>

-            </configuration>

-          </execution>

-        </executions>

-      </plugin>

-      <plugin>

-        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>

-        <executions>

-          <execution>

-            <id>app-package-assembly</id>

-            <phase>package</phase>

-            <goals>

-              <goal>single</goal>

-            </goals>

-            <configuration>

-              <finalName>DTApp-${project.artifactId}-${project.version}</finalName>

-              <appendAssemblyId>false</appendAssemblyId>

-              <descriptors>

-                <descriptor>src/assemble/appPackage.xml</descriptor>

-              </descriptors>

-              <archiverConfig>

-                <defaultDirectoryMode>0755</defaultDirectoryMode>

-              </archiverConfig>

-              <archive>

-                <manifestEntries>

-                  <Class-Path>${datatorrent.apppackage.classpath}</Class-Path>

-                  <DT-Engine-Version>${datatorrent.version}</DT-Engine-Version>

-                  <DT-App-Package-Name>${project.artifactId}</DT-App-Package-Name>

-                  <DT-App-Package-Version>${project.version}</DT-App-Package-Version>

-                  <DT-App-Package-Display-Name>${project.name}</DT-App-Package-Display-Name>

-                  <DT-App-Package-Description>${project.description}</DT-App-Package-Description>

-                </manifestEntries>

-              </archive>

-            </configuration>

-          </execution>

-        </executions>

-      </plugin>

-    </plugins>

-  </build>

-

-  <dependencies>

-    <!-- add your dependencies here -->

-    <dependency>

-      <groupId>com.datatorrent</groupId>

-      <artifactId>malhar-library</artifactId>

-      <version>${datatorrent.version}</version>

-    </dependency>

-    <dependency>

-      <groupId>com.datatorrent</groupId>

-      <artifactId>dt-engine</artifactId>

-      <version>${datatorrent.version}</version>

-      <scope>provided</scope>

-    </dependency>

-    <dependency>

-      <groupId>com.datatorrent</groupId>

-      <artifactId>malhar-contrib</artifactId>

-      <version>${datatorrent.version}</version>

-    </dependency>

-    <dependency>

-      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>

-      <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>

-      <version>1.7.5</version>

-      <scope>provided</scope>

-    </dependency>

-    <dependency>

-      <groupId>com.rabbitmq</groupId>

-      <artifactId>amqp-client</artifactId>

-      <version>2.8.7</version>

-      <optional>true</optional>

-    </dependency>

-    <dependency>

-      <groupId>janino</groupId>

-      <artifactId>janino</artifactId>

-      <version>2.5.10</version>

-    </dependency>

-    <dependency>

-      <groupId>junit</groupId>

-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>

-      <version>4.10</version>

-      <scope>test</scope>

-    </dependency>

-  </dependencies>

-

-</project>

+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <artifactId>malhar-apps</artifactId>
+    <groupId>com.datatorrent</groupId>
+    <version>2.0.0-RC3</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <groupId>com.datatorrent</groupId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <artifactId>logstream</artifactId>
+  <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+  <properties>
+    <!-- change this if you desire to use a different version of DataTorrent -->
+    <datatorrent.version>2.0.0-RC3</datatorrent.version>
+    <datatorrent.apppackage.classpath>lib/*.jar</datatorrent.apppackage.classpath>
+    <maven.deploy.skip>false</maven.deploy.skip>
+    <skipTests>false</skipTests>
+  </properties>
+
+  <name>Logstream Application</name>
+
+  <!-- repository to provide the DataTorrent artifacts -->
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <snapshots>
+	<enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+      <id>Datatorrent-Releases</id>
+      <name>DataTorrent Release Repository</name>
+      <url>https://www.datatorrent.com/maven/content/repositories/releases/</url>
+    </repository>
+    <repository>
+      <releases>
+	<enabled>false</enabled>
+      </releases>
+      <id>DataTorrent-Snapshots</id>
+      <name>DataTorrent Early Access Program Snapshot Repository</name>
+      <url>https://www.datatorrent.com/maven/content/repositories/snapshots/</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+	<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+	<artifactId>maven-eclipse-plugin</artifactId>
+	<version>2.9</version>
+	<configuration>
+	  <downloadSources>true</downloadSources>
+	</configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+	<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+	<version>2.3.2</version>
+	<configuration>
+	  <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
