diff --git a/accumulo/pom.xml b/accumulo/pom.xml
index d2efcfae..e501e909 100644
--- a/accumulo/pom.xml
+++ b/accumulo/pom.xml
@@ -1,83 +1,83 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!-- 
 Copyright (c) 2011 YCSB++ project, 2014 - 2016 YCSB contributors.
 All rights reserved.
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you
 may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You
 may obtain a copy of the License at
 
 http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 
 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
 implied. See the License for the specific language governing
 permissions and limitations under the License. See accompanying
 LICENSE file.
 -->
 
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
     <artifactId>binding-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.0-RC3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-RC3</version>
     <relativePath>../binding-parent</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>accumulo-binding</artifactId>
   <name>Accumulo DB Binding</name>
   <properties>
     <!-- This should match up to the one from your Accumulo version -->
     <hadoop.version>2.2.0</hadoop.version>
   </properties>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.accumulo</groupId>
       <artifactId>accumulo-core</artifactId>
       <version>${accumulo.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- Needed for hadoop.io.Text :( -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
       <version>${hadoop.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
       <artifactId>core</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
       <version>4.12</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.accumulo</groupId>
       <artifactId>accumulo-minicluster</artifactId>
       <version>${accumulo.version}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <!-- needed directly only in test, but transitive
          at runtime for accumulo, hadoop, and thrift. -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
       <version>1.7.13</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <build>
     <testResources>
       <testResource>
         <directory>../workloads</directory>
         <targetPath>workloads</targetPath>
       </testResource>
       <testResource>
         <directory>src/test/resources</directory>
       </testResource>
     </testResources>
   </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/aerospike/pom.xml b/aerospike/pom.xml
index 9f10bf31..149316b8 100644
--- a/aerospike/pom.xml
+++ b/aerospike/pom.xml
@@ -1,45 +1,45 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!-- 
 Copyright (c) 2015-2016 YCSB contributors. All rights reserved.
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you
 may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You
 may obtain a copy of the License at
 
 http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 
 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
 implied. See the License for the specific language governing
 permissions and limitations under the License. See accompanying
 LICENSE file.
 -->
 
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
     <artifactId>binding-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.0-RC3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-RC3</version>
     <relativePath>../binding-parent</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>aerospike-binding</artifactId>
   <name>Aerospike DB Binding</name>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.aerospike</groupId>
       <artifactId>aerospike-client</artifactId>
       <version>${aerospike.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
       <artifactId>core</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/binding-parent/datastore-specific-descriptor/pom.xml b/binding-parent/datastore-specific-descriptor/pom.xml
index 6fa2fe5f..5a6f47dd 100644
--- a/binding-parent/datastore-specific-descriptor/pom.xml
+++ b/binding-parent/datastore-specific-descriptor/pom.xml
@@ -1,44 +1,44 @@
 <!-- 
 Copyright (c) 2015 YCSB contributors. All rights reserved.
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you
 may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You
 may obtain a copy of the License at
 
 http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 
 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
 implied. See the License for the specific language governing
 permissions and limitations under the License. See accompanying
 LICENSE file.
 -->
 
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
     <artifactId>root</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.0-RC3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-RC3</version>
     <relativePath>../../</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>datastore-specific-descriptor</artifactId>
   <name>Per Datastore Binding descriptor</name>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <description>
     This module contains the assembly descriptor used by the individual components
     to build binding-specific distributions.
   </description>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
       <artifactId>core</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
 
diff --git a/binding-parent/pom.xml b/binding-parent/pom.xml
index 3a02e91a..26cea4e7 100644
--- a/binding-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/binding-parent/pom.xml
@@ -1,132 +1,132 @@
 <!-- 
 Copyright (c) 2015-2016 YCSB contributors. All rights reserved.
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you
 may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You
 may obtain a copy of the License at
 
 http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 
 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
 implied. See the License for the specific language governing
 permissions and limitations under the License. See accompanying
 LICENSE file.
 -->
 
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
     <artifactId>root</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.0-RC3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-RC3</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>binding-parent</artifactId>
   <name>YCSB Datastore Binding Parent</name>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <description>
     This module acts as the parent for new datastore bindings.
     It creates a datastore specific binary artifact.
   </description>
 
   <modules>
     <module>datastore-specific-descriptor</module>
   </modules>
 
   <build>
     <pluginManagement>
       <plugins>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
           <version>${maven.assembly.version}</version>
           <dependencies>
             <dependency>
               <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
               <artifactId>datastore-specific-descriptor</artifactId>
               <version>${project.version}</version>
             </dependency>
           </dependencies>
           <configuration>
             <descriptorRefs>
               <descriptorRef>datastore-specific-assembly</descriptorRef>
             </descriptorRefs>
             <finalName>ycsb-${project.artifactId}-${project.version}</finalName>
             <formats>
               <format>tar.gz</format>
             </formats>
             <appendAssemblyId>false</appendAssemblyId>
             <tarLongFileMode>posix</tarLongFileMode>
           </configuration>
           <executions>
             <execution>
               <phase>package</phase>
               <goals>
                 <goal>single</goal>
               </goals>
             </execution>
           </executions>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
           <executions>
             <execution>
               <id>validate</id>
               <configuration>
                 <configLocation>../checkstyle.xml</configLocation>
               </configuration>
             </execution>
           </executions>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
           <version>${maven.dependency.version}</version>
         </plugin>
       </plugins>
     </pluginManagement>
     <plugins>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
           <executions>
             <execution>
               <id>stage-dependencies</id>
               <phase>package</phase>
               <goals>
                 <goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
                </goals>
                <configuration>
                  <includeScope>runtime</includeScope>
                </configuration>
             </execution>
           </executions>
         </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
   <profiles>
     <!-- If the binding defines a README, presume we should make an assembly. -->
     <profile>
       <id>datastore-binding</id>
       <activation>
         <file>
           <exists>README.md</exists>
         </file>
       </activation>
       <build>
         <plugins>
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
           </plugin>
         </plugins>
       </build>
     </profile>
   </profiles>
 </project>
 
