diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d1d4952..5b91d61 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.xerial.snappy</groupId>
   <artifactId>snappy-java</artifactId>
-  <version>1.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.0.3-rc1</version>
   <name>Snappy for Java</name>
   <description>Compression/decompression library</description>