[maven-release-plugin] prepare release apache-parquet-1.12.4-rc0
diff --git a/parquet-arrow/pom.xml b/parquet-arrow/pom.xml
index 81d6e7a..3755ccf 100644
--- a/parquet-arrow/pom.xml
+++ b/parquet-arrow/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <groupId>org.apache.parquet</groupId>
     <artifactId>parquet</artifactId>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
-    <version>1.13.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.12.4</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/parquet-avro/pom.xml b/parquet-avro/pom.xml
index c4d12e4..66eee4b 100644
--- a/parquet-avro/pom.xml
+++ b/parquet-avro/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <groupId>org.apache.parquet</groupId>
     <artifactId>parquet</artifactId>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
-    <version>1.13.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.12.4</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/parquet-benchmarks/pom.xml b/parquet-benchmarks/pom.xml
index 673ff86..7594a3a 100644
--- a/parquet-benchmarks/pom.xml
+++ b/parquet-benchmarks/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <groupId>org.apache.parquet</groupId>
     <artifactId>parquet</artifactId>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
-    <version>1.13.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.12.4</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/parquet-cli/pom.xml b/parquet-cli/pom.xml
index f819793..607181d 100644
--- a/parquet-cli/pom.xml
+++ b/parquet-cli/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <groupId>org.apache.parquet</groupId>
     <artifactId>parquet</artifactId>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
-    <version>1.13.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.12.4</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/parquet-column/pom.xml b/parquet-column/pom.xml
index 664a6be..f1d1c83 100644
--- a/parquet-column/pom.xml
+++ b/parquet-column/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <groupId>org.apache.parquet</groupId>
     <artifactId>parquet</artifactId>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
-    <version>1.13.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.12.4</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/parquet-common/pom.xml b/parquet-common/pom.xml
index 1a0f2f9..dcf87af 100644
--- a/parquet-common/pom.xml
+++ b/parquet-common/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <groupId>org.apache.parquet</groupId>
     <artifactId>parquet</artifactId>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
-    <version>1.13.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.12.4</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/parquet-encoding/pom.xml b/parquet-encoding/pom.xml
index 2b27c19..8b0fdc3 100644
--- a/parquet-encoding/pom.xml
+++ b/parquet-encoding/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <groupId>org.apache.parquet</groupId>
     <artifactId>parquet</artifactId>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
-    <version>1.13.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.12.4</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/parquet-format-structures/pom.xml b/parquet-format-structures/pom.xml
index ce72ed5..176e082 100644
--- a/parquet-format-structures/pom.xml
+++ b/parquet-format-structures/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <groupId>org.apache.parquet</groupId>
     <artifactId>parquet</artifactId>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
-    <version>1.13.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.12.4</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>parquet-format-structures</artifactId>
diff --git a/parquet-generator/pom.xml b/parquet-generator/pom.xml
index a39370d..16e12a7 100644
--- a/parquet-generator/pom.xml
+++ b/parquet-generator/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <groupId>org.apache.parquet</groupId>
     <artifactId>parquet</artifactId>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
-    <version>1.13.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.12.4</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/parquet-hadoop-bundle/pom.xml b/parquet-hadoop-bundle/pom.xml
index d15792f..10b8c51 100644
--- a/parquet-hadoop-bundle/pom.xml
+++ b/parquet-hadoop-bundle/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <groupId>org.apache.parquet</groupId>
     <artifactId>parquet</artifactId>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
-    <version>1.13.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.12.4</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/parquet-hadoop/pom.xml b/parquet-hadoop/pom.xml
index ce476a1..c5cf910 100644
--- a/parquet-hadoop/pom.xml
+++ b/parquet-hadoop/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <groupId>org.apache.parquet</groupId>
     <artifactId>parquet</artifactId>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
-    <version>1.13.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.12.4</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/parquet-jackson/pom.xml b/parquet-jackson/pom.xml
index 8121832..c41235d 100644
--- a/parquet-jackson/pom.xml
+++ b/parquet-jackson/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <groupId>org.apache.parquet</groupId>
     <artifactId>parquet</artifactId>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
-    <version>1.13.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.12.4</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/parquet-pig-bundle/pom.xml b/parquet-pig-bundle/pom.xml
index 63661d4..e4425d1 100644
--- a/parquet-pig-bundle/pom.xml
+++ b/parquet-pig-bundle/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <groupId>org.apache.parquet</groupId>
     <artifactId>parquet</artifactId>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
-    <version>1.13.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.12.4</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/parquet-pig/pom.xml b/parquet-pig/pom.xml
index 87f3733..c2b1426 100644
--- a/parquet-pig/pom.xml
+++ b/parquet-pig/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <groupId>org.apache.parquet</groupId>
     <artifactId>parquet</artifactId>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
-    <version>1.13.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.12.4</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/parquet-protobuf/pom.xml b/parquet-protobuf/pom.xml
index 2b8dbc3..c6d88cf 100644
--- a/parquet-protobuf/pom.xml
+++ b/parquet-protobuf/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <groupId>org.apache.parquet</groupId>
     <artifactId>parquet</artifactId>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
-    <version>1.13.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.12.4</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/parquet-scala/pom.xml b/parquet-scala/pom.xml
index 4420cfe..3cf7310 100644
--- a/parquet-scala/pom.xml
+++ b/parquet-scala/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <groupId>org.apache.parquet</groupId>
     <artifactId>parquet</artifactId>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
-    <version>1.13.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.12.4</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/parquet-thrift/pom.xml b/parquet-thrift/pom.xml
index e30b5d4..9bca27a 100644
--- a/parquet-thrift/pom.xml
+++ b/parquet-thrift/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <groupId>org.apache.parquet</groupId>
     <artifactId>parquet</artifactId>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
-    <version>1.13.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.12.4</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5edd51e..0415a4b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
   <groupId>org.apache.parquet</groupId>
   <artifactId>parquet</artifactId>
-  <version>1.13.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.12.4</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <name>Apache Parquet MR</name>
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     <connection>scm:git:git@github.com:apache/parquet-mr.git</connection>
     <url>scm:git:git@github.com:apache/parquet-mr.git</url>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:apache/parquet-mr.git</developerConnection>
-    <tag>HEAD</tag>
+    <tag>apache-parquet-1.12.4-rc0</tag>
   </scm>
 
   <licenses>
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
 
     <!-- properties for the profiles -->
     <surefire.logLevel>INFO</surefire.logLevel>
-    <surefire.argLine></surefire.argLine>
+    <surefire.argLine />
 
     <!-- Resource intesive tests are enabled by default but disabled in the CI envrionment -->
     <enableResourceIntensiveTests>true</enableResourceIntensiveTests>