diff --git a/cassandra/pom.xml b/cassandra/pom.xml
index 988683d2..8362f023 100644
--- a/cassandra/pom.xml
+++ b/cassandra/pom.xml
@@ -1,51 +1,51 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!-- 
 Copyright (c) 2012 - 2016 YCSB contributors. All rights reserved.
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you
 may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You
 may obtain a copy of the License at
 
 http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 
 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
 implied. See the License for the specific language governing
 permissions and limitations under the License. See accompanying
 LICENSE file.
 -->
 
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <parent>
      <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
      <artifactId>binding-parent</artifactId>
-     <version>0.8.0-RC3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+     <version>0.8.0-RC3</version>
      <relativePath>../binding-parent</relativePath>
   </parent>
   
   <artifactId>cassandra-binding</artifactId>
   <name>Cassandra DB Binding</name>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <dependencies>
      <dependency>
        <groupId>org.apache.cassandra</groupId>
        <artifactId>cassandra-all</artifactId>
        <version>${cassandra.version}</version>
      </dependency>
      <!-- CQL driver -->
      <dependency>
        <groupId>com.datastax.cassandra</groupId>
        <artifactId>cassandra-driver-core</artifactId>
        <version>${cassandra.cql.version}</version>
      </dependency>
      <dependency>
        <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
        <artifactId>core</artifactId>
        <version>${project.version}</version>
        <scope>provided</scope>
      </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/cassandra2/pom.xml b/cassandra2/pom.xml
index 228d507f..d4b7d9fd 100644
--- a/cassandra2/pom.xml
+++ b/cassandra2/pom.xml
@@ -1,81 +1,81 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 
 <!--
 Copyright (c) 2012-2016 YCSB contributors. All rights reserved.
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you
 may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You
 may obtain a copy of the License at
 
 http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 
 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
 implied. See the License for the specific language governing
 permissions and limitations under the License. See accompanying
 LICENSE file.
 -->
 
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
   xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
     <artifactId>binding-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.0-RC3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-RC3</version>
     <relativePath>../binding-parent</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>cassandra2-binding</artifactId>
   <name>Cassandra 2.1+ DB Binding</name>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <properties>
     <!-- Skip tests by default. will be activated by jdk8 profile -->
     <skipTests>true</skipTests>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
     <!-- CQL driver -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.datastax.cassandra</groupId>
       <artifactId>cassandra-driver-core</artifactId>
       <version>${cassandra2.cql.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
       <artifactId>core</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.cassandraunit</groupId>
       <artifactId>cassandra-unit</artifactId>
       <version>3.0.0.1</version>
       <classifier>shaded</classifier>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
       <version>4.12</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <profiles>
     <!-- Cassandra 2.2+ requires JDK8 to run, so none of our tests
          will work unless we're using jdk8.
       -->
     <profile>
       <id>jdk8-tests</id>
       <activation>
         <jdk>1.8</jdk>
       </activation>
       <properties>
         <skipTests>false</skipTests>
       </properties>
     </profile>
   </profiles>
 </project>
diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index ebe647db..8840997f 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -1,88 +1,88 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!-- 
 Copyright (c) 2012 - 2016 YCSB contributors. All rights reserved.
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you
 may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You
 may obtain a copy of the License at
 
 http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 
 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
 implied. See the License for the specific language governing
 permissions and limitations under the License. See accompanying
 LICENSE file.
 -->
 
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
     <artifactId>root</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.0-RC3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-RC3</version>
   </parent>
   
   <artifactId>core</artifactId>
   <name>Core YCSB</name>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <properties>
      <checkstyle.failOnViolation>false</checkstyle.failOnViolation>
      <jackson.api.version>1.9.4</jackson.api.version>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>	
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId>
       <artifactId>jackson-mapper-asl</artifactId>
       <version>${jackson.api.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId>
       <artifactId>jackson-core-asl</artifactId>
       <version>${jackson.api.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.testng</groupId>
       <artifactId>testng</artifactId>
       <version>6.1.1</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.hdrhistogram</groupId>
       <artifactId>HdrHistogram</artifactId>
       <version>2.1.4</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <build>
     <resources>
       <resource>
         <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
         <filtering>true</filtering>
       </resource>
     </resources>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
         <version>${maven.assembly.version}</version>
         <configuration>
           <descriptorRefs>
             <descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
           </descriptorRefs>
           <appendAssemblyId>false</appendAssemblyId>
         </configuration>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <phase>package</phase>
             <goals>
               <goal>single</goal>
             </goals>
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/couchbase/pom.xml b/couchbase/pom.xml
index 6caa5ebf..efa1427e 100644
--- a/couchbase/pom.xml
+++ b/couchbase/pom.xml
@@ -1,55 +1,55 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!-- 
 Copyright (c) 2015-2016 YCSB contributors. All rights reserved.
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you
 may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You
 may obtain a copy of the License at
 
