diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fd72ee148..625d3d009 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -22,17 +22,17 @@ Powertools for AWS Lambda (Java) is available in Maven Central. You can use your
     <dependency>
         <groupId>software.amazon.lambda</groupId>
         <artifactId>powertools-tracing</artifactId>
-        <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.0.0-RC1</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
         <groupId>software.amazon.lambda</groupId>
         <artifactId>powertools-logging</artifactId>
-        <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.0.0-RC1</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
         <groupId>software.amazon.lambda</groupId>
         <artifactId>powertools-metrics</artifactId>
-        <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.0.0-RC1</version>
     </dependency>
     ...
 </dependencies>
diff --git a/examples/pom.xml b/examples/pom.xml
index 63625214c..3462be0b7 100644
--- a/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
     <groupId>software.amazon.lambda</groupId>
     <artifactId>powertools-examples</artifactId>
-    <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.0.0-RC1</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
     <name>Powertools for AWS Lambda (Java) - Examples</name>
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-batch/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-batch/pom.xml
index b8b50b77f..275a3c96f 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-batch/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-batch/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
     <groupId>software.amazon.lambda.examples</groupId>
-    <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.0.0-RC1</version>
     <artifactId>powertools-examples-batch</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <name>Powertools for AWS Lambda (Java) - Examples - Batch</name>
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-cloudformation/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-cloudformation/pom.xml
index 15084d9b4..edadd6005 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-cloudformation/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-cloudformation/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
     <groupId>software.amazon.lambda.examples</groupId>
-    <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.0.0-RC1</version>
     <artifactId>powertools-examples-cloudformation</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/cdk/app/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/cdk/app/pom.xml
index a959432c0..11d5497da 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/cdk/app/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/cdk/app/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <groupId>software.amazon.lambda.examples</groupId>
     <!-- TODO TODO TODO this should build from SNAPSHOT, but it doesn't, because the snapshots
     don't appear in the docker environment CDK builds it in in our CDK tests. How to procede? V2 blocker -->
-    <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.0.0-RC1</version>
     <artifactId>powertools-examples-core-utilities-cdk</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/cdk/infra/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/cdk/infra/pom.xml
index fca756921..0b67f20ae 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/cdk/infra/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/cdk/infra/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>software.amazon.lambda.examples</groupId>
     <artifactId>cdk</artifactId>
-    <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.0.0-RC1</version>
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <cdk.version>2.162.1</cdk.version>
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/gradle/build.gradle b/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/gradle/build.gradle
index 38cf96c1c..bf53c31eb 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/gradle/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/gradle/build.gradle
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ dependencies {
     implementation 'com.amazonaws:aws-lambda-java-events:3.11.0'
     implementation 'com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype:jackson-datatype-jsr310:2.13.2'
     implementation 'org.aspectj:aspectjrt:1.9.20.1'
-    aspect 'software.amazon.lambda:powertools-tracing:2.0.0-SNAPSHOT'
-    aspect 'software.amazon.lambda:powertools-logging-log4j:2.0.0-SNAPSHOT'
-    aspect 'software.amazon.lambda:powertools-metrics:2.0.0-SNAPSHOT'
+    aspect 'software.amazon.lambda:powertools-tracing:2.0.0-RC1'
+    aspect 'software.amazon.lambda:powertools-logging-log4j:2.0.0-RC1'
+    aspect 'software.amazon.lambda:powertools-metrics:2.0.0-RC1'
 }
 
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/kotlin/build.gradle.kts b/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/kotlin/build.gradle.kts
index 3c84ce7f4..9dcac3510 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/kotlin/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/kotlin/build.gradle.kts
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ dependencies {
     implementation("com.amazonaws:aws-lambda-java-events:3.11.3")
     implementation("com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype:jackson-datatype-jsr310:2.15.2")
     implementation("org.aspectj:aspectjrt:1.9.20.1")
-    aspect("software.amazon.lambda:powertools-tracing:2.0.0-SNAPSHOT")
-    aspect("software.amazon.lambda:powertools-logging-log4j:2.0.0-SNAPSHOT")
-    aspect("software.amazon.lambda:powertools-metrics:2.0.0-SNAPSHOT")
+    aspect("software.amazon.lambda:powertools-tracing:2.0.0-RC1")
+    aspect("software.amazon.lambda:powertools-logging-log4j:2.0.0-RC1")
+    aspect("software.amazon.lambda:powertools-metrics:2.0.0-RC1")
