diff --git a/openstack-glance/pom.xml b/openstack-glance/pom.xml
index 4ee9207..6ea77d7 100644
--- a/openstack-glance/pom.xml
+++ b/openstack-glance/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jclouds</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-    <version>1.6.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.6.3</version>
   </parent>
 
   <!-- TODO: when out of labs, switch to org.jclouds.api -->
diff --git a/openstack-quantum/pom.xml b/openstack-quantum/pom.xml
index 0f404f8..8834bdb 100644
--- a/openstack-quantum/pom.xml
+++ b/openstack-quantum/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jclouds</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-    <version>1.6.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.6.3</version>
   </parent>
 
   <!-- TODO: when out of labs, switch to org.jclouds.api -->
diff --git a/openstack-swift/pom.xml b/openstack-swift/pom.xml
index 378aa22..464460c 100644
--- a/openstack-swift/pom.xml
+++ b/openstack-swift/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jclouds</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-    <version>1.6.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.6.3</version>
   </parent>
 
   <!-- TODO: when out of labs, switch to org.jclouds.api -->
diff --git a/openstack-trove/pom.xml b/openstack-trove/pom.xml
index ed6d579..4f170bb 100644
--- a/openstack-trove/pom.xml
+++ b/openstack-trove/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jclouds</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-    <version>1.6.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.6.3</version>
   </parent>
 
   <!-- TODO: when out of labs, switch to org.jclouds.api -->
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a1c52f5..b4fa5ff 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jclouds</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-    <version>1.6.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.6.3</version>
   </parent>
   
   <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.labs</groupId>
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@
     <tag>HEAD</tag>
   </scm>
 
+  <properties>
+    <jclouds.version>1.6.3</jclouds.version>
+  </properties>
+
   <repositories>
     <repository>
       <id>apache-snapshots</id>
diff --git a/rackspace-autoscale-us/pom.xml b/rackspace-autoscale-us/pom.xml
index 39f519a..4c2e714 100644
--- a/rackspace-autoscale-us/pom.xml
+++ b/rackspace-autoscale-us/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jclouds</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-    <version>1.6.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.6.3</version>
   </parent>
 
   <!-- TODO: when out of labs, switch to org.jclouds.api -->
diff --git a/rackspace-autoscale/pom.xml b/rackspace-autoscale/pom.xml
index 4dac689..b3afb3f 100644
--- a/rackspace-autoscale/pom.xml
+++ b/rackspace-autoscale/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jclouds</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-    <version>1.6.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.6.3</version>
   </parent>
 
   <!-- TODO: when out of labs, switch to org.jclouds.api -->
diff --git a/rackspace-clouddatabases-uk/pom.xml b/rackspace-clouddatabases-uk/pom.xml
index 4d23e65..79cd536 100644
--- a/rackspace-clouddatabases-uk/pom.xml
+++ b/rackspace-clouddatabases-uk/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jclouds</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-    <version>1.6.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.6.3</version>
   </parent>
   
   <!-- TODO: when out of labs, switch to org.jclouds.provider; update dependencies when Trove is moved to jclouds -->
diff --git a/rackspace-clouddatabases-us/pom.xml b/rackspace-clouddatabases-us/pom.xml
index c7f7994..94a8e98 100644
--- a/rackspace-clouddatabases-us/pom.xml
+++ b/rackspace-clouddatabases-us/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jclouds</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-    <version>1.6.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.6.3</version>
   </parent>
   
   <!-- TODO: when out of labs, switch to org.jclouds.provider; update dependencies when Trove is moved to jclouds -->