+	  <source>1.6</source>
+	  <target>1.6</target>
+	  <debug>true</debug>
+	  <optimize>false</optimize>
+	  <showDeprecation>true</showDeprecation>
+	  <showWarnings>true</showWarnings>
+	</configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+	<artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
+	<version>2.8</version>
+	<executions>
+	  <execution>
+	    <id>copy-dependencies</id>
+	    <phase>prepare-package</phase>
+	    <goals>
+	      <goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
+	    </goals>
+	    <configuration>
+	      <outputDirectory>target/deps</outputDirectory>
+	      <includeScope>runtime</includeScope>
+	    </configuration>
+	  </execution>
+	  <execution>
+	    <id>unpack</id>
+	    <phase>package</phase>
+	    <goals>
+	      <goal>unpack</goal>
+	    </goals>
+	    <configuration>
+	      <artifactItems>
+		<artifactItem>
+		  <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+		  <artifactId>${project.artifactId}</artifactId>
+		  <version>${project.version}</version>
+		  <type>jar</type>
+		  <includes>META-INF/MANIFEST.MF</includes>
+		  <outputDirectory>target</outputDirectory>
+		</artifactItem>
+	      </artifactItems>
+	    </configuration>
+	  </execution>
+	</executions>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+	<artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+	<executions>
+	  <execution>
+	    <id>app-package-assembly</id>
+	    <phase>package</phase>
+	    <goals>
+	      <goal>single</goal>
+	    </goals>
+	    <configuration>
+	      <finalName>DTApp-${project.artifactId}-${project.version}</finalName>
+	      <appendAssemblyId>false</appendAssemblyId>
+	      <descriptors>
+		<descriptor>src/assemble/appPackage.xml</descriptor>
+	      </descriptors>
+	      <archiverConfig>
+		<defaultDirectoryMode>0755</defaultDirectoryMode>
+	      </archiverConfig>
+	      <archive>
+		<manifestEntries>
+		  <Class-Path>${datatorrent.apppackage.classpath}</Class-Path>
+		  <DT-Engine-Version>${datatorrent.version}</DT-Engine-Version>
+		  <DT-App-Package-Name>${project.artifactId}</DT-App-Package-Name>
+		  <DT-App-Package-Version>${project.version}</DT-App-Package-Version>
+		  <DT-App-Package-Display-Name>${project.name}</DT-App-Package-Display-Name>
+		  <DT-App-Package-Description>${project.description}</DT-App-Package-Description>
+		</manifestEntries>
+	      </archive>
+	    </configuration>
+	  </execution>
+	</executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <!-- add your dependencies here -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.datatorrent</groupId>
+      <artifactId>malhar-library</artifactId>
+      <version>${datatorrent.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.datatorrent</groupId>
+      <artifactId>dt-engine</artifactId>
+      <version>${datatorrent.version}</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.datatorrent</groupId>
+      <artifactId>malhar-contrib</artifactId>
+      <version>${datatorrent.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.rabbitmq</groupId>
+      <artifactId>amqp-client</artifactId>
+      <version>2.8.7</version>
+      <optional>true</optional>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>janino</groupId>
+      <artifactId>janino</artifactId>
+      <version>2.5.10</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <version>4.10</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/apps/pom.xml b/apps/pom.xml
index 1091ac9..f6ad687 100644
--- a/apps/pom.xml
+++ b/apps/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.datatorrent</groupId>
     <artifactId>malhar-all</artifactId>
-    <version>2.0.0-RC2</version>
+    <version>2.0.0-RC3</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>malhar-apps</artifactId>
diff --git a/benchmark/pom.xml b/benchmark/pom.xml
index 9fc59d6..de516ee 100644
--- a/benchmark/pom.xml
+++ b/benchmark/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>

     <artifactId>malhar-all</artifactId>

     <groupId>com.datatorrent</groupId>

-    <version>2.0.0-RC2</version>

+    <version>2.0.0-RC3</version>

   </parent>

 

   <groupId>com.datatorrent</groupId>

diff --git a/contrib/pom.xml b/contrib/pom.xml
index 4de0f40..113207b 100644
--- a/contrib/pom.xml
+++ b/contrib/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.datatorrent</groupId>
     <artifactId>malhar-all</artifactId>
-    <version>2.0.0-RC2</version>
+    <version>2.0.0-RC3</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>malhar-contrib</artifactId>
diff --git a/demos/dimensions/pom.xml b/demos/dimensions/pom.xml
index 3875e9d..9fb36d9 100644
--- a/demos/dimensions/pom.xml
+++ b/demos/dimensions/pom.xml
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.datatorrent</groupId>
     <artifactId>malhar-demos</artifactId>
-    <version>2.0.0-RC2</version>
+    <version>2.0.0-RC3</version>
   </parent>
 