     implementation("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib:1.9.24")
 }
 
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/sam-graalvm/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/sam-graalvm/pom.xml
index d25e1fcb7..011a29c60 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/sam-graalvm/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/sam-graalvm/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
     <name>Powertools for AWS Lambda (Java) - Examples - Core Utilities (logging, tracing, metrics) with SAM GraalVM</name>
     <groupId>software.amazon.lambda.examples</groupId>
-    <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.0.0-RC1</version>
     <artifactId>powertools-examples-core-utilities-sam-graalvm</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/sam/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/sam/pom.xml
index 2db4628b4..d43094922 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/sam/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/sam/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
     <name>Powertools for AWS Lambda (Java) - Examples - Core Utilities (logging, tracing, metrics) with SAM</name>
     <groupId>software.amazon.lambda.examples</groupId>
-    <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.0.0-RC1</version>
     <artifactId>powertools-examples-core-utilities-sam</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/serverless/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/serverless/pom.xml
index 41b5a20a1..fce13b792 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/serverless/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/serverless/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
     <name>Powertools for AWS Lambda (Java) - Examples - Core Utilities (logging, tracing, metrics) with Serverless</name>
     <groupId>software.amazon.lambda.examples</groupId>
-    <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.0.0-RC1</version>
     <artifactId>powertools-examples-core-utilities-serverless</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/terraform/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/terraform/pom.xml
index 7480bd013..dd9ed4685 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/terraform/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/terraform/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
     <name>Powertools for AWS Lambda (Java) - Examples - Core Utilities (logging, tracing, metrics) with Terraform</name>
     <groupId>software.amazon.lambda.examples</groupId>
-    <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.0.0-RC1</version>
     <artifactId>powertools-examples-core-utilities-terraform</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-idempotency/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-idempotency/pom.xml
index fd673b573..f0fcf545a 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-idempotency/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-idempotency/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
     <groupId>software.amazon.lambda.examples</groupId>
-    <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.0.0-RC1</version>
     <artifactId>powertools-examples-idempotency</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <name>Powertools for AWS Lambda (Java) - Examples - Idempotency</name>
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-parameters/sam-graalvm/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-parameters/sam-graalvm/pom.xml
index 34f469c6c..8031710b1 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-parameters/sam-graalvm/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-parameters/sam-graalvm/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>software.amazon.lambda.examples</groupId>
-    <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.0.0-RC1</version>
     <artifactId>powertools-examples-parameters-sam-graalvm</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <name>Powertools for AWS Lambda (Java) - Examples - Parameters GraalVM</name>
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-parameters/sam/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-parameters/sam/pom.xml
index d0d8028d6..02b991d68 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-parameters/sam/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-parameters/sam/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>software.amazon.lambda.examples</groupId>
-    <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.0.0-RC1</version>
     <artifactId>powertools-examples-parameters-sam</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <name>Powertools for AWS Lambda (Java) - Examples - Parameters</name>
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-serialization/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-serialization/pom.xml
index 00aba4c8d..560c08a56 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-serialization/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-serialization/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>software.amazon.lambda.examples</groupId>
-    <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.0.0-RC1</version>
     <artifactId>powertools-examples-serialization</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <name>Powertools for AWS Lambda (Java) - Examples - Serialization</name>
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-validation/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-validation/pom.xml
index c021572f8..8bed7cb5e 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-validation/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-validation/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>software.amazon.lambda.examples</groupId>
-    <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.0.0-RC1</version>
     <artifactId>powertools-examples-validation</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <name>Powertools for AWS Lambda (Java) - Examples - Validation</name>
diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml
index ee5f77dde..6f185584b 100644
--- a/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/mkdocs.yml
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ extra_javascript:
 
 extra:
   powertools:
-    version: 2.0.0-SNAPSHOT
+    version: 2.0.0-RC1
 
 repo_url: https://github.com/aws-powertools/powertools-lambda-java
 edit_uri: edit/main/docs
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f00417387..af17d6b1b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
     <groupId>software.amazon.lambda</groupId>
     <artifactId>powertools-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.0.0-RC1</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
     <name>Powertools for AWS Lambda (Java) - Parent</name>
diff --git a/powertools-batch/pom.xml b/powertools-batch/pom.xml
index 819c19927..20dbd179b 100644
--- a/powertools-batch/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-batch/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>software.amazon.lambda</groupId>
         <artifactId>powertools-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.0.0-RC1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <description>A suite of utilities that makes batch message processing using AWS Lambda easier.</description>
diff --git a/powertools-cloudformation/pom.xml b/powertools-cloudformation/pom.xml
index 36392fce2..e3ab012ae 100644
--- a/powertools-cloudformation/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-cloudformation/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>powertools-parent</artifactId>
         <groupId>software.amazon.lambda</groupId>
-        <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.0.0-RC1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <name>Powertools for AWS Lambda (Java) - Cloudformation</name>
diff --git a/powertools-common/pom.xml b/powertools-common/pom.xml
index 47a505325..b9a8572ea 100644
--- a/powertools-common/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-common/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>powertools-parent</artifactId>
         <groupId>software.amazon.lambda</groupId>
-        <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.0.0-RC1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <name>Powertools for AWS Lambda (Java) - Common Internal Utilities</name>
diff --git a/powertools-e2e-tests/pom.xml b/powertools-e2e-tests/pom.xml
index e09300001..ce9e12860 100644
--- a/powertools-e2e-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-e2e-tests/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>powertools-parent</artifactId>
         <groupId>software.amazon.lambda</groupId>
-        <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.0.0-RC1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>powertools-e2e-tests</artifactId>
diff --git a/powertools-idempotency/pom.xml b/powertools-idempotency/pom.xml
index 7ff621144..286ea3f97 100644
--- a/powertools-idempotency/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-idempotency/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>software.amazon.lambda</groupId>
         <artifactId>powertools-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.0.0-RC1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>powertools-idempotency</artifactId>
diff --git a/powertools-idempotency/powertools-idempotency-core/pom.xml b/powertools-idempotency/powertools-idempotency-core/pom.xml
index 59b69da0f..3012406af 100644
--- a/powertools-idempotency/powertools-idempotency-core/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-idempotency/powertools-idempotency-core/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>software.amazon.lambda</groupId>
         <artifactId>powertools-idempotency</artifactId>
-        <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.0.0-RC1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>powertools-idempotency-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/powertools-idempotency/powertools-idempotency-dynamodb/pom.xml b/powertools-idempotency/powertools-idempotency-dynamodb/pom.xml
index 3ab817209..e985f8f14 100644
--- a/powertools-idempotency/powertools-idempotency-dynamodb/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-idempotency/powertools-idempotency-dynamodb/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>software.amazon.lambda</groupId>
         <artifactId>powertools-idempotency</artifactId>
-        <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.0.0-RC1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>powertools-idempotency-dynamodb</artifactId>
diff --git a/powertools-large-messages/pom.xml b/powertools-large-messages/pom.xml
index afbd0aa37..9569c9ea8 100644
--- a/powertools-large-messages/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-large-messages/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>software.amazon.lambda</groupId>
         <artifactId>powertools-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.0.0-RC1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>powertools-large-messages</artifactId>
diff --git a/powertools-logging/pom.xml b/powertools-logging/pom.xml
index 62cb9c352..ade7c95fc 100644
--- a/powertools-logging/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-logging/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>powertools-parent</artifactId>
         <groupId>software.amazon.lambda</groupId>
-        <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.0.0-RC1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <name>Powertools for AWS Lambda (Java) - Logging</name>
diff --git a/powertools-logging/powertools-logging-log4j/pom.xml b/powertools-logging/powertools-logging-log4j/pom.xml
index 96a9a7043..e85fc6567 100644
--- a/powertools-logging/powertools-logging-log4j/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-logging/powertools-logging-log4j/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>powertools-parent</artifactId>