 http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 
 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
 implied. See the License for the specific language governing
 permissions and limitations under the License. See accompanying
 LICENSE file.
 -->
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" 
          xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" 
          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
         <artifactId>binding-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.8.0-RC3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.8.0-RC3</version>
         <relativePath>../binding-parent</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>couchbase-binding</artifactId>
     <name>Couchbase Binding</name>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.couchbase.client</groupId>
             <artifactId>couchbase-client</artifactId>
             <version>${couchbase.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
             <artifactId>core</artifactId>
             <version>${project.version}</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
             <version>2.2.2</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/distribution/pom.xml b/distribution/pom.xml
index ee1a013a..218dd113 100644
--- a/distribution/pom.xml
+++ b/distribution/pom.xml
@@ -1,192 +1,192 @@
 <!-- 
 Copyright (c) 2012 - 2015 YCSB contributors. All rights reserved.
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you
 may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You
 may obtain a copy of the License at
 
 http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 
 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
 implied. See the License for the specific language governing
 permissions and limitations under the License. See accompanying
 LICENSE file.
 -->
 
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
     <artifactId>root</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.0-RC3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-RC3</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>ycsb</artifactId>
   <name>YCSB Release Distribution Builder</name>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <description>
     This module creates the release package of the YCSB with all DB library bindings.
     It is only used by the build process and does not contain any real
     code of itself.
   </description>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
       <artifactId>core</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
       <artifactId>accumulo-binding</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
       <artifactId>aerospike-binding</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
       <artifactId>cassandra-binding</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
       <artifactId>couchbase-binding</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
       <artifactId>dynamodb-binding</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
       <artifactId>elasticsearch-binding</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
       <artifactId>geode-binding</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
       <artifactId>googledatastore-binding</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
       <artifactId>hbase094-binding</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
       <artifactId>hbase098-binding</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
       <artifactId>hbase10-binding</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
       <artifactId>hypertable-binding</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
       <artifactId>infinispan-binding</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
       <artifactId>jdbc-binding</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
       <artifactId>kudu-binding</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
       <artifactId>memcached-binding</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
       <artifactId>mongodb-binding</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
       <artifactId>nosqldb-binding</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
       <artifactId>orientdb-binding</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
       <artifactId>redis-binding</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
       <artifactId>s3-binding</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
       <artifactId>solr-binding</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
       <artifactId>tarantool-binding</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 <!--
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
       <artifactId>voldemort-binding</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 -->
   </dependencies>
   <build>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
         <version>${maven.assembly.version}</version>
         <configuration>
           <descriptors>
             <descriptor>src/main/assembly/distribution.xml</descriptor>
           </descriptors>
           <appendAssemblyId>false</appendAssemblyId>
           <tarLongFileMode>posix</tarLongFileMode>
         </configuration>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <phase>package</phase>
             <goals>
               <goal>single</goal>
             </goals>
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
 
     </plugins>
   </build>
 
 </project>
 
diff --git a/dynamodb/pom.xml b/dynamodb/pom.xml
index 4d6fffb2..42926dde 100644
--- a/dynamodb/pom.xml
+++ b/dynamodb/pom.xml
@@ -1,77 +1,77 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!-- 
 Copyright (c) 2012 - 2016 YCSB contributors. All rights reserved.
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you
 may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You
 may obtain a copy of the License at
 
 http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 
 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
 implied. See the License for the specific language governing
 permissions and limitations under the License. See accompanying
 LICENSE file.
 -->
 
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
     <artifactId>binding-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.0-RC3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-RC3</version>
     <relativePath>../binding-parent</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>dynamodb-binding</artifactId>
   <name>DynamoDB DB Binding</name>
 
   <properties>
     <checkstyle.failOnViolation>false</checkstyle.failOnViolation>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
       <artifactId>aws-java-sdk</artifactId>
       <version>1.10.48</version>
   </dependency>
   <dependency>
      <groupId>log4j</groupId>
      <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
      <version>1.2.17</version>
   </dependency>
   <dependency>
       <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
       <artifactId>core</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <build>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
         <version>2.15</version>
         <configuration>
           <consoleOutput>true</consoleOutput>
           <configLocation>../checkstyle.xml</configLocation>
           <failOnViolation>true</failOnViolation>
           <failsOnError>true</failsOnError>
         </configuration>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>validate</id>
             <phase>validate</phase>
             <goals>
               <goal>checkstyle</goal>
             </goals>
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/elasticsearch/pom.xml b/elasticsearch/pom.xml
index d8f1a494..4e3a7779 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/pom.xml
+++ b/elasticsearch/pom.xml
@@ -1,60 +1,60 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!-- 
 Copyright (c) 2012 - 2016 YCSB contributors. All rights reserved.
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you
 may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You
 may obtain a copy of the License at
 
 http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 
 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
 implied. See the License for the specific language governing
 permissions and limitations under the License. See accompanying
 LICENSE file.
 -->
 