   <properties>
     <!-- change this if you desire to use a different version of DataTorrent -->
-    <datatorrent.version>2.0.0-RC2</datatorrent.version>
+    <datatorrent.version>2.0.0-RC3</datatorrent.version>
     <datatorrent.apppackage.classpath>lib/*.jar</datatorrent.apppackage.classpath>
     <skipTests>true</skipTests>
   </properties>
diff --git a/demos/distributedistinct/pom.xml b/demos/distributedistinct/pom.xml
index 91cbd33..eb9069a 100644
--- a/demos/distributedistinct/pom.xml
+++ b/demos/distributedistinct/pom.xml
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.datatorrent</groupId>
     <artifactId>malhar-demos</artifactId>
-    <version>2.0.0-RC2</version>
+    <version>2.0.0-RC3</version>
   </parent>
 
   <properties>
     <!-- change this if you desire to use a different version of DataTorrent -->
-    <datatorrent.version>2.0.0-RC2</datatorrent.version>
+    <datatorrent.version>2.0.0-RC3</datatorrent.version>
     <datatorrent.apppackage.classpath>lib/*.jar</datatorrent.apppackage.classpath>
     <skipTests>true</skipTests>
   </properties>
diff --git a/demos/frauddetect/pom.xml b/demos/frauddetect/pom.xml
index 1bac372..46fb4c3 100644
--- a/demos/frauddetect/pom.xml
+++ b/demos/frauddetect/pom.xml
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.datatorrent</groupId>
     <artifactId>malhar-demos</artifactId>
-    <version>2.0.0-RC2</version>
+    <version>2.0.0-RC3</version>
   </parent>
 
   <properties>
     <!-- change this if you desire to use a different version of DataTorrent -->
-    <datatorrent.version>2.0.0-RC2</datatorrent.version>
+    <datatorrent.version>2.0.0-RC3</datatorrent.version>
     <datatorrent.apppackage.classpath>lib/*.jar</datatorrent.apppackage.classpath>
     <skipTests>true</skipTests>
   </properties>
diff --git a/demos/machinedata/pom.xml b/demos/machinedata/pom.xml
index bc41911..84d732a 100644
--- a/demos/machinedata/pom.xml
+++ b/demos/machinedata/pom.xml
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.datatorrent</groupId>
     <artifactId>malhar-demos</artifactId>
-    <version>2.0.0-RC2</version>
+    <version>2.0.0-RC3</version>
   </parent>
 
   <properties>
     <!-- change this if you desire to use a different version of DataTorrent -->
-    <datatorrent.version>2.0.0-RC2</datatorrent.version>
+    <datatorrent.version>2.0.0-RC3</datatorrent.version>
     <datatorrent.apppackage.classpath>lib/*.jar</datatorrent.apppackage.classpath>
   </properties>
 
diff --git a/demos/mobile/pom.xml b/demos/mobile/pom.xml
index f746589..ae16f43 100644
--- a/demos/mobile/pom.xml
+++ b/demos/mobile/pom.xml
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.datatorrent</groupId>
     <artifactId>malhar-demos</artifactId>
-    <version>2.0.0-RC2</version>
+    <version>2.0.0-RC3</version>
   </parent>
 
   <properties>
     <!-- change this if you desire to use a different version of DataTorrent -->
-    <datatorrent.version>2.0.0-RC2</datatorrent.version>
+    <datatorrent.version>2.0.0-RC3</datatorrent.version>
     <datatorrent.apppackage.classpath>lib/*.jar</datatorrent.apppackage.classpath>
     <skipTests>true</skipTests>
   </properties>
diff --git a/demos/mrmonitor/pom.xml b/demos/mrmonitor/pom.xml
index a82cd9e..52702d8 100644
--- a/demos/mrmonitor/pom.xml
+++ b/demos/mrmonitor/pom.xml
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.datatorrent</groupId>
     <artifactId>malhar-demos</artifactId>
-    <version>2.0.0-RC2</version>
+    <version>2.0.0-RC3</version>
   </parent>
 
   <properties>
     <!-- change this if you desire to use a different version of DataTorrent -->
-    <datatorrent.version>2.0.0-RC2</datatorrent.version>
+    <datatorrent.version>2.0.0-RC3</datatorrent.version>
     <datatorrent.apppackage.classpath>lib/*.jar</datatorrent.apppackage.classpath>
     <skipTests>true</skipTests>
   </properties>
diff --git a/demos/mroperator/pom.xml b/demos/mroperator/pom.xml
index c0045e7..bdee974 100644
--- a/demos/mroperator/pom.xml
+++ b/demos/mroperator/pom.xml
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.datatorrent</groupId>
     <artifactId>malhar-demos</artifactId>
-    <version>2.0.0-RC2</version>
+    <version>2.0.0-RC3</version>
   </parent>
 