         <groupId>software.amazon.lambda</groupId>
-        <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.0.0-RC1</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/powertools-logging/powertools-logging-logback/pom.xml b/powertools-logging/powertools-logging-logback/pom.xml
index a94801345..212379439 100644
--- a/powertools-logging/powertools-logging-logback/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-logging/powertools-logging-logback/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>powertools-parent</artifactId>
         <groupId>software.amazon.lambda</groupId>
-        <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.0.0-RC1</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/powertools-metrics/pom.xml b/powertools-metrics/pom.xml
index 46f7bcd99..8ae52d43d 100644
--- a/powertools-metrics/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-metrics/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>powertools-parent</artifactId>
         <groupId>software.amazon.lambda</groupId>
-        <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.0.0-RC1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <name>Powertools for AWS Lambda (Java) - Metrics</name>
diff --git a/powertools-parameters/pom.xml b/powertools-parameters/pom.xml
index 44292c755..ad8f14e36 100644
--- a/powertools-parameters/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-parameters/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>powertools-parent</artifactId>
         <groupId>software.amazon.lambda</groupId>
-        <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.0.0-RC1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>powertools-parameters</artifactId>
diff --git a/powertools-parameters/powertools-parameters-appconfig/pom.xml b/powertools-parameters/powertools-parameters-appconfig/pom.xml
index f4af26062..840bb5159 100644
--- a/powertools-parameters/powertools-parameters-appconfig/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-parameters/powertools-parameters-appconfig/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>software.amazon.lambda</groupId>
         <artifactId>powertools-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.0.0-RC1</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/powertools-parameters/powertools-parameters-dynamodb/pom.xml b/powertools-parameters/powertools-parameters-dynamodb/pom.xml
index fde6c190b..1220b1eb5 100644
--- a/powertools-parameters/powertools-parameters-dynamodb/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-parameters/powertools-parameters-dynamodb/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>software.amazon.lambda</groupId>
         <artifactId>powertools-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.0.0-RC1</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/powertools-parameters/powertools-parameters-secrets/pom.xml b/powertools-parameters/powertools-parameters-secrets/pom.xml
index a652f14e0..93bd9a26e 100644
--- a/powertools-parameters/powertools-parameters-secrets/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-parameters/powertools-parameters-secrets/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>software.amazon.lambda</groupId>
         <artifactId>powertools-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.0.0-RC1</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/powertools-parameters/powertools-parameters-ssm/pom.xml b/powertools-parameters/powertools-parameters-ssm/pom.xml
index ec13c10cc..1c91824e9 100644
--- a/powertools-parameters/powertools-parameters-ssm/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-parameters/powertools-parameters-ssm/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>software.amazon.lambda</groupId>
         <artifactId>powertools-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.0.0-RC1</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/powertools-parameters/powertools-parameters-tests/pom.xml b/powertools-parameters/powertools-parameters-tests/pom.xml
index dc3eab4c4..37e266bde 100644
--- a/powertools-parameters/powertools-parameters-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-parameters/powertools-parameters-tests/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>software.amazon.lambda</groupId>
         <artifactId>powertools-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.0.0-RC1</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/powertools-serialization/pom.xml b/powertools-serialization/pom.xml
index df592476d..ec8acab9e 100644
--- a/powertools-serialization/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-serialization/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>powertools-parent</artifactId>
         <groupId>software.amazon.lambda</groupId>
-        <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.0.0-RC1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>powertools-serialization</artifactId>
diff --git a/powertools-tracing/pom.xml b/powertools-tracing/pom.xml
index 140c212e3..a869679a8 100644
--- a/powertools-tracing/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-tracing/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>powertools-parent</artifactId>
         <groupId>software.amazon.lambda</groupId>
-        <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.0.0-RC1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <name>Powertools for AWS Lambda (Java) - Tracing</name>
diff --git a/powertools-validation/pom.xml b/powertools-validation/pom.xml
index 7d460eec3..8720509bb 100644
--- a/powertools-validation/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-validation/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>powertools-parent</artifactId>
         <groupId>software.amazon.lambda</groupId>
-        <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.0.0-RC1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <name>Powertools for AWS Lambda (Java) - Validation</name>