SAMZA-831: preparing 0.10.0 release candidate
diff --git a/docs/_config.yml b/docs/_config.yml
index a3bb8d4..742bc38 100644
--- a/docs/_config.yml
+++ b/docs/_config.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,6 @@
   extensions: ['with_toc_data', 'smart']
 exclude: [_docs]
 baseurl: http://samza.apache.org
-version: latest
+version: 0.10
 # this is the version you will go if you click 'switch version' in "latest" pages.
-latest-release: 0.9
+latest-release: 0.10
diff --git a/docs/startup/hello-samza/versioned/index.md b/docs/startup/hello-samza/versioned/index.md
index 8fb4a94..83f219f 100644
--- a/docs/startup/hello-samza/versioned/index.md
+++ b/docs/startup/hello-samza/versioned/index.md
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 {% highlight bash %}
 git clone https://git.apache.org/samza-hello-samza.git hello-samza
 cd hello-samza
-git checkout latest
 {% endhighlight %}
 
 This project contains everything you'll need to run your first Samza jobs.
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index b18c0cb..014f236 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 # specific language governing permissions and limitations
 # under the License.
 group=org.apache.samza
-version=0.10.0-SNAPSHOT
+version=0.10.0
 scalaVersion=2.10
 
 gradleVersion=2.0