diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 25fd32d5590bb6b0245e600e347e4cb5d08dde75..bf7d0d23616dec88136367208ed784d73d7e19fc 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -12,14 +12,13 @@
   ~ See the Licence for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the Licence.
   -->
 
-<project xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" 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>eu.europa.ec.edelivery</groupId>
     <artifactId>smp-modules</artifactId>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <name>SMP</name>
-    <version>4.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.2-RC1</version>
 
     <modules>
         <module>smp-angular</module>
@@ -118,7 +117,7 @@
     <scm>
         <developerConnection>scm:git:https://ec.europa.eu/digital-building-blocks/code/scm/edelivery/smp.git
         </developerConnection>
-        <tag>HEAD</tag>
+        <tag>4.2-RC1</tag>
     </scm>
 
     <pluginRepositories>
diff --git a/smp-angular/pom.xml b/smp-angular/pom.xml
index 76421fb5f45d29aabef85304d2495d81abc06f5e..fe0a3b97ccb0a64c4a73213805b708c12c10bc19 100644
--- a/smp-angular/pom.xml
+++ b/smp-angular/pom.xml
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>eu.europa.ec.edelivery</groupId>
     <artifactId>smp-modules</artifactId>
-    <version>4.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.2-RC1</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>smp-angular</artifactId>
diff --git a/smp-api/pom.xml b/smp-api/pom.xml
index 3ed70b6655c374ca63c8f5bf2bd9de8480619b6c..32a76b23c107dbc5f54f3e50f78645f7e7a68086 100644
--- a/smp-api/pom.xml
+++ b/smp-api/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>eu.europa.ec.edelivery</groupId>
         <artifactId>smp-modules</artifactId>
-        <version>4.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.2-RC1</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/smp-examples/pom.xml b/smp-examples/pom.xml
index c38812f4860f9f766dd9340063fafe991714515d..227427a11f2d24f283b5a651fe5c1edc90b7eff5 100644
--- a/smp-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/smp-examples/pom.xml
@@ -12,13 +12,12 @@
   ~ See the Licence for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the Licence.
   -->
 
-<project xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
         <groupId>eu.europa.ec.edelivery</groupId>
         <artifactId>smp-modules</artifactId>
-        <version>4.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.2-RC1</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>smp-examples</artifactId>
diff --git a/smp-examples/smp-spi-example/pom.xml b/smp-examples/smp-spi-example/pom.xml
index be8953d70b8296ae64d526e8fdbf728021f3adb3..8ce8ca8933e3b906675e8f26b9f757ca1747ee89 100644
--- a/smp-examples/smp-spi-example/pom.xml
+++ b/smp-examples/smp-spi-example/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>eu.europa.ec.edelivery</groupId>
         <artifactId>smp-modules</artifactId>
-        <version>4.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.2-RC1</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <properties>
diff --git a/smp-server-library/pom.xml b/smp-server-library/pom.xml
index e81d62cc44a6276d3b72c1afd5d3a8b4b1d7ba35..84c35c94f2c65e3d486483839923b54b07b262cf 100644
--- a/smp-server-library/pom.xml
+++ b/smp-server-library/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>eu.europa.ec.edelivery</groupId>
         <artifactId>smp-modules</artifactId>
-        <version>4.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.2-RC1</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>smp-server-library</artifactId>
diff --git a/smp-soapui-tests/pom.xml b/smp-soapui-tests/pom.xml
index 373f871dca850ba7b3f5e885f2e509607a6a639d..cfe18b3a7a35810fe5a6e475bc8a772dff83dbef 100644
--- a/smp-soapui-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/smp-soapui-tests/pom.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
         <groupId>eu.europa.ec.edelivery</groupId>
         <artifactId>smp-modules</artifactId>
-        <version>4.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.2-RC1</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>smp-soapui-tests</artifactId>
@@ -16,8 +15,8 @@
         <!-- Only selected modules are deployed -->
         <maven.deploy.skip>false</maven.deploy.skip>
         <url>http://localhost:8080/smp</url>
-        <SMPAdminUser></SMPAdminUser>
-        <SMPAdminPassword></SMPAdminPassword>
+        <SMPAdminUser />
+        <SMPAdminPassword />
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/smp-spi/pom.xml b/smp-spi/pom.xml
index d626978bb7f52e8bb27cf8928adb5cc59651b016..9c9a8dd3d8122a6257251699a577fa170bb07bb8 100644
--- a/smp-spi/pom.xml
+++ b/smp-spi/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>eu.europa.ec.edelivery</groupId>
         <artifactId>smp-modules</artifactId>
-        <version>4.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.2-RC1</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>smp-spi</artifactId>
diff --git a/smp-webapp/pom.xml b/smp-webapp/pom.xml
index d5a6203b0dde13a1ca58106fd3fe19a49b3dfaf7..f4c7ad568d6f9c75c009c8b2b5567cb7a921d7cc 100644
--- a/smp-webapp/pom.xml
+++ b/smp-webapp/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>eu.europa.ec.edelivery</groupId>
         <artifactId>smp-modules</artifactId>
-        <version>4.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.2-RC1</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>smp</artifactId>