diff --git a/local/elasticsearch-hdfs/pom.xml b/local/elasticsearch-hdfs/pom.xml
index 7a90052..47b7ede 100644
--- a/local/elasticsearch-hdfs/pom.xml
+++ b/local/elasticsearch-hdfs/pom.xml
@@ -17,13 +17,11 @@
   specific language governing permissions and limitations
   under the License.
 -->
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.streams</groupId>
         <artifactId>streams-examples-local</artifactId>
-        <version>0.2-incubating-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.2-incubating</version>
         <relativePath>..</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
@@ -212,10 +210,8 @@
                     </goals>
                     <configuration>
                         <transformers>
-                            <transformer
-                                    implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ServicesResourceTransformer" />
-                            <transformer
-                                    implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ManifestResourceTransformer">
+                            <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ServicesResourceTransformer" />
+                            <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ManifestResourceTransformer">
                                 <mainClass>org.apache.streams.example.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchHdfs</mainClass>
                             </transformer>
                         </transformers>
diff --git a/local/elasticsearch-reindex/pom.xml b/local/elasticsearch-reindex/pom.xml
index 544713f..4235aa6 100644
--- a/local/elasticsearch-reindex/pom.xml
+++ b/local/elasticsearch-reindex/pom.xml
@@ -17,13 +17,11 @@
   specific language governing permissions and limitations
   under the License.
 -->
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.streams</groupId>
         <artifactId>streams-examples-local</artifactId>
-        <version>0.2-incubating-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.2-incubating</version>
         <relativePath>..</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
@@ -188,10 +186,8 @@
                             </filter>
                         </filters>
                         <transformers>
-                            <transformer
-                                    implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ServicesResourceTransformer" />
-                            <transformer
-                                    implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ManifestResourceTransformer">
+                            <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ServicesResourceTransformer" />
+                            <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ManifestResourceTransformer">
                                 <mainClass>org.apache.streams.example.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchReindex</mainClass>
                             </transformer>
                         </transformers>
diff --git a/local/mongo-elasticsearch-sync/pom.xml b/local/mongo-elasticsearch-sync/pom.xml
index 388662f..2873b41 100644
--- a/local/mongo-elasticsearch-sync/pom.xml
+++ b/local/mongo-elasticsearch-sync/pom.xml
@@ -17,13 +17,11 @@
   specific language governing permissions and limitations
   under the License.
 -->
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.streams</groupId>
         <artifactId>streams-examples-local</artifactId>
-        <version>0.2-incubating-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.2-incubating</version>
         <relativePath>..</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
@@ -217,10 +215,8 @@
                                 </filter>
                             </filters>
                             <transformers>
-                                <transformer
-                                        implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ServicesResourceTransformer" />
-                                <transformer
-                                        implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ManifestResourceTransformer">
+                                <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ServicesResourceTransformer" />
+                                <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ManifestResourceTransformer">
                                     <mainClass>org.apache.streams.example.elasticsearch.MongoElasticsearchSync</mainClass>
                                 </transformer>
                             </transformers>
diff --git a/local/pom.xml b/local/pom.xml
index 705a251..9525a51 100644
--- a/local/pom.xml
+++ b/local/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>streams-examples</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.apache.streams</groupId>
-        <version>0.2-incubating-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.2-incubating</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>streams-examples-local</artifactId>
diff --git a/local/twitter-follow-graph/pom.xml b/local/twitter-follow-graph/pom.xml
index d2e9273..4d2e00c 100644
--- a/local/twitter-follow-graph/pom.xml
+++ b/local/twitter-follow-graph/pom.xml
@@ -17,13 +17,11 @@
   specific language governing permissions and limitations
   under the License.
 -->
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.streams</groupId>
         <artifactId>streams-examples-local</artifactId>
-        <version>0.2-incubating-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.2-incubating</version>
         <relativePath>..</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
@@ -152,10 +150,8 @@
                         </goals>
                         <configuration>
                             <transformers>
-                                <transformer
-                                        implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ServicesResourceTransformer" />
-                                <transformer
-                                        implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ManifestResourceTransformer">
+                                <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ServicesResourceTransformer" />
+                                <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ManifestResourceTransformer">
                                     <mainClass>org.apache.streams.example.graph.TwitterFollowingNeo4j</mainClass>
                                 </transformer>
                             </transformers>
diff --git a/local/twitter-history-elasticsearch/pom.xml b/local/twitter-history-elasticsearch/pom.xml
index 1b27789..f7ef985 100644
--- a/local/twitter-history-elasticsearch/pom.xml
+++ b/local/twitter-history-elasticsearch/pom.xml
@@ -17,13 +17,11 @@
   specific language governing permissions and limitations
   under the License.
 -->
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.streams</groupId>
         <artifactId>streams-examples-local</artifactId>
-        <version>0.2-incubating-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.2-incubating</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
@@ -189,10 +187,8 @@
                         </goals>
                         <configuration>
                             <transformers>
-                                <transformer
-                                        implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ServicesResourceTransformer" />
-                                <transformer
-                                        implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ManifestResourceTransformer">
+                                <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ServicesResourceTransformer" />
+                                <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ManifestResourceTransformer">
                                     <mainClass>org.apache.streams.example.twitter.TwitterHistoryElasticsearch</mainClass>
                                 </transformer>
                             </transformers>
diff --git a/local/twitter-userstream-elasticsearch/pom.xml b/local/twitter-userstream-elasticsearch/pom.xml
index bcff091..8a7409e 100644
--- a/local/twitter-userstream-elasticsearch/pom.xml
+++ b/local/twitter-userstream-elasticsearch/pom.xml
@@ -17,13 +17,11 @@
   specific language governing permissions and limitations
   under the License.
 -->
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.streams</groupId>
         <artifactId>streams-examples-local</artifactId>
-        <version>0.2-incubating-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.2-incubating</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
@@ -135,10 +133,8 @@
                         </goals>
                         <configuration>
                             <transformers>
-                                <transformer
-                                        implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ServicesResourceTransformer" />
-                                <transformer
-                                        implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ManifestResourceTransformer">
+                                <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ServicesResourceTransformer" />
+                                <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ManifestResourceTransformer">
                                     <mainClass>org.apache.streams.example.twitter.TwitterUserstreamElasticsearch</mainClass>
                                 </transformer>
                             </transformers>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2ac857b..ac0080c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
     <groupId>org.apache.streams</groupId>
     <artifactId>streams-examples</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2-incubating-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2-incubating</version>
     
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <name>streams-examples</name>
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@
         <connection>scm:git:git@github.com:apache/incubator-streams-examples.git</connection>
         <developerConnection>scm:git:https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-streams-examples.git</developerConnection>
         <url>scm:git:git@github.com:apache/incubator-streams-examples.git</url>
-    </scm>
+      <tag>streams-examples-0.2-incubating-rc1</tag>
+  </scm>
 
     <developers>
         <developer>