specify release version numbers
diff --git a/guava-gwt/pom.xml b/guava-gwt/pom.xml
index f1066e8..f0144ce 100644
--- a/guava-gwt/pom.xml
+++ b/guava-gwt/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
     <artifactId>guava-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>15.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>15.0-rc1</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>guava-gwt</artifactId>
   <name>Guava GWT compatible libs</name>
diff --git a/guava-testlib/pom.xml b/guava-testlib/pom.xml
index 79ba5c3..f33ffe9 100644
--- a/guava-testlib/pom.xml
+++ b/guava-testlib/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
     <artifactId>guava-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>15.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>15.0-rc1</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>guava-testlib</artifactId>
   <name>Guava Testing Library</name>
diff --git a/guava-tests/pom.xml b/guava-tests/pom.xml
index 714a0ab..f44aaf3 100644
--- a/guava-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/guava-tests/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
     <artifactId>guava-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>15.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>15.0-rc1</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>guava-tests</artifactId>
   <name>Guava Unit Tests</name>
diff --git a/guava/pom.xml b/guava/pom.xml
index af83715..8d0d4bf 100644
--- a/guava/pom.xml
+++ b/guava/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
     <artifactId>guava-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>15.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>15.0-rc1</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
   <name>Guava: Google Core Libraries for Java</name>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 085aca0..ebdca8a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   </parent>
   <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
   <artifactId>guava-parent</artifactId>
-  <version>15.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>15.0-rc1</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>Guava Maven Parent</name>
   <url>http://code.google.com/p/guava-libraries</url>