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
         <artifactId>binding-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.8.0-RC3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.8.0-RC3</version>
         <relativePath>../binding-parent</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>elasticsearch-binding</artifactId>
     <name>Elasticsearch Binding</name>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <properties>
         <elasticsearch-version>2.3.1</elasticsearch-version>
     </properties>
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
         <!-- jna is supported in ES and will be used when provided 
              otherwise a fallback is used -->    
             <groupId>net.java.dev.jna</groupId>
             <artifactId>jna</artifactId>
             <version>4.1.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
             <artifactId>core</artifactId>
             <version>${project.version}</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.elasticsearch</groupId>
             <artifactId>elasticsearch</artifactId>
             <version>${elasticsearch-version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.testng</groupId>
             <artifactId>testng</artifactId>
             <version>6.1.1</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/geode/pom.xml b/geode/pom.xml
index e0784b5f..b5b2ad2d 100644
--- a/geode/pom.xml
+++ b/geode/pom.xml
@@ -1,74 +1,74 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!-- 
 Copyright (c) 2012 - 2016 YCSB contributors. All rights reserved.
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you
 may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You
 may obtain a copy of the License at
 
 http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 
 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
 implied. See the License for the specific language governing
 permissions and limitations under the License. See accompanying
 LICENSE file.
 -->
 
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
     <artifactId>binding-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.0-RC3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-RC3</version>
     <relativePath>../binding-parent</relativePath>
   </parent>
   
   <artifactId>geode-binding</artifactId>
   <name>Geode DB Binding</name>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <properties>
     <checkstyle.failOnViolation>false</checkstyle.failOnViolation>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.geode</groupId>
       <artifactId>gemfire-core</artifactId>
       <version>${geode.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
       <artifactId>core</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <build>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
         <version>2.15</version>
         <configuration>
           <consoleOutput>true</consoleOutput>
           <configLocation>../checkstyle.xml</configLocation>
           <failOnViolation>true</failOnViolation>
           <failsOnError>true</failsOnError>
         </configuration>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>validate</id>
             <phase>validate</phase>
             <goals>
               <goal>checkstyle</goal>
             </goals>
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
   
 </project>
diff --git a/googledatastore/pom.xml b/googledatastore/pom.xml
index 8b533e79..f55689ce 100644
--- a/googledatastore/pom.xml
+++ b/googledatastore/pom.xml
@@ -1,50 +1,50 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!-- 
 Copyright (c) 2015-2016 YCSB contributors. All rights reserved.
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you
 may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You
 may obtain a copy of the License at
 
 http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 
 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
 implied. See the License for the specific language governing
 permissions and limitations under the License. See accompanying
 LICENSE file.
 -->
 
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
     <artifactId>binding-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.0-RC3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-RC3</version>
     <relativePath>../binding-parent</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>googledatastore-binding</artifactId>
   <name>Google Cloud Datastore Binding</name>
   <url>https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/google-cloud-datastore</url>
 
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.apis</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-api-services-datastore-protobuf</artifactId>
       <version>v1beta2-rev1-3.0.2</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
       <version>1.2.17</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
       <artifactId>core</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/hbase094/pom.xml b/hbase094/pom.xml
index 6ac5393b..6fece019 100644
--- a/hbase094/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase094/pom.xml
@@ -1,68 +1,68 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
 Copyright (c) 2012 - 2015 YCSB contributors. All rights reserved.
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you
 may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You
 may obtain a copy of the License at
 
 http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 
 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
 implied. See the License for the specific language governing
 permissions and limitations under the License. See accompanying
 LICENSE file.
 -->
 
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
     <artifactId>binding-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.0-RC3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-RC3</version>
     <relativePath>../binding-parent/</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>hbase094-binding</artifactId>
   <name>HBase 0.94.x DB Binding</name>
 
   <dependencies>
     <!-- This binding is identical to the HBase 0.98, other than dependencies. -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
       <artifactId>hbase</artifactId>
       <version>${hbase094.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-core</artifactId>
       <version>1.0.4</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
       <artifactId>hbase098-binding</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
       <exclusions>
       <!-- HBase 0.98.0 depends on hbase-client, HBase 0.94.0 on hbase.
            Override all dependencies. -->
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>*</groupId>
           <artifactId>*</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
       <version>1.7.12</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
       <artifactId>core</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/hbase098/pom.xml b/hbase098/pom.xml
index bc7aed79..b2a1382d 100644
--- a/hbase098/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase098/pom.xml
@@ -1,48 +1,48 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
 Copyright (c) 2012 - 2016 YCSB contributors. All rights reserved.
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you
 may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You
 may obtain a copy of the License at
 
 http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 
 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
 implied. See the License for the specific language governing
 permissions and limitations under the License. See accompanying
 LICENSE file.
 -->
 
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
     <artifactId>binding-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.0-RC3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-RC3</version>
     <relativePath>../binding-parent/</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>hbase098-binding</artifactId>
   <name>HBase 0.98.x DB Binding</name>
 
