diff --git a/ant/docs/5-minute-tutorial.md b/ant/docs/5-minute-tutorial.md
index da5bb2d47..475566aeb 100644
--- a/ant/docs/5-minute-tutorial.md
+++ b/ant/docs/5-minute-tutorial.md
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ for the purpose of this short tutorial.
 ```xml
 <project xmlns:ivy="antlib:org.apache.ivy.ant">
 
-    <property name="hibernate.tools.version" value="the-hibernate-tools-version-to-use, e.g. 7.2.0.CR2"/>
+    <property name="hibernate.tools.version" value="the-hibernate-tools-version-to-use, e.g. 7.2.0.CR3"/>
     <property name="h2.version" value="the-h2-version-to-use, e.g. 2.4.240"/>
 
     <ivy:cachepath organisation="org.hibernate.tool" module="hibernate-tools-ant" revision="${hibernate.tools.version}"
diff --git a/ant/docs/reference-guide.md b/ant/docs/reference-guide.md
index c47607122..047efd93a 100644
--- a/ant/docs/reference-guide.md
+++ b/ant/docs/reference-guide.md
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ file. In addition, you will need to define properties (or replace the variables)
 the jdbc driver and for the version information. See an example in the snippet below:
 
 ```xml
-<property name="hibernate-tools.version" value="7.2.0.CR2"/>
+<property name="hibernate-tools.version" value="7.2.0.CR3"/>
 <property name="jdbc-driver.org" value="com.h2database"/>
 <property name="jdbc-driver.module" value="h2"/>
 <property name="jdbc-driver.version" value="2.4.240"/>
diff --git a/ci/release/Jenkinsfile b/ci/release/Jenkinsfile
index c91c2132d..673da4f9f 100644
--- a/ci/release/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/ci/release/Jenkinsfile
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ pipeline {
 	parameters {
 		string(
 				name: 'RELEASE_VERSION',
-				defaultValue: '7.2.0.CR2',
-				description: 'The version to be released, e.g. 7.2.0.CR2.',
+				defaultValue: '7.2.0.CR3',
+				description: 'The version to be released, e.g. 7.2.0.CR3.',
 				trim: true
 		)
 		string(
diff --git a/gradle/docs/5-minute-tutorial.md b/gradle/docs/5-minute-tutorial.md
index c5f55fd57..f15a1b946 100644
--- a/gradle/docs/5-minute-tutorial.md
+++ b/gradle/docs/5-minute-tutorial.md
@@ -84,13 +84,13 @@ tutorial. Now we can tackle the `build.gradle` file.
 ## Modify the generated `app\build.gradle` file
 
 We have to specify the use of the Gradle plugin in the `plugin` section of the `build.gradle` file.
-So we add `id 'org.hibernate.tool.hibernate-tools-gradle' version '7.2.0.CR2'` to that section.
+So we add `id 'org.hibernate.tool.hibernate-tools-gradle' version '7.2.0.CR3'` to that section.
 
 ```groovy
 ...
 plugins {
     ...
-    id 'org.hibernate.tool.hibernate-tools-gradle' version '7.2.0.CR2'
+    id 'org.hibernate.tool.hibernate-tools-gradle' version '7.2.0.CR3'
 }
 ...
 ```
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ with the contents as shown below.
 ```groovy
 plugins {
     id 'application'
-    id 'org.hibernate.tool.hibernate-tools-gradle' version '7.2.0.CR2'
+    id 'org.hibernate.tool.hibernate-tools-gradle' version '7.2.0.CR3'
 }
 
 repositories {
diff --git a/gradle/docs/examples/5-minute-tutorial/app/build.gradle b/gradle/docs/examples/5-minute-tutorial/app/build.gradle
index 65dd64be1..003a63f51 100644
--- a/gradle/docs/examples/5-minute-tutorial/app/build.gradle
+++ b/gradle/docs/examples/5-minute-tutorial/app/build.gradle
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 plugins {
     // Apply the application plugin to add support for building a CLI application in Java.
     id 'application'
-    id 'org.hibernate.tool.hibernate-tools-gradle' version '7.2.0.CR2'
+    id 'org.hibernate.tool.hibernate-tools-gradle' version '7.2.0.CR3'
 }
 
 repositories {