diff --git a/csv/pom.xml b/csv/pom.xml
index 2935121f..461b33de 100644
--- a/csv/pom.xml
+++ b/csv/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-dataformats-text</artifactId>
-    <version>2.16.0-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.16.0-rc1</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>jackson-dataformat-csv</artifactId>
   <name>Jackson-dataformat-CSV</name>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 157dc284..e2c1a43e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
   <artifactId>jackson-dataformats-text</artifactId>
   <name>Jackson dataformats: Text</name>
-  <version>2.16.0-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>2.16.0-rc1</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <description>Parent pom for Jackson text-based dataformats (as opposed to binary).
   </description>
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     <connection>scm:git:git@github.com:FasterXML/jackson-dataformats-text.git</connection>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:FasterXML/jackson-dataformats-text.git</developerConnection>
     <url>https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-dataformats-text</url>
-    <tag>HEAD</tag>
+    <tag>jackson-dataformats-text-2.16.0-rc1</tag>
   </scm>
   <issueManagement>
     <url>https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-dataformats-text/issues</url>
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 
   <properties>
     <!-- for Reproducible Builds -->
-    <project.build.outputTimestamp>2023-04-24T00:29:07Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
+    <project.build.outputTimestamp>2023-10-20T23:10:54Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/properties/pom.xml b/properties/pom.xml
index 6b1167ca..0dfa942a 100644
--- a/properties/pom.xml
+++ b/properties/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-dataformats-text</artifactId>
-    <version>2.16.0-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.16.0-rc1</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>jackson-dataformat-properties</artifactId>
   <name>Jackson-dataformat-Properties</name>
diff --git a/toml/pom.xml b/toml/pom.xml
index 027e0a46..cbec6185 100644
--- a/toml/pom.xml
+++ b/toml/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-dataformats-text</artifactId>
-        <version>2.16.0-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.16.0-rc1</version>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>jackson-dataformat-toml</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
diff --git a/yaml/pom.xml b/yaml/pom.xml
index f596ccb7..89ed0e9c 100644
--- a/yaml/pom.xml
+++ b/yaml/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-dataformats-text</artifactId>
-    <version>2.16.0-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.16.0-rc1</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>jackson-dataformat-yaml</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>