diff --git a/jakarta/pom.xml b/jakarta/pom.xml
index a480d243..d96fe020 100644
--- a/jakarta/pom.xml
+++ b/jakarta/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-module-jsonSchema-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.18.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.18.0-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>jackson-module-jsonSchema-jakarta</artifactId>
   <name>jackson-module-jsonSchema-jakarta</name>
diff --git a/javax/pom.xml b/javax/pom.xml
index eacb299c..c6ff45e5 100644
--- a/javax/pom.xml
+++ b/javax/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-module-jsonSchema-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.18.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.18.0-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>jackson-module-jsonSchema</artifactId>
   <name>jackson-module-jsonSchema</name>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7d405c97..756d2d51 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-base</artifactId>
-    <version>2.18.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.18.0-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
   <artifactId>jackson-module-jsonSchema-parent</artifactId>
   <name>jackson-module-jsonSchema-parent</name>
-  <version>2.18.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>2.18.0-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <description>Add-on module for Jackson (http://jackson.codehaus.org) to support
 JSON Schema (http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-zyp-json-schema-03) version 3 generation.