   <properties>
     <checkstyle.failOnViolation>false</checkstyle.failOnViolation>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
       <artifactId>hbase-client</artifactId>
       <version>${hbase098.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
       <artifactId>core</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/hbase10/pom.xml b/hbase10/pom.xml
index 8d581155..3da0a6b2 100644
--- a/hbase10/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase10/pom.xml
@@ -1,56 +1,56 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
 Copyright (c) 2012 - 2016 YCSB contributors. All rights reserved.
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you
 may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You
 may obtain a copy of the License at
 
 http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 
 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
 implied. See the License for the specific language governing
 permissions and limitations under the License. See accompanying
 LICENSE file.
 -->
 
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
     <artifactId>binding-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.0-RC3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-RC3</version>
     <relativePath>../binding-parent/</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>hbase10-binding</artifactId>
   <name>HBase 1.0 DB Binding</name>
 
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
       <artifactId>hbase-client</artifactId>
       <version>${hbase10.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
       <artifactId>core</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
       <version>4.12</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
       <artifactId>hbase-testing-util</artifactId>
       <version>${hbase10.version}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/hypertable/pom.xml b/hypertable/pom.xml
index c00b3312..f97678b9 100644
--- a/hypertable/pom.xml
+++ b/hypertable/pom.xml
@@ -1,85 +1,85 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!-- 
 Copyright (c) 2012 - 2016 YCSB contributors. All rights reserved.
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you
 may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You
 may obtain a copy of the License at
 
 http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 
 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
 implied. See the License for the specific language governing
 permissions and limitations under the License. See accompanying
 LICENSE file.
 -->
 
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
     <artifactId>binding-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.0-RC3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-RC3</version>
     <relativePath>../binding-parent</relativePath>
   </parent>
   
   <artifactId>hypertable-binding</artifactId>
   <name>Hypertable DB Binding</name>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <properties>
     <checkstyle.failOnViolation>false</checkstyle.failOnViolation>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
       <artifactId>core</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.thrift</groupId>
       <artifactId>libthrift</artifactId>
       <version>${thrift.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.hypertable</groupId>
       <artifactId>hypertable</artifactId>
       <version>${hypertable.version}</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <build>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
         <version>2.15</version>
         <configuration>
           <consoleOutput>true</consoleOutput>
           <configLocation>../checkstyle.xml</configLocation>
           <failOnViolation>true</failOnViolation>
           <failsOnError>true</failsOnError>
         </configuration>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>validate</id>
             <phase>validate</phase>
             <goals>
               <goal>checkstyle</goal>
             </goals>
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 
   <repositories>
     <repository>
       <id>clojars.org</id>
       <url>http://clojars.org/repo</url>
     </repository>
   </repositories>
 </project>
diff --git a/infinispan/pom.xml b/infinispan/pom.xml
index dff279e2..7cea1bdc 100644
--- a/infinispan/pom.xml
+++ b/infinispan/pom.xml
@@ -1,78 +1,78 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!-- 
 Copyright (c) 2012 - 2016 YCSB contributors. All rights reserved.
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you
 may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You
 may obtain a copy of the License at
 
 http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 
 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
 implied. See the License for the specific language governing
 permissions and limitations under the License. See accompanying
 LICENSE file.
 -->
 
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
     <artifactId>binding-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.0-RC3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-RC3</version>
     <relativePath>../binding-parent</relativePath>
   </parent>
   
   <artifactId>infinispan-binding</artifactId>
   <name>Infinispan DB Binding</name>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <properties>
     <checkstyle.failOnViolation>false</checkstyle.failOnViolation>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.infinispan</groupId>
       <artifactId>infinispan-client-hotrod</artifactId>
       <version>${infinispan.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.infinispan</groupId>
       <artifactId>infinispan-core</artifactId>
       <version>${infinispan.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
       <artifactId>core</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <build>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
         <version>2.15</version>
         <configuration>
           <consoleOutput>true</consoleOutput>
           <configLocation>../checkstyle.xml</configLocation>
           <failOnViolation>true</failOnViolation>
           <failsOnError>true</failsOnError>
         </configuration>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>validate</id>
             <phase>validate</phase>
             <goals>
               <goal>checkstyle</goal>
             </goals>
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/jdbc/pom.xml b/jdbc/pom.xml
index 04b1c2a3..e080aa84 100644
--- a/jdbc/pom.xml
+++ b/jdbc/pom.xml
@@ -1,57 +1,57 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!-- 
 Copyright (c) 2012 - 2016 YCSB contributors. All rights reserved.
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you
 may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You
 may obtain a copy of the License at
 
 http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 
 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
 implied. See the License for the specific language governing
 permissions and limitations under the License. See accompanying
 LICENSE file.
 -->
 
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
     <artifactId>binding-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.0-RC3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-RC3</version>
     <relativePath>../binding-parent</relativePath>
   </parent>
   
