diff --git a/samples/apps/pom.xml b/samples/apps/pom.xml
index 7ee0b34..3423571 100644
--- a/samples/apps/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/apps/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.edgent</groupId>
     <artifactId>edgent-samples</artifactId>
-    <version>1.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   
   <artifactId>edgent-samples-apps</artifactId>
diff --git a/samples/connectors/pom.xml b/samples/connectors/pom.xml
index 1ef7756..1f7b3dd 100644
--- a/samples/connectors/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/connectors/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.edgent</groupId>
     <artifactId>edgent-samples</artifactId>
-    <version>1.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>edgent-samples-connectors</artifactId>
diff --git a/samples/console/pom.xml b/samples/console/pom.xml
index 8cad8ad..da45e56 100644
--- a/samples/console/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/console/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.edgent</groupId>
     <artifactId>edgent-samples</artifactId>
-    <version>1.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>edgent-samples-console</artifactId>
diff --git a/samples/console/run-sample.sh b/samples/console/run-sample.sh
index b11529e..f97b058 100755
--- a/samples/console/run-sample.sh
+++ b/samples/console/run-sample.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 
 CATEGORY=console
 
-#UBER_JAR=target/edgent-samples-topology-1.2.0-SNAPSHOT-uber.jar
 UBER_JAR=target/edgent-samples-${CATEGORY}-*-uber.jar
 
 SAMPLE_PACKAGE_BASE=org.apache.edgent.samples.${CATEGORY}
diff --git a/samples/get-edgent-jars-project/README.md b/samples/get-edgent-jars-project/README.md
index ad176b9..174980c 100644
--- a/samples/get-edgent-jars-project/README.md
+++ b/samples/get-edgent-jars-project/README.md
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
 ``` sh
 cd get-edgent-jars-project
-./get-edgent-jars.sh --version 1.2.0-SNAPSHOT  # retrieve the Edgent 1.2.0-SNAPSHOT java8 jars
+./get-edgent-jars.sh --version 1.3.0-SNAPSHOT  # retrieve the Edgent 1.3.0-SNAPSHOT java8 jars
 ##### Generating dependency decls...
 ##### Generating pom.xml...
 ...
diff --git a/samples/get-edgent-jars-project/pom.xml.template b/samples/get-edgent-jars-project/pom.xml.template
index 2027f84..8c89690 100644
--- a/samples/get-edgent-jars-project/pom.xml.template
+++ b/samples/get-edgent-jars-project/pom.xml.template
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
   <groupId>org.apache.edgent</groupId>
   <artifactId>get-edgent-jars-project</artifactId>
-  <version>1.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
   <name>Apache Edgent get-edgent-jars-project ${samples.projname.platform}</name>
 
diff --git a/samples/pom.xml b/samples/pom.xml
index 98b1b4e..a3ca547 100644
--- a/samples/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
   <groupId>org.apache.edgent</groupId>
   <artifactId>edgent-samples</artifactId>
-  <version>1.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <name>Apache Edgent Samples ${samples.projname.platform}:</name>
diff --git a/samples/scenarios/pom.xml b/samples/scenarios/pom.xml
index e6eabc5..2880387 100644
--- a/samples/scenarios/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/scenarios/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.edgent</groupId>
     <artifactId>edgent-samples</artifactId>
-    <version>1.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>edgent-samples-scenarios</artifactId>
diff --git a/samples/scenarios/run-sample.sh b/samples/scenarios/run-sample.sh
index 2b2c92b..99536c1 100755
--- a/samples/scenarios/run-sample.sh
+++ b/samples/scenarios/run-sample.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 
 CATEGORY=scenarios
 
-#UBER_JAR=target/edgent-samples-topology-1.2.0-SNAPSHOT-uber.jar
 UBER_JAR=target/edgent-samples-${CATEGORY}-*-uber.jar
 
 SAMPLE_PACKAGE_BASE=org.apache.edgent.samples.${CATEGORY}
diff --git a/samples/template/pom.xml b/samples/template/pom.xml
index e1e855d..72739d2 100644
--- a/samples/template/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/template/pom.xml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
   <properties>
     <edgent.runtime.platform/>   <!-- set by -Pplatform-* -->
     <edgent.runtime.groupId>org.apache.edgent${edgent.runtime.platform}</edgent.runtime.groupId>
-    <edgent.runtime.version>1.2.0-SNAPSHOT</edgent.runtime.version>
+    <edgent.runtime.version>1.3.0-SNAPSHOT</edgent.runtime.version>
 
     <java.version>1.8</java.version>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
diff --git a/samples/topology/pom.xml b/samples/topology/pom.xml
index 8fcaa89..8aa5274 100644
--- a/samples/topology/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/topology/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.edgent</groupId>
     <artifactId>edgent-samples</artifactId>
-    <version>1.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>edgent-samples-topology</artifactId>
diff --git a/samples/topology/run-sample.sh b/samples/topology/run-sample.sh
index d6fa8af..c7a6e05 100755
--- a/samples/topology/run-sample.sh
+++ b/samples/topology/run-sample.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 
 CATEGORY=topology
 
-#UBER_JAR=target/edgent-samples-topology-1.2.0-SNAPSHOT-uber.jar
 UBER_JAR=target/edgent-samples-${CATEGORY}-*-uber.jar
 
 SAMPLE_PACKAGE_BASE=org.apache.edgent.samples.${CATEGORY}
diff --git a/samples/utils/pom.xml b/samples/utils/pom.xml
index 2a2cd0c..4eff56a 100644
--- a/samples/utils/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/utils/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.edgent</groupId>
     <artifactId>edgent-samples</artifactId>
-    <version>1.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>edgent-samples-utils</artifactId>
diff --git a/samples/utils/run-sample.sh b/samples/utils/run-sample.sh
index 697f44f..760c5bc 100755
--- a/samples/utils/run-sample.sh
+++ b/samples/utils/run-sample.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 
 CATEGORY=utils
 
-#UBER_JAR=target/edgent-samples-topology-1.2.0-SNAPSHOT-uber.jar
 UBER_JAR=target/edgent-samples-${CATEGORY}-*-uber.jar
 
 SAMPLE_PACKAGE_BASE=org.apache.edgent.samples.${CATEGORY}