diff --git a/jakarta-jsonp/pom.xml b/jakarta-jsonp/pom.xml
index 3c24256..8971563 100644
--- a/jakarta-jsonp/pom.xml
+++ b/jakarta-jsonp/pom.xml
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-datatypes-misc-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.16.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.16.0-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>jackson-datatype-jakarta-jsonp</artifactId>
   <name>Jackson datatype: JSON-P (Jakarta)</name>
-  <version>2.16.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>2.16.0-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <description>Add-on module for Jackson (https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson) to support
 working with JSON-P (JSON Processing) node types (new Jakarta flavor) via data-binding
diff --git a/jakarta-mail/pom.xml b/jakarta-mail/pom.xml
index a6f79a5..fa13410 100644
--- a/jakarta-mail/pom.xml
+++ b/jakarta-mail/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-datatypes-misc-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.16.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.16.0-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>jackson-datatype-jakarta-mail</artifactId>
   <name>Jackson datatype: Jakarta Mail</name>
diff --git a/joda-money/pom.xml b/joda-money/pom.xml
index f38e959..48cadf9 100644
--- a/joda-money/pom.xml
+++ b/joda-money/pom.xml
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-datatypes-misc-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.16.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.16.0-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>jackson-datatype-joda-money</artifactId>
   <name>Jackson datatype: joda-money</name>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <version>2.16.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>2.16.0-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <description>Support for datatypes of Joda-Money library (https://www.joda.org/joda-money/)
   </description>
   <url>https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-datatypes-misc</url>
diff --git a/json-org/pom.xml b/json-org/pom.xml
index 665c2a2..20fedff 100644
--- a/json-org/pom.xml
+++ b/json-org/pom.xml
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-datatypes-misc-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.16.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.16.0-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>jackson-datatype-json-org</artifactId>
   <name>Jackson datatype: org.json</name>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <version>2.16.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>2.16.0-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <description>Support for datatypes of "org.json" JSON library (see https://json.org/java),
 mainly to make it easier to upgrade code to Jackson, using automated conversions.
   </description>
diff --git a/jsr-353/pom.xml b/jsr-353/pom.xml
index fbee2e9..cd9ea82 100644
--- a/jsr-353/pom.xml
+++ b/jsr-353/pom.xml
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-datatypes-misc-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.16.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.16.0-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>jackson-datatype-jsr353</artifactId>
   <name>Jackson datatype: jsr-353</name>
-  <version>2.16.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>2.16.0-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <description>Add-on module for Jackson (https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson) to support
 working with JSR-353 (JSON-P) node types via data-binding
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f56a1aa..56790e9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-base</artifactId>
-    <version>2.16.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.16.0-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
   <artifactId>jackson-datatypes-misc-parent</artifactId>
   <name>Jackson datatypes: misc (parent pom)</name>
-  <version>2.16.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>2.16.0-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <description>Parent pom for Jackson misc datatype modules
   </description>