diff --git a/csv/pom.xml b/csv/pom.xml
index b2eb5d29c..7a30eacde 100644
--- a/csv/pom.xml
+++ b/csv/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-dataformats-text</artifactId>
-    <version>2.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.17.0-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>jackson-dataformat-csv</artifactId>
   <name>Jackson-dataformat-CSV</name>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 782c485bf..d8900ebc9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-base</artifactId>
-    <version>2.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.17.0-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
   <artifactId>jackson-dataformats-text</artifactId>
   <name>Jackson dataformats: Text</name>
-  <version>2.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>2.17.0-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <description>Parent pom for Jackson text-based dataformats (as opposed to binary).
   </description>
diff --git a/properties/pom.xml b/properties/pom.xml
index b2c1c2f0a..7fd659216 100644
--- a/properties/pom.xml
+++ b/properties/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-dataformats-text</artifactId>
-    <version>2.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.17.0-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>jackson-dataformat-properties</artifactId>
   <name>Jackson-dataformat-Properties</name>
diff --git a/toml/pom.xml b/toml/pom.xml
index 7953785ac..3186da522 100644
--- a/toml/pom.xml
+++ b/toml/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-dataformats-text</artifactId>
-        <version>2.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.17.0-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>jackson-dataformat-toml</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
diff --git a/yaml/pom.xml b/yaml/pom.xml
index a0bbb4b58..6035e416d 100644
--- a/yaml/pom.xml
+++ b/yaml/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-dataformats-text</artifactId>
-    <version>2.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.17.0-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>jackson-dataformat-yaml</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>