diff --git a/app/pom.xml b/app/pom.xml
index e382560..36a421b 100644
--- a/app/pom.xml
+++ b/app/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.roller</groupId>
         <artifactId>roller-project</artifactId>
-        <version>6.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>6.0.0</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/assembly-release/pom.xml b/assembly-release/pom.xml
index 8cc413a..06a5986 100644
--- a/assembly-release/pom.xml
+++ b/assembly-release/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.roller</groupId>
         <artifactId>roller-project</artifactId>
-        <version>6.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>6.0.0</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/assembly-release/sign-release.sh b/assembly-release/sign-release.sh
index 9342a35..8f322dd 100755
--- a/assembly-release/sign-release.sh
+++ b/assembly-release/sign-release.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-export rcstring=""
-export vstring="6.0.0-SNAPSHOT"
+export rcstring="-rc-1"
+export vstring="6.0.0"
 
 # for rc releases we rename the release files
 if [ rcstring != "" ]; then
diff --git a/it-selenium/pom.xml b/it-selenium/pom.xml
index b155983..8c35ff6 100644
--- a/it-selenium/pom.xml
+++ b/it-selenium/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.roller</groupId>
         <artifactId>roller-project</artifactId>
-        <version>6.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>6.0.0</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/it-selenium/src/test/resources/roller-jettyrun.properties b/it-selenium/src/test/resources/roller-jettyrun.properties
index e3fdd52..4fe3b10 100644
--- a/it-selenium/src/test/resources/roller-jettyrun.properties
+++ b/it-selenium/src/test/resources/roller-jettyrun.properties
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 passwds.encryption.enabled=false
 
 # use src copy of themes for read-only access
-themes.dir=target/roller-selenium-tests-6.0.0-SNAPSHOT/themes
+themes.dir=target/roller-selenium-tests-6.0.0/themes
 
 # put work in work dir
 search.index.dir          =target/work/search-index
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8a91432..32fbc84 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>org.apache.roller</groupId>
     <artifactId>roller-project</artifactId>
-    <version>6.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>6.0.0</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
     <prerequisites>
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
         <derby.version>10.11.1.1</derby.version>
-        <roller.version>6.0.0-SNAPSHOT</roller.version>
+        <roller.version>6.0.0</roller.version>
     </properties>
 
     <modules>