   <artifactId>jdbc-binding</artifactId>
   <name>JDBC DB Binding</name>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.openjpa</groupId>
       <artifactId>openjpa-jdbc</artifactId>
       <version>${openjpa.jdbc.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
       <artifactId>core</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
       <version>4.12</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.hsqldb</groupId>
       <artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
       <version>2.3.3</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/kudu/pom.xml b/kudu/pom.xml
index 1499437c..7d461035 100644
--- a/kudu/pom.xml
+++ b/kudu/pom.xml
@@ -1,58 +1,58 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
 Copyright (c) 2015-2016 YCSB contributors. All rights reserved.
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you
 may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You
 may obtain a copy of the License at
 
 http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 
 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
 implied. See the License for the specific language governing
 permissions and limitations under the License. See accompanying
 LICENSE file.
 -->
 
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
     <artifactId>binding-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.0-RC3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-RC3</version>
     <relativePath>../binding-parent</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>kudu-binding</artifactId>
   <name>Kudu DB Binding</name>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.kududb</groupId>
       <artifactId>kudu-client</artifactId>
       <version>${kudu.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
       <artifactId>core</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <repositories>
     <repository>
       <releases>
         <enabled>true</enabled>
       </releases>
       <snapshots>
         <enabled>false</enabled>
       </snapshots>
       <id>cloudera-repo</id>
       <name>Cloudera Releases</name>
       <url>https://repository.cloudera.com/artifactory/cloudera-repos</url>
     </repository>
   </repositories>
 </project>
diff --git a/mapkeeper/pom.xml b/mapkeeper/pom.xml
index 8bf223e3..5b905fe9 100644
--- a/mapkeeper/pom.xml
+++ b/mapkeeper/pom.xml
@@ -1,52 +1,52 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!-- 
 Copyright (c) 2012 - 2015 YCSB contributors. All rights reserved.
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you
 may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You
 may obtain a copy of the License at
 
 http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 
 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
 implied. See the License for the specific language governing
 permissions and limitations under the License. See accompanying
 LICENSE file.
 -->
 
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
     <artifactId>binding-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.0-RC3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-RC3</version>
     <relativePath>../binding-parent</relativePath>
   </parent>
   
   <artifactId>mapkeeper-binding</artifactId>
   <name>Mapkeeper DB Binding</name>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <dependencies>
      <dependency>
        <groupId>com.yahoo.mapkeeper</groupId>
        <artifactId>mapkeeper</artifactId>
        <version>${mapkeeper.version}</version>
      </dependency>
      <dependency>
        <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
        <artifactId>core</artifactId>
        <version>${project.version}</version>
        <scope>provided</scope>
      </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <repositories>
     <repository>
       <id>mapkeeper-releases</id>
       <url>https://raw.github.com/m1ch1/m1ch1-mvn-repo/master/releases</url>
     </repository>
   </repositories>	
 
 </project>
diff --git a/memcached/pom.xml b/memcached/pom.xml
index ebd50e9f..8ac972e7 100644
--- a/memcached/pom.xml
+++ b/memcached/pom.xml
@@ -1,78 +1,78 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!-- 
 Copyright (c) 2014-2016 YCSB contributors. All rights reserved.
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you
 may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You
 may obtain a copy of the License at
 
 http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 
 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
 implied. See the License for the specific language governing
 permissions and limitations under the License. See accompanying
 LICENSE file.
 -->
 
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
     <artifactId>binding-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.0-RC3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-RC3</version>
     <relativePath>../binding-parent</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>memcached-binding</artifactId>
   <name>memcached binding</name>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
       <version>1.2.17</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
       <artifactId>core</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId>
       <artifactId>jackson-mapper-asl</artifactId>
       <version>1.9.13</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>net.spy</groupId>
       <artifactId>spymemcached</artifactId>
       <version>2.11.4</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
         <version>${maven.assembly.version}</version>
         <configuration>
           <descriptorRefs>
             <descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
           </descriptorRefs>
           <appendAssemblyId>false</appendAssemblyId>
         </configuration>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <phase>package</phase>
             <goals>
               <goal>single</goal>
             </goals>
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/mongodb/pom.xml b/mongodb/pom.xml
index b2235e64..3f36f8ef 100644
--- a/mongodb/pom.xml
+++ b/mongodb/pom.xml
@@ -1,82 +1,82 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!-- 
 Copyright (c) 2012 - 2016 YCSB contributors. All rights reserved.
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you
 may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You
 may obtain a copy of the License at
 
 http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 
 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
 implied. See the License for the specific language governing
 permissions and limitations under the License. See accompanying
 LICENSE file.
 -->
 
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
   xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
     <artifactId>binding-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.0-RC3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-RC3</version>
     <relativePath>../binding-parent</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>mongodb-binding</artifactId>
   <name>MongoDB Binding</name>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.mongodb</groupId>
       <artifactId>mongo-java-driver</artifactId>
       <version>${mongodb.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.allanbank</groupId>
       <artifactId>mongodb-async-driver</artifactId>
       <version>${mongodb.async.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
       <artifactId>core</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
       <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
       <version>1.1.2</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
       <version>4.12</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <repositories>
     <repository>
       <releases>
         <enabled>true</enabled>
         <updatePolicy>always</updatePolicy>
         <checksumPolicy>warn</checksumPolicy>
       </releases>
       <snapshots>
         <enabled>false</enabled>
         <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
         <checksumPolicy>fail</checksumPolicy>
       </snapshots>
       <id>allanbank</id>
       <name>Allanbank Releases</name>
       <url>http://www.allanbank.com/repo/</url>
       <layout>default</layout>
     </repository>
   </repositories>
 </project>
diff --git a/nosqldb/pom.xml b/nosqldb/pom.xml
index 67e9b1a0..2e696abe 100644
--- a/nosqldb/pom.xml
+++ b/nosqldb/pom.xml
@@ -1,45 +1,45 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!-- 
 Copyright (c) 2012 - 2016 YCSB contributors. All rights reserved.
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you
 may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You
 may obtain a copy of the License at
 
 http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 
 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
 implied. See the License for the specific language governing
 permissions and limitations under the License. See accompanying
 LICENSE file.
 -->
 