   <properties>
     <!-- change this if you desire to use a different version of DataTorrent -->
-    <datatorrent.version>2.0.0-RC2</datatorrent.version>
+    <datatorrent.version>2.0.0-RC3</datatorrent.version>
     <datatorrent.apppackage.classpath>lib/*.jar</datatorrent.apppackage.classpath>
     <hadoop.version>2.2.0</hadoop.version>
     <skipTests>true</skipTests>
diff --git a/demos/pi/pom.xml b/demos/pi/pom.xml
index 58c40e9..154f684 100644
--- a/demos/pi/pom.xml
+++ b/demos/pi/pom.xml
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.datatorrent</groupId>
     <artifactId>malhar-demos</artifactId>
-    <version>2.0.0-RC2</version>
+    <version>2.0.0-RC3</version>
   </parent>
 
   <properties>
     <!-- change this if you desire to use a different version of DataTorrent -->
-    <datatorrent.version>2.0.0-RC2</datatorrent.version>
+    <datatorrent.version>2.0.0-RC3</datatorrent.version>
     <datatorrent.apppackage.classpath>lib/*.jar</datatorrent.apppackage.classpath>
   </properties>
 
diff --git a/demos/pom.xml b/demos/pom.xml
index 8fefd15..d81e7cf 100644
--- a/demos/pom.xml
+++ b/demos/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.datatorrent</groupId>
     <artifactId>malhar-all</artifactId>
-    <version>2.0.0-RC2</version>
+    <version>2.0.0-RC3</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>malhar-demos</artifactId>
diff --git a/demos/samplestream/pom.xml b/demos/samplestream/pom.xml
index 716608e..fb44fa5 100644
--- a/demos/samplestream/pom.xml
+++ b/demos/samplestream/pom.xml
@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@
 
   <properties>
     <!-- change this if you desire to use a different version of DataTorrent -->
-    <datatorrent.version>2.0.0-RC2</datatorrent.version>
+    <datatorrent.version>2.0.0-RC3</datatorrent.version>
     <datatorrent.apppackage.classpath>lib/*.jar</datatorrent.apppackage.classpath>
   </properties>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.datatorrent</groupId>
     <artifactId>malhar-demos</artifactId>
-    <version>2.0.0-RC2</version>
+    <version>2.0.0-RC3</version>
   </parent>
 
   <name>DataTorrent Sample Stream Demo</name>
diff --git a/demos/scalability/pom.xml b/demos/scalability/pom.xml
index 95b2491..b313919 100644
--- a/demos/scalability/pom.xml
+++ b/demos/scalability/pom.xml
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.datatorrent</groupId>
     <artifactId>malhar-demos</artifactId>
-    <version>2.0.0-RC2</version>
+    <version>2.0.0-RC3</version>
   </parent>
 
   <properties>
     <!-- change this if you desire to use a different version of DataTorrent -->
-    <datatorrent.version>2.0.0-RC2</datatorrent.version>
+    <datatorrent.version>2.0.0-RC3</datatorrent.version>
     <datatorrent.apppackage.classpath>lib/*.jar</datatorrent.apppackage.classpath>
   </properties>
 
diff --git a/demos/twitter/pom.xml b/demos/twitter/pom.xml
index d90982d..2e65215 100644
--- a/demos/twitter/pom.xml
+++ b/demos/twitter/pom.xml
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.datatorrent</groupId>
     <artifactId>malhar-demos</artifactId>
-    <version>2.0.0-RC2</version>
+    <version>2.0.0-RC3</version>
   </parent>
 
   <properties>
     <!-- change this if you desire to use a different version of DataTorrent -->
-    <datatorrent.version>2.0.0-RC2</datatorrent.version>
+    <datatorrent.version>2.0.0-RC3</datatorrent.version>
     <datatorrent.apppackage.classpath>lib/*.jar</datatorrent.apppackage.classpath>
     <skipTests>true</skipTests>
   </properties>
diff --git a/demos/uniquecount/pom.xml b/demos/uniquecount/pom.xml
index f7aa3d9..feee9d5 100644
--- a/demos/uniquecount/pom.xml
+++ b/demos/uniquecount/pom.xml
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.datatorrent</groupId>
     <artifactId>malhar-demos</artifactId>
-    <version>2.0.0-RC2</version>
+    <version>2.0.0-RC3</version>
   </parent>
 
