diff --git a/afterburner/pom.xml b/afterburner/pom.xml
index fd059ada..78d89142 100644
--- a/afterburner/pom.xml
+++ b/afterburner/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-modules-base</artifactId>
-    <version>2.18.0-rc1</version>
+    <version>2.18.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>jackson-module-afterburner</artifactId>
   <name>Jackson module: Afterburner</name>
diff --git a/android-record/pom.xml b/android-record/pom.xml
index 6b00aeb6..3463ffdf 100644
--- a/android-record/pom.xml
+++ b/android-record/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-modules-base</artifactId>
-    <version>2.18.0-rc1</version>
+    <version>2.18.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/blackbird/pom.xml b/blackbird/pom.xml
index 3712820b..2363c762 100644
--- a/blackbird/pom.xml
+++ b/blackbird/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-modules-base</artifactId>
-    <version>2.18.0-rc1</version>
+    <version>2.18.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>jackson-module-blackbird</artifactId>
   <name>Jackson module: Blackbird</name>
diff --git a/guice/pom.xml b/guice/pom.xml
index 87231cd8..a7df2725 100644
--- a/guice/pom.xml
+++ b/guice/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-modules-base</artifactId>
-        <version>2.18.0-rc1</version>
+        <version>2.18.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>jackson-module-guice</artifactId>
     <name>Jackson module: Guice (javax.inject)</name>
diff --git a/guice7/pom.xml b/guice7/pom.xml
index 035c95c2..4f547745 100644
--- a/guice7/pom.xml
+++ b/guice7/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-modules-base</artifactId>
-        <version>2.18.0-rc1</version>
+        <version>2.18.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>jackson-module-guice7</artifactId>
     <name>Jackson module: Guice 7+ (jakarta.inject)</name>
diff --git a/jakarta-xmlbind/pom.xml b/jakarta-xmlbind/pom.xml
index bac2810b..b50baedf 100644
--- a/jakarta-xmlbind/pom.xml
+++ b/jakarta-xmlbind/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-modules-base</artifactId>
-    <version>2.18.0-rc1</version>
+    <version>2.18.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>jackson-module-jakarta-xmlbind-annotations</artifactId>
   <name>Jackson module: Jakarta XML Bind Annotations (jakarta.xml.bind)</name>
diff --git a/jaxb/pom.xml b/jaxb/pom.xml
index 17d0f55d..ba4f5ad8 100644
--- a/jaxb/pom.xml
+++ b/jaxb/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-modules-base</artifactId>
-    <version>2.18.0-rc1</version>
+    <version>2.18.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>jackson-module-jaxb-annotations</artifactId>
   <name>Jackson module: Old JAXB Annotations (javax.xml.bind)</name>
diff --git a/mrbean/pom.xml b/mrbean/pom.xml
index bbd92914..1617a135 100644
--- a/mrbean/pom.xml
+++ b/mrbean/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-modules-base</artifactId>
-    <version>2.18.0-rc1</version>
+    <version>2.18.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>jackson-module-mrbean</artifactId>
   <name>Jackson module: Mr Bean</name>
diff --git a/no-ctor-deser/pom.xml b/no-ctor-deser/pom.xml
index e2b1a2fd..a564a241 100644
--- a/no-ctor-deser/pom.xml
+++ b/no-ctor-deser/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-modules-base</artifactId>
-        <version>2.18.0-rc1</version>
+        <version>2.18.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/osgi/pom.xml b/osgi/pom.xml
index c9e71cdb..c1c13f03 100644
--- a/osgi/pom.xml
+++ b/osgi/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-modules-base</artifactId>
-        <version>2.18.0-rc1</version>
+        <version>2.18.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>jackson-module-osgi</artifactId>
     <packaging>bundle</packaging>
diff --git a/paranamer/pom.xml b/paranamer/pom.xml
index d4e70522..b0958d26 100644
--- a/paranamer/pom.xml
+++ b/paranamer/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-modules-base</artifactId>
-    <version>2.18.0-rc1</version>
+    <version>2.18.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>jackson-module-paranamer</artifactId>
   <name>Jackson module: Paranamer</name>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e52a1368..fdd192b9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
   <artifactId>jackson-modules-base</artifactId>
   <name>Jackson modules: Base</name>
-  <version>2.18.0-rc1</version>
+  <version>2.18.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <description>Parent pom for Jackson "base" modules: modules that build directly on databind, and are
 not datatype, data format, or JAX-RS provider modules.
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ not datatype, data format, or JAX-RS provider modules.
     <connection>scm:git:git@github.com:FasterXML/jackson-modules-base.git</connection>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:FasterXML/jackson-modules-base.git</developerConnection>
     <url>https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-modules-base</url>
-    <tag>jackson-modules-base-2.18.0-rc1</tag>
+    <tag>HEAD</tag>
   </scm>
   <issueManagement>
     <url>https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-modules-base/issues</url>