diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fc15d530dbc..4bcb29e0ca8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>vertx-core-aggregator</artifactId>
-  <version>5.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>5.0.0.CR3</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <name>Vert.x Core Aggregator</name>
diff --git a/vertx-core-logging/pom.xml b/vertx-core-logging/pom.xml
index f6257d26cb0..f4ef846fba8 100644
--- a/vertx-core-logging/pom.xml
+++ b/vertx-core-logging/pom.xml
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.vertx</groupId>
     <artifactId>vertx-core-aggregator</artifactId>
-    <version>5.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>5.0.0.CR3</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>vertx-core-logging</artifactId>
-  <version>5.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>5.0.0.CR3</version>
 
   <name>Vert.x Core Logging</name>
 
diff --git a/vertx-core/pom.xml b/vertx-core/pom.xml
index 314a7178b77..136ea1cd1b2 100644
--- a/vertx-core/pom.xml
+++ b/vertx-core/pom.xml
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.vertx</groupId>
     <artifactId>vertx-core-aggregator</artifactId>
-    <version>5.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>5.0.0.CR3</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>vertx-core</artifactId>
-  <version>5.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>5.0.0.CR3</version>
 
   <name>Vert.x Core</name>
 
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.vertx</groupId>
       <artifactId>vertx-core-logging</artifactId>
-      <version>5.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>5.0.0.CR3</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- We depend on the specific Netty dependencies not netty-all to reduce the size of fatjars -->