   <properties>
     <!-- change this if you desire to use a different version of DataTorrent -->
-    <datatorrent.version>2.0.0-RC2</datatorrent.version>
+    <datatorrent.version>2.0.0-RC3</datatorrent.version>
     <datatorrent.apppackage.classpath>lib/*.jar</datatorrent.apppackage.classpath>
     <skipTests>true</skipTests>
   </properties>
diff --git a/demos/visualdata/pom.xml b/demos/visualdata/pom.xml
index c6c4c29..d8ac809 100644
--- a/demos/visualdata/pom.xml
+++ b/demos/visualdata/pom.xml
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.datatorrent</groupId>
     <artifactId>malhar-demos</artifactId>
-    <version>2.0.0-RC2</version>
+    <version>2.0.0-RC3</version>
   </parent>
 
   <properties>
     <!-- change this if you desire to use a different version of DataTorrent -->
-    <datatorrent.version>2.0.0-RC2</datatorrent.version>
+    <datatorrent.version>2.0.0-RC3</datatorrent.version>
     <datatorrent.apppackage.classpath>lib/*.jar</datatorrent.apppackage.classpath>
     <skipTests>true</skipTests>
   </properties>
diff --git a/demos/wordcount/pom.xml b/demos/wordcount/pom.xml
index e3d2c41..3854ccd 100644
--- a/demos/wordcount/pom.xml
+++ b/demos/wordcount/pom.xml
@@ -14,12 +14,12 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.datatorrent</groupId>
     <artifactId>malhar-demos</artifactId>
-    <version>2.0.0-RC2</version>
+    <version>2.0.0-RC3</version>
   </parent>
 
   <properties>
     <!-- change this if you desire to use a different version of DataTorrent -->
-    <datatorrent.version>2.0.0-RC2</datatorrent.version>
+    <datatorrent.version>2.0.0-RC3</datatorrent.version>
     <datatorrent.apppackage.classpath>lib/*.jar</datatorrent.apppackage.classpath>
     <skipTests>true</skipTests>
   </properties>
diff --git a/demos/yahoofinance/pom.xml b/demos/yahoofinance/pom.xml
index a295d18..fc1cf82 100644
--- a/demos/yahoofinance/pom.xml
+++ b/demos/yahoofinance/pom.xml
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.datatorrent</groupId>
     <artifactId>malhar-demos</artifactId>
-    <version>2.0.0-RC2</version>
+    <version>2.0.0-RC3</version>
   </parent>
 
   <properties>
     <!-- change this if you desire to use a different version of DataTorrent -->
-    <datatorrent.version>2.0.0-RC2</datatorrent.version>
+    <datatorrent.version>2.0.0-RC3</datatorrent.version>
     <datatorrent.apppackage.classpath>lib/*.jar</datatorrent.apppackage.classpath>
     <skipTests>true</skipTests>
   </properties>
diff --git a/library/pom.xml b/library/pom.xml
index 23a11a3..1feb5b5 100644
--- a/library/pom.xml
+++ b/library/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.datatorrent</groupId>
     <artifactId>malhar-all</artifactId>
-    <version>2.0.0-RC2</version>
+    <version>2.0.0-RC3</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>malhar-library</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2531863..99144e6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.datatorrent</groupId>
     <artifactId>dt-framework</artifactId>
-    <version>2.0.0-RC2</version>
+    <version>2.0.0-RC3</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>malhar-all</artifactId>
-  <version>2.0.0-RC2</version>
+  <version>2.0.0-RC3</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>Malhar Open Source</name>
   <url>https://www.datatorrent.com/</url>
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <netbeans.hint.license>malhar-inc</netbeans.hint.license>
     <maven.deploy.skip>false</maven.deploy.skip>
-    <dt.framework.version>2.0.0-RC2</dt.framework.version>
+    <dt.framework.version>2.0.0-RC3</dt.framework.version>
     <!-- the following properties match the properties defined in core/pom.xml -->
     <jackson.version>1.9.2</jackson.version>
     <jersey.version>1.9</jersey.version>
diff --git a/samples/pom.xml b/samples/pom.xml
index 8b4cd8e..2361e71 100644
--- a/samples/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.datatorrent</groupId>
     <artifactId>malhar-all</artifactId>
-    <version>2.0.0-RC2</version>
+    <version>2.0.0-RC3</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>malhar-samples</artifactId>