diff --git a/java/aiservices/openai/pom.xml b/java/aiservices/openai/pom.xml
index 12724b8165..9c7a2d417f 100644
--- a/java/aiservices/openai/pom.xml
+++ b/java/aiservices/openai/pom.xml
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
 
-<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">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
         <artifactId>semantickernel-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0.0-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0.0-rc1</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/java/api-test/integration-tests/pom.xml b/java/api-test/integration-tests/pom.xml
index 5575f2eb55..82213bdc13 100644
--- a/java/api-test/integration-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/java/api-test/integration-tests/pom.xml
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 
-<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">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
         <artifactId>api-test</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0.0-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0.0-rc1</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/java/api-test/pom.xml b/java/api-test/pom.xml
index 89e9ac2047..330c5d7415 100644
--- a/java/api-test/pom.xml
+++ b/java/api-test/pom.xml
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 
-<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">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
         <artifactId>semantickernel-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0.0-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0.0-rc1</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/java/connectors/semantickernel-connectors-web-bing/pom.xml b/java/connectors/semantickernel-connectors-web-bing/pom.xml
index b8c31a4bcf..fa3157e9db 100644
--- a/java/connectors/semantickernel-connectors-web-bing/pom.xml
+++ b/java/connectors/semantickernel-connectors-web-bing/pom.xml
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 
-<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">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
         <artifactId>semantickernel-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0.0-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0.0-rc1</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/java/plugins/semantickernel-plugin-core/pom.xml b/java/plugins/semantickernel-plugin-core/pom.xml
index 53e375dca9..50d9bcaf2f 100644
--- a/java/plugins/semantickernel-plugin-core/pom.xml
+++ b/java/plugins/semantickernel-plugin-core/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
         <artifactId>semantickernel-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0.0-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0.0-rc1</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/java/pom.xml b/java/pom.xml
index f4ae92bc8a..3dc0e543f9 100644
--- a/java/pom.xml
+++ b/java/pom.xml
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 
-<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">
 
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
     <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
     <artifactId>semantickernel-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0.0-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.0.0-rc1</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
     <url>https://www.github.com/microsoft/semantic-kernel</url>
@@ -789,6 +788,6 @@
         <url>https://github.com/microsoft/semantic-kernel</url>
         <connection>scm:git:https://github.com/microsoft/semantic-kernel.git</connection>
         <developerConnection>scm:git:https://github.com/microsoft/semantic-kernel.git</developerConnection>
-        <tag>HEAD</tag>
+        <tag>java-1.0.0-rc1</tag>
     </scm>
 </project>
diff --git a/java/samples/pom.xml b/java/samples/pom.xml
index 390bb4c83b..316ae948d6 100644
--- a/java/samples/pom.xml
+++ b/java/samples/pom.xml
@@ -1,16 +1,15 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
-<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">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
         <artifactId>semantickernel-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0.0-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0.0-rc1</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>semantickernel-samples-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0.0-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.0.0-rc1</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <name>Semantic Kernel Samples Parent</name>
     <description>Parent pom for sample code for using the Semantic Kernel project</description>
@@ -131,8 +130,8 @@
                             <encoding>${project.build.sourceEncoding}</encoding>
                             <showWarnings>true</showWarnings>
                             <compilerArgs>
-                                <arg></arg>
-                                <compilerArg></compilerArg>
+                                <arg />
+                                <compilerArg />
                             </compilerArgs>
                         </configuration>
                     </plugin>
diff --git a/java/samples/sample-code/pom.xml b/java/samples/sample-code/pom.xml
index c9b08a4509..345af266ad 100644
--- a/java/samples/sample-code/pom.xml
+++ b/java/samples/sample-code/pom.xml
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<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">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
         <artifactId>semantickernel-samples-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0.0-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0.0-rc1</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/java/semantickernel-api/pom.xml b/java/semantickernel-api/pom.xml
index 01d492f2e2..4a1e4999b9 100644
--- a/java/semantickernel-api/pom.xml
+++ b/java/semantickernel-api/pom.xml
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 
-<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">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
         <artifactId>semantickernel-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0.0-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0.0-rc1</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/java/semantickernel-bom/pom.xml b/java/semantickernel-bom/pom.xml
index 15c896be4c..03aedaf7a6 100644
--- a/java/semantickernel-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/java/semantickernel-bom/pom.xml
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 
-<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">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
     <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
     <artifactId>semantickernel-bom</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0.0-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.0.0-rc1</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
     <name>Semantic Kernel Java BOM</name>
@@ -195,6 +194,6 @@
         <url>https://github.com/microsoft/semantic-kernel</url>
         <connection>scm:git:https://github.com/microsoft/semantic-kernel.git</connection>
         <developerConnection>scm:git:https://github.com/microsoft/semantic-kernel.git</developerConnection>
-        <tag>java-0.2.13-alpha</tag>
+        <tag>java-1.0.0-rc1</tag>
     </scm>
 </project>