diff --git a/bam2wig/pom.xml b/bam2wig/pom.xml
index b6cd40e86d2b7a37997f7c1f55179873171a0c63..495bf513fe63596f9ba3daa86e1fdba406f029bd 100644
--- a/bam2wig/pom.xml
+++ b/bam2wig/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
-        <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.7.0-RC1</version>
         <relativePath>../</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/bammetrics/pom.xml b/bammetrics/pom.xml
index c941385fdb1fa939bfa411995ed87b6c70dff8fc..7d8ccf5dc5acbfa6a1ebbbf5168588033abe2505 100644
--- a/bammetrics/pom.xml
+++ b/bammetrics/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
-        <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.7.0-RC1</version>
         <relativePath>../</relativePath>
     </parent>
     
diff --git a/basty/pom.xml b/basty/pom.xml
index 28cd591d216c9e4f3043d95357d7fcd309ed111b..c0991d52b81156070e05c9f0e16f5554f7081fcb 100644
--- a/basty/pom.xml
+++ b/basty/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
-        <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.7.0-RC1</version>
         <relativePath>../</relativePath>
     </parent>
     
diff --git a/biopet-core/pom.xml b/biopet-core/pom.xml
index 2debfb9c8d76ad660cf363492f70868f04ec1808..7a54886f34f1a3ba283df528a6492c721e8a54bc 100644
--- a/biopet-core/pom.xml
+++ b/biopet-core/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
-        <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.7.0-RC1</version>
         <relativePath>../</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/biopet-extensions/pom.xml b/biopet-extensions/pom.xml
index 440ede860a3a5e07348a6926b9271bb762448b22..17ccf3b224bcb5e59e1ae46d0c59974529d4c932 100644
--- a/biopet-extensions/pom.xml
+++ b/biopet-extensions/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
-        <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.7.0-RC1</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/biopet-package/pom.xml b/biopet-package/pom.xml
index 0d45957aefec9de635a1eee828dfde50d269567b..31722ed23de67ea82d2be72b6ae65be42d98d2b7 100644
--- a/biopet-package/pom.xml
+++ b/biopet-package/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
-        <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.7.0-RC1</version>
         <relativePath>../</relativePath>
     </parent>
     
diff --git a/biopet-tools-extensions/pom.xml b/biopet-tools-extensions/pom.xml
index 6ca40b0ffeaf61957ea0de07eb79d1570dd79234..a2bf638329cc1e2b7d2c6a5d78772a836c3feb09 100644
--- a/biopet-tools-extensions/pom.xml
+++ b/biopet-tools-extensions/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
-        <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.7.0-RC1</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/biopet-tools-package/pom.xml b/biopet-tools-package/pom.xml
index 63fe86563a3bbc4c16a6e6f430927d8a35dd2d1e..9356fb6f3423c58ebf6c2d7ca9dd2a29d26dbd09 100644
--- a/biopet-tools-package/pom.xml
+++ b/biopet-tools-package/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
-        <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.7.0-RC1</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/biopet-tools/pom.xml b/biopet-tools/pom.xml
index fc5f3d753583a3a097ce74dcfffad0f8111e623a..3ef09365a9824bd6327cc751acf0c7a8f17fbe46 100644
--- a/biopet-tools/pom.xml
+++ b/biopet-tools/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
-        <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.7.0-RC1</version>
         <relativePath>../</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/biopet-utils/pom.xml b/biopet-utils/pom.xml
index 55bc64cc023bf4b34943bcc8db9bd25710f8167e..19ea3c1680ec4706bb182fabfea885ca965ef30d 100644
--- a/biopet-utils/pom.xml
+++ b/biopet-utils/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
-        <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.7.0-RC1</version>
         <relativePath>../</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/carp/pom.xml b/carp/pom.xml
index cce36d669a095fbc16dd3556b48b1b3701cada44..94ae54f57ba89fdf060d1e890bf9c2ffca0020d0 100644
--- a/carp/pom.xml
+++ b/carp/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
-        <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.7.0-RC1</version>
         <relativePath>../</relativePath>
     </parent>
     
diff --git a/external-example/pom.xml b/external-example/pom.xml
index 52c76eb3584d158c0bbb8b33d3494c38400626f1..b21726fd4f6917e2cb701f1cb4d9d9e841add359 100644
--- a/external-example/pom.xml
+++ b/external-example/pom.xml
@@ -56,19 +56,19 @@
             <artifactId>BiopetCore</artifactId>
 