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
     <artifactId>binding-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.0-RC3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-RC3</version>
     <relativePath>../binding-parent</relativePath>
   </parent>
   
   <artifactId>nosqldb-binding</artifactId>
   <name>Oracle NoSQL Database Binding</name>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.oracle.kv</groupId>
       <artifactId>oracle-nosql-client</artifactId>
       <version>3.0.5</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
       <artifactId>core</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/orientdb/pom.xml b/orientdb/pom.xml
index c6063ba4..314afd5e 100644
--- a/orientdb/pom.xml
+++ b/orientdb/pom.xml
@@ -1,62 +1,62 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!-- 
 Copyright (c) 2012 - 2016 YCSB contributors. All rights reserved.
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you
 may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You
 may obtain a copy of the License at
 
 http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 
 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
 implied. See the License for the specific language governing
 permissions and limitations under the License. See accompanying
 LICENSE file.
 -->
 
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
     <artifactId>binding-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.0-RC3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-RC3</version>
     <relativePath>../binding-parent</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>orientdb-binding</artifactId>
   <name>OrientDB Binding</name>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <repositories>
     <repository>
       <id>sonatype-nexus-snapshots</id>
       <name>Sonatype Nexus Snapshots</name>
       <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
     </repository>
   </repositories>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
       <artifactId>core</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.orientechnologies</groupId>
       <artifactId>orientdb-client</artifactId>
       <version>${orientdb.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
       <version>4.12</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
       <version>1.7.10</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2bd8bf5e..99f699c8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,170 +1,170 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!-- 
 Copyright (c) 2012 - 2016 YCSB contributors. All rights reserved.
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you
 may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You
 may obtain a copy of the License at
 
 http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 
 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
 implied. See the License for the specific language governing
 permissions and limitations under the License. See accompanying
 LICENSE file.
 -->
 
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
   <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
   <artifactId>root</artifactId>
-  <version>0.8.0-RC3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.8.0-RC3</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <name>YCSB Root</name>
 
   <description>
     This is the top level project that builds, packages the core and all the DB bindings for YCSB infrastructure.
   </description>
 
   <scm>
     <connection>scm:git:git://github.com/brianfrankcooper/YCSB.git</connection>
     <tag>master</tag>
     <url>https://github.com/brianfrankcooper/YCSB</url>
   </scm>
   <dependencyManagement>
     <dependencies>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>checkstyle</groupId>
         <artifactId>checkstyle</artifactId>
         <version>5.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.jdom</groupId>
         <artifactId>jdom</artifactId>
         <version>1.1</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.collections</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-collections</artifactId>
         <version>1.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <!--
       Nail down slf4j version to 1.6 so that it defaults to no-op logger.
       http://www.slf4j.org/codes.html#StaticLoggerBinder
       -->
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
         <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
         <version>1.6.4</version>
       </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
 
   <!-- Properties Management -->
   <properties>
     <maven.assembly.version>2.5.5</maven.assembly.version>
     <maven.dependency.version>2.10</maven.dependency.version>
     <hbase094.version>0.94.27</hbase094.version>
     <hbase098.version>0.98.14-hadoop2</hbase098.version>
     <hbase10.version>1.0.2</hbase10.version>
     <accumulo.version>1.6.0</accumulo.version>
     <cassandra.version>1.2.9</cassandra.version>
     <cassandra.cql.version>1.0.3</cassandra.cql.version>
     <cassandra2.cql.version>3.0.0</cassandra2.cql.version>
     <geode.version>1.0.0-incubating.M1</geode.version>
     <infinispan.version>7.2.2.Final</infinispan.version>
     <kudu.version>0.6.0</kudu.version>
     <openjpa.jdbc.version>2.1.1</openjpa.jdbc.version>
     <!--<mapkeeper.version>1.0</mapkeeper.version>-->
     <mongodb.version>3.0.3</mongodb.version>
     <mongodb.async.version>2.0.1</mongodb.async.version>
     <orientdb.version>2.1.8</orientdb.version>
     <redis.version>2.0.0</redis.version>
     <s3.version>1.10.20</s3.version>
     <voldemort.version>0.81</voldemort.version>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <thrift.version>0.8.0</thrift.version>
     <hypertable.version>0.9.5.6</hypertable.version>
     <couchbase.version>1.4.10</couchbase.version>
     <tarantool.version>1.6.5</tarantool.version>
     <aerospike.version>3.1.2</aerospike.version>
     <solr.version>5.4.0</solr.version>
   </properties>
 
