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diff --git a/external/storm-mqtt/pom.xml b/external/storm-mqtt/pom.xml
index fce5482..efccc1e 100644
--- a/external/storm-mqtt/pom.xml
+++ b/external/storm-mqtt/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
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         <groupId>org.apache.storm</groupId>
         <artifactId>storm</artifactId>
-        <version>1.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.2.3</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/external/storm-opentsdb/pom.xml b/external/storm-opentsdb/pom.xml
index 6a0313e..d30c008 100644
--- a/external/storm-opentsdb/pom.xml
+++ b/external/storm-opentsdb/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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-        <version>1.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.2.3</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
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diff --git a/external/storm-pmml/pom.xml b/external/storm-pmml/pom.xml
index ac2b29f..3a1ebdc 100644
--- a/external/storm-pmml/pom.xml
+++ b/external/storm-pmml/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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-        <version>1.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.2.3</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/external/storm-redis/pom.xml b/external/storm-redis/pom.xml
index ef6552f..fe4000f 100644
--- a/external/storm-redis/pom.xml
+++ b/external/storm-redis/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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-        <version>1.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.2.3</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
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diff --git a/external/storm-solr/pom.xml b/external/storm-solr/pom.xml
index 36e0321..5f22c8a 100644
--- a/external/storm-solr/pom.xml
+++ b/external/storm-solr/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
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-        <version>1.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.2.3</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
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     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/external/storm-submit-tools/pom.xml b/external/storm-submit-tools/pom.xml
index af15b89..d75ab05 100644
--- a/external/storm-submit-tools/pom.xml
+++ b/external/storm-submit-tools/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
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-        <version>1.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.2.3</version>
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     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 804cca8..ab70e44 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
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     <artifactId>storm</artifactId>
-    <version>1.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.2.3</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <name>Storm</name>
     <description>Distributed and fault-tolerant realtime computation</description>
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@
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         <connection>scm:git:https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/storm.git</connection>
         <developerConnection>scm:git:https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/storm.git</developerConnection>
-        <tag>HEAD</tag>
+        <tag>v1.2.3</tag>
         <url>https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/storm</url>
     </scm>
 
diff --git a/storm-buildtools/maven-shade-clojure-transformer/pom.xml b/storm-buildtools/maven-shade-clojure-transformer/pom.xml
index e0f438b..4a5f4fe 100644
--- a/storm-buildtools/maven-shade-clojure-transformer/pom.xml
+++ b/storm-buildtools/maven-shade-clojure-transformer/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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-        <version>1.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.2.3</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/storm-buildtools/storm-maven-plugins/pom.xml b/storm-buildtools/storm-maven-plugins/pom.xml
index 300982b..169ffb3 100644
--- a/storm-buildtools/storm-maven-plugins/pom.xml
+++ b/storm-buildtools/storm-maven-plugins/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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         <artifactId>storm</artifactId>
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-        <version>1.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.2.3</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
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   <groupId>org.apache.storm</groupId>
diff --git a/storm-core/pom.xml b/storm-core/pom.xml
index b3970ee..02b9f32 100644
--- a/storm-core/pom.xml
+++ b/storm-core/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
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         <artifactId>storm</artifactId>
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-        <version>1.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.2.3</version>
         <relativePath>..</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.storm</groupId>
diff --git a/storm-dist/binary/pom.xml b/storm-dist/binary/pom.xml
index bb79866..53f0078 100644
--- a/storm-dist/binary/pom.xml
+++ b/storm-dist/binary/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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         <artifactId>storm</artifactId>
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-        <version>1.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.2.3</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.storm</groupId>
diff --git a/storm-dist/source/pom.xml b/storm-dist/source/pom.xml
index 9751663..3b0c3f3 100644
--- a/storm-dist/source/pom.xml
+++ b/storm-dist/source/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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+        <version>1.2.3</version>
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     <groupId>org.apache.storm</groupId>
diff --git a/storm-multilang/javascript/pom.xml b/storm-multilang/javascript/pom.xml
index b96797b..c792e62 100644
--- a/storm-multilang/javascript/pom.xml
+++ b/storm-multilang/javascript/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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+        <version>1.2.3</version>
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diff --git a/storm-multilang/python/pom.xml b/storm-multilang/python/pom.xml
index 8c0ae5c..aa6f164 100644
--- a/storm-multilang/python/pom.xml
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@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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+        <version>1.2.3</version>
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diff --git a/storm-multilang/ruby/pom.xml b/storm-multilang/ruby/pom.xml
index 36f6ca4..dc4422c 100644
--- a/storm-multilang/ruby/pom.xml
+++ b/storm-multilang/ruby/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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diff --git a/storm-rename-hack/pom.xml b/storm-rename-hack/pom.xml
index efd34a5..8bc0c7d 100644
--- a/storm-rename-hack/pom.xml
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@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
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