diff --git a/extensions/database/pom.xml b/extensions/database/pom.xml
index f13ff3412..282ffd43d 100644
--- a/extensions/database/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/database/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.openrefine</groupId>
     <artifactId>extensions</artifactId>
-    <version>3.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.3-rc1</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/extensions/gdata/pom.xml b/extensions/gdata/pom.xml
index 8f49a026e..5455f8458 100644
--- a/extensions/gdata/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/gdata/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.openrefine</groupId>
     <artifactId>extensions</artifactId>
-    <version>3.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.3-rc1</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/extensions/jython/pom.xml b/extensions/jython/pom.xml
index 730902205..e29336cd1 100644
--- a/extensions/jython/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/jython/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <groupId>org.openrefine</groupId>
   <artifactId>jython</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <version>3.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>3.3-rc1</version>
 
   <name>OpenRefine - Jython extension</name>
   <description>OpenRefine integration of Python as an expression language</description>
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.openrefine</groupId>
     <artifactId>extensions</artifactId>
-    <version>3.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.3-rc1</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/extensions/pc-axis/pom.xml b/extensions/pc-axis/pom.xml
index 71dc1fa79..d7b1ada6f 100644
--- a/extensions/pc-axis/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/pc-axis/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.openrefine</groupId>
     <artifactId>extensions</artifactId>
-    <version>3.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.3-rc1</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/extensions/phonetic/pom.xml b/extensions/phonetic/pom.xml
index 05ae761e5..4171c2325 100644
--- a/extensions/phonetic/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/phonetic/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <groupId>org.openrefine</groupId>
   <artifactId>phonetic</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <version>3.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>3.3-rc1</version>
 
   <name>OpenRefine - Phonetic clustering extension</name>
   <description>Adds a few advanced phonetic clustering methods</description>
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.openrefine</groupId>
     <artifactId>extensions</artifactId>
-    <version>3.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.3-rc1</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/extensions/pom.xml b/extensions/pom.xml
index a8bf021e8..d596c5205 100644
--- a/extensions/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <groupId>org.openrefine</groupId>
   <artifactId>extensions</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>3.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>3.3-rc1</version>
 
   <name>OpenRefine - extensions</name>
   <description>Extensions add importers, exporters and other sorts of features to OpenRefine</description>
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.openrefine</groupId>
     <artifactId>openrefine</artifactId>
-    <version>3.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.3-rc1</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modules>
diff --git a/extensions/wikidata/pom.xml b/extensions/wikidata/pom.xml
index f8d1841e9..60ae1ac74 100644
--- a/extensions/wikidata/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/wikidata/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.openrefine</groupId>
     <artifactId>extensions</artifactId>
-    <version>3.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.3-rc1</version>
   </parent>
 
   <properties>
diff --git a/main/pom.xml b/main/pom.xml
index 2e6643898..b63d09dbf 100644
--- a/main/pom.xml
+++ b/main/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.openrefine</groupId>
     <artifactId>openrefine</artifactId>
-    <version>3.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.3-rc1</version>
   </parent>
 
   <properties>
diff --git a/main/src/com/google/refine/RefineServlet.java b/main/src/com/google/refine/RefineServlet.java
index cc0aaaa63..b956e989b 100644
--- a/main/src/com/google/refine/RefineServlet.java
+++ b/main/src/com/google/refine/RefineServlet.java
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ import edu.mit.simile.butterfly.Butterfly;
 import edu.mit.simile.butterfly.ButterflyModule;
 
 public class RefineServlet extends Butterfly {
-    static private String ASSIGNED_VERSION = "3.3-beta";
+    static private String ASSIGNED_VERSION = "3.3-rc1";
     
     static public String VERSION = "";
     static public String REVISION = "";
diff --git a/packaging/pom.xml b/packaging/pom.xml
index 2a442f108..eea8ea137 100644
--- a/packaging/pom.xml
+++ b/packaging/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.openrefine</groupId>
     <artifactId>openrefine</artifactId>
-    <version>3.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.3-rc1</version>
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <rootdir>${basedir}/..</rootdir>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b18acd8af..544c9213d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <groupId>org.openrefine</groupId>
   <artifactId>openrefine</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>3.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>3.3-rc1</version>
 
   <name>OpenRefine</name>
   <description>OpenRefine is a free, open source power tool for working with messy data and improving it</description>
diff --git a/server/pom.xml b/server/pom.xml
index ea29c160e..31c0e66ea 100644
--- a/server/pom.xml
+++ b/server/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.openrefine</groupId>
     <artifactId>openrefine</artifactId>
-    <version>3.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.3-rc1</version>
   </parent>
 
   <properties>