             <!--TODO: replace version of pipeline to a fixed version -->
-            <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>0.7.0-RC1</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
             <artifactId>BiopetExtensions</artifactId>
-            <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>0.7.0-RC1</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
             <artifactId>Shiva</artifactId>
 
             <!--TODO: replace version of pipeline to a fixed version -->
-            <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>0.7.0-RC1</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/flexiprep/pom.xml b/flexiprep/pom.xml
index 74bb25c20a6bca2d77be838bd1ec7e48f299ab09..6c2c0b907960d8d2b0ad02dfce67edd7c63cfc38 100644
--- a/flexiprep/pom.xml
+++ b/flexiprep/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
-        <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.7.0-RC1</version>
         <relativePath>../</relativePath>
     </parent>
     
diff --git a/gears/pom.xml b/gears/pom.xml
index fc56955b2e78a06e2acc81316a952f3a7e7be017..78d35078eb757e9214d2ad279ceb095bdb77fade 100644
--- a/gears/pom.xml
+++ b/gears/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
-        <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.7.0-RC1</version>
         <relativePath>../</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/generate-indexes/pom.xml b/generate-indexes/pom.xml
index dff1ac05d21591118602eed82a73b1410aabdb8c..66d23dc14ddfeeaa17f187d5363f2e700eaf6fbc 100644
--- a/generate-indexes/pom.xml
+++ b/generate-indexes/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
-        <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.7.0-RC1</version>
         <relativePath>../</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/gentrap/pom.xml b/gentrap/pom.xml
index cabda4d2b67f1e5002026f7eb8838553d677c174..9f303e94796c10fd861f4caf9c71a8ce9cd80729 100644
--- a/gentrap/pom.xml
+++ b/gentrap/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
-        <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.7.0-RC1</version>
         <relativePath>../</relativePath>
     </parent>
     
diff --git a/gwas-test/pom.xml b/gwas-test/pom.xml
index d3816097da07c364a6ba88dd9a60d87565116f3d..b149d2d64b402974b21f5844aaac56e961516eee 100644
--- a/gwas-test/pom.xml
+++ b/gwas-test/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
-        <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.7.0-RC1</version>
         <relativePath>../</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/kopisu/pom.xml b/kopisu/pom.xml
index 6271f0914acac7b6cce91284be31e8c8bfd0e519..9ec6ea6ab0098d530f92ab9fcd2313e692239a93 100644
--- a/kopisu/pom.xml
+++ b/kopisu/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
-        <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.7.0-RC1</version>
         <relativePath>../</relativePath>
     </parent>
     
diff --git a/mapping/pom.xml b/mapping/pom.xml
index e4559a54217ac7956b9c9c6b96821bf128bcbfaf..925f823eead2300d75a9ff9babc159bbdeaaba98 100644
--- a/mapping/pom.xml
+++ b/mapping/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
-        <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.7.0-RC1</version>
         <relativePath>../</relativePath>
     </parent>
     
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index aaeccd4a8bd94e6c9c1afa17d6fe4b88572fed86..e216f27e1f326124acb45d6a83f13e660d9cc0b9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
     <name>Biopet</name>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
-    <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.7.0-RC1</version>
     
     <modules>
         <module>biopet-package</module>
diff --git a/sage/pom.xml b/sage/pom.xml
index 94f4c8ae4ac9ed2be8fd476fed6f6bc4b674b3e8..ee3de0cfa2ed8c7295bdac913c7427fbc4389ced 100644
--- a/sage/pom.xml
+++ b/sage/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
-        <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.7.0-RC1</version>
         <relativePath>../</relativePath>
     </parent>
     
diff --git a/shiva/pom.xml b/shiva/pom.xml
index 1efc93057a4a689839097f0595cf906ab08fb7e5..359bbf95daeca73cfae2dceb08933dffc823e3ea 100644
--- a/shiva/pom.xml
+++ b/shiva/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
-        <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.7.0-RC1</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/tinycap/pom.xml b/tinycap/pom.xml
index 1d8640660616211f7c2a451079ebb75ec4ad2405..6e92d16613380ff4071806108123439ea2b0817d 100644
--- a/tinycap/pom.xml
+++ b/tinycap/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
-        <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.7.0-RC1</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/toucan/pom.xml b/toucan/pom.xml
index c95a28713c1fcdbae91ced810ab40d91c1353cae..fe9909ceedfa4f94dec1d92a7b6b25506a31932b 100644
--- a/toucan/pom.xml
+++ b/toucan/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
-        <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.7.0-RC1</version>
         <relativePath>../</relativePath>
     </parent>