   <modules>
     <!-- our internals -->
     <module>core</module>
     <module>binding-parent</module>
     <!-- all the datastore bindings, lex sorted please -->
     <module>accumulo</module>
     <module>aerospike</module>
     <module>cassandra</module>
     <module>cassandra2</module>
     <module>couchbase</module>
     <module>distribution</module>
     <module>dynamodb</module>
     <module>elasticsearch</module>
     <module>geode</module>
     <module>googledatastore</module>
     <module>hbase094</module>
     <module>hbase098</module>
     <module>hbase10</module>
     <module>hypertable</module>
     <module>infinispan</module>
     <module>jdbc</module>
     <module>kudu</module>
     <!--<module>mapkeeper</module>-->
     <module>memcached</module>
     <module>mongodb</module>
     <module>nosqldb</module>
     <module>orientdb</module>
     <module>redis</module>
     <module>s3</module>
     <module>solr</module>
     <module>tarantool</module>
     <!--<module>voldemort</module>-->
   </modules>
 
   <build>
     <pluginManagement>
       <plugins>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
           <version>2.15</version>
         </plugin>
       </plugins>
     </pluginManagement>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
         <version>3.3</version>
         <configuration>
           <source>1.7</source>
           <target>1.7</target>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>validate</id>
             <phase>validate</phase>
             <goals>
               <goal>check</goal>
             </goals>
             <configuration>
               <configLocation>checkstyle.xml</configLocation>
             </configuration>
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/redis/pom.xml b/redis/pom.xml
index 2a18eed0..187d0705 100644
--- a/redis/pom.xml
+++ b/redis/pom.xml
@@ -1,45 +1,45 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!-- 
 Copyright (c) 2012 - 2016 YCSB contributors. All rights reserved.
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you
 may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You
 may obtain a copy of the License at
 
 http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 
 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
 implied. See the License for the specific language governing
 permissions and limitations under the License. See accompanying
 LICENSE file.
 -->
 
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
     <artifactId>binding-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.0-RC3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-RC3</version>
     <relativePath>../binding-parent</relativePath>
   </parent>
   
   <artifactId>redis-binding</artifactId>
   <name>Redis DB Binding</name>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>redis.clients</groupId>
       <artifactId>jedis</artifactId>
       <version>${redis.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
       <artifactId>core</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/s3/pom.xml b/s3/pom.xml
index 23ab32bb..35440a6c 100644
--- a/s3/pom.xml
+++ b/s3/pom.xml
@@ -1,44 +1,44 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!-- 
 Copyright (c) 2015-2016 YCSB contributors. All rights reserved.
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you
 may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You
 may obtain a copy of the License at
 http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
 implied. See the License for the specific language governing
 permissions and limitations under the License. See accompanying
 LICENSE file.
 -->
 
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
         <artifactId>binding-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.8.0-RC3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.8.0-RC3</version>
         <relativePath>../binding-parent</relativePath>
     </parent>
   
   <artifactId>s3-binding</artifactId>
   <name>S3 Storage Binding</name>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
 	<groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
 	<artifactId>aws-java-sdk-s3</artifactId>
 	<version>${s3.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
             <artifactId>core</artifactId>
             <version>${project.version}</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
    </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/solr/pom.xml b/solr/pom.xml
index def2b725..76421f9d 100644
--- a/solr/pom.xml
+++ b/solr/pom.xml
@@ -1,59 +1,59 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!-- 
 Copyright (c) 2012 - 2016 YCSB contributors. 
 All rights reserved. 
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you 
 may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You 
 may obtain a copy of the License at 
 	
 http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 
 
 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 
 distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 
 WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or 
 implied. See the License for the specific language governing 
 permissions and limitations under the License. See accompanying 
 LICENSE file. 
 -->
 
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
 	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
 		<artifactId>binding-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>0.8.0-RC3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>0.8.0-RC3</version>
 		<relativePath>../binding-parent</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>solr-binding</artifactId>
 	<name>Solr Binding</name>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 
 	<dependencies>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
 			<artifactId>core</artifactId>
 			<version>${project.version}</version>
 			<scope>provided</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.solr</groupId>
 			<artifactId>solr-solrj</artifactId>
 			<version>${solr.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
       <version>1.7.10</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.solr</groupId>
       <artifactId>solr-test-framework</artifactId>
       <version>${solr.version}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/tarantool/pom.xml b/tarantool/pom.xml
index 8f5b9cf5..7bdf37d2 100644
--- a/tarantool/pom.xml
+++ b/tarantool/pom.xml
@@ -1,75 +1,75 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
 Copyright (c) 2015-2016 YCSB contributors. All rights reserved.
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you
 may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You
 may obtain a copy of the License at
 
 http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 
 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
 implied. See the License for the specific language governing
 permissions and limitations under the License. See accompanying
 LICENSE file.
 -->
 
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
     <artifactId>binding-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.0-RC3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-RC3</version>
     <relativePath>../binding-parent/</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>tarantool-binding</artifactId>
   <name>Tarantool DB Binding</name>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <properties>
     <checkstyle.failOnViolation>false</checkstyle.failOnViolation>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.tarantool</groupId>
       <artifactId>connector</artifactId>
       <version>${tarantool.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
       <artifactId>core</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
         <version>2.15</version>
         <configuration>
           <consoