[maven-release-plugin] prepare release 4.0.0
diff --git a/core-shaded/pom.xml b/core-shaded/pom.xml
index 91f8a68..041da3a 100644
--- a/core-shaded/pom.xml
+++ b/core-shaded/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.datastax.oss</groupId>
     <artifactId>java-driver-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.0.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>java-driver-core-shaded</artifactId>
diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 0052882..e46538e 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.datastax.oss</groupId>
     <artifactId>java-driver-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.0.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>java-driver-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/distribution/pom.xml b/distribution/pom.xml
index c95458f..45f39aa 100644
--- a/distribution/pom.xml
+++ b/distribution/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.datastax.oss</groupId>
     <artifactId>java-driver-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.0.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>java-driver-distribution</artifactId>
diff --git a/examples/pom.xml b/examples/pom.xml
index 08bf52d..29b7eeb 100644
--- a/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/pom.xml
@@ -15,15 +15,13 @@
     limitations under the License.
 
 -->
-<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">
+<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>java-driver-parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>com.datastax.oss</groupId>
-    <version>4.0.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.0.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>java-driver-examples</artifactId>
diff --git a/integration-tests/pom.xml b/integration-tests/pom.xml
index 3a64ad2..845a098 100644
--- a/integration-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/integration-tests/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.datastax.oss</groupId>
     <artifactId>java-driver-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.0.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>java-driver-integration-tests</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fc1ec77..4953cb2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
   <groupId>com.datastax.oss</groupId>
   <artifactId>java-driver-parent</artifactId>
-  <version>4.0.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>4.0.0</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <name>DataStax Java driver for Apache Cassandra(R)</name>
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@
     <connection>scm:git:git@github.com:datastax/java-driver.git</connection>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:datastax/java-driver.git</developerConnection>
     <url>https://github.com/datastax/java-driver</url>
-    <tag>HEAD</tag>
+    <tag>4.0.0</tag>
   </scm>
   <developers>
     <developer>
diff --git a/query-builder/pom.xml b/query-builder/pom.xml
index ff9f439..452add4 100644
--- a/query-builder/pom.xml
+++ b/query-builder/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.datastax.oss</groupId>
     <artifactId>java-driver-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.0.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>java-driver-query-builder</artifactId>
diff --git a/test-infra/pom.xml b/test-infra/pom.xml
index d89c09d..9d3998c 100644
--- a/test-infra/pom.xml
+++ b/test-infra/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.datastax.oss</groupId>
     <artifactId>java-driver-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.0.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>java-driver-test-infra</artifactId>