diff --git a/commons-jcs-core/pom.xml b/commons-jcs-core/pom.xml
index 0d6feec..cbc6212 100644
--- a/commons-jcs-core/pom.xml
+++ b/commons-jcs-core/pom.xml
@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
     <artifactId>commons-jcs3</artifactId>
-    <version>3.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.1</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>commons-jcs3-core</artifactId>
-  <version>3.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>3.1</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <name>Apache Commons JCS :: Core</name>
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     <connection>scm:git:http://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/commons-jcs.git</connection>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/commons-jcs.git</developerConnection>
     <url>https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf?p=commons-jcs.git</url>
-    <tag>HEAD</tag>
+    <tag>commons-jcs3-3.1-rc1</tag>
   </scm>
 
   <properties>
diff --git a/commons-jcs-dist/pom.xml b/commons-jcs-dist/pom.xml
index 4e071bd..df3fe44 100644
--- a/commons-jcs-dist/pom.xml
+++ b/commons-jcs-dist/pom.xml
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>commons-jcs3</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
-    <version>3.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.1</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
   <artifactId>commons-jcs3-dist</artifactId>
-  <version>3.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>3.1</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>Apache Commons JCS :: Distribution</name>
   <description>Creates the Apache Commons JCS multimodule distribution.</description>
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     <connection>scm:git:http://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/commons-jcs.git</connection>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/commons-jcs.git</developerConnection>
     <url>https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf?p=commons-jcs.git</url>
-    <tag>HEAD</tag>
+    <tag>commons-jcs3-3.1-rc1</tag>
   </scm>
 
   <!-- NOTE: These dependency declarations are only required to sort this project to the 
diff --git a/commons-jcs-jcache-extras/pom.xml b/commons-jcs-jcache-extras/pom.xml
index f0d65b8..befdfd4 100644
--- a/commons-jcs-jcache-extras/pom.xml
+++ b/commons-jcs-jcache-extras/pom.xml
@@ -21,19 +21,19 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>commons-jcs3</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
-    <version>3.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.1</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
   <artifactId>commons-jcs3-jcache-extras</artifactId>
-  <version>3.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>3.1</version>
   <name>Apache Commons JCS :: JCache Extras</name>
 
   <scm>
     <connection>scm:git:http://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/commons-jcs.git</connection>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/commons-jcs.git</developerConnection>
     <url>https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf?p=commons-jcs.git</url>
-    <tag>HEAD</tag>
+    <tag>commons-jcs3-3.1-rc1</tag>
   </scm>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/commons-jcs-jcache-openjpa/pom.xml b/commons-jcs-jcache-openjpa/pom.xml
index 79ef58f..7405c69 100644
--- a/commons-jcs-jcache-openjpa/pom.xml
+++ b/commons-jcs-jcache-openjpa/pom.xml
@@ -21,19 +21,19 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>commons-jcs3</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
-    <version>3.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.1</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
   <artifactId>commons-jcs3-jcache-openjpa</artifactId>
-  <version>3.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>3.1</version>
   <name>Apache Commons JCS :: JCache OpenJPA</name>
 
   <scm>
     <connection>scm:git:http://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/commons-jcs.git</connection>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/commons-jcs.git</developerConnection>
     <url>https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf?p=commons-jcs.git</url>
-    <tag>HEAD</tag>
+    <tag>commons-jcs3-3.1-rc1</tag>
   </scm>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/commons-jcs-jcache/pom.xml b/commons-jcs-jcache/pom.xml
index ede8193..ff7e359 100644
--- a/commons-jcs-jcache/pom.xml
+++ b/commons-jcs-jcache/pom.xml
@@ -23,19 +23,19 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
     <artifactId>commons-jcs3</artifactId>
-    <version>3.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.1</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>commons-jcs3-jcache</artifactId>
-  <version>3.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>3.1</version>
   <name>Apache Commons JCS :: JCache</name>
 
   <scm>
     <connection>scm:git:http://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/commons-jcs.git</connection>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/commons-jcs.git</developerConnection>
     <url>https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf?p=commons-jcs.git</url>
-    <tag>HEAD</tag>
+    <tag>commons-jcs3-3.1-rc1</tag>
   </scm>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/commons-jcs-tck-tests/pom.xml b/commons-jcs-tck-tests/pom.xml
index 899aa35..39e9c5b 100644
--- a/commons-jcs-tck-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/commons-jcs-tck-tests/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
     <artifactId>commons-jcs3</artifactId>
-    <version>3.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.1</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
   -->
 
   <artifactId>commons-jcs3-jcache-tck</artifactId>
-  <version>3.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>3.1</version>
 
   <name>Apache Commons JCS :: JCache TCK</name>
 
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
     <connection>scm:git:http://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/commons-jcs.git</connection>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/commons-jcs.git</developerConnection>
     <url>https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf?p=commons-jcs.git</url>
-    <tag>HEAD</tag>
+    <tag>commons-jcs3-3.1-rc1</tag>
   </scm>
 
   <properties>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 367e1a4..9340969 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
   <artifactId>commons-jcs3</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>3.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>3.1</version>
 
   <!--
    * Build with -PjcacheTck to run the JSR-107 TCK
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
     <connection>scm:git:http://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/commons-jcs.git</connection>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/commons-jcs.git</developerConnection>
     <url>https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf?p=commons-jcs.git</url>
-    <tag>HEAD</tag>
+    <tag>commons-jcs3-3.1-rc1</tag>
   </scm>
 
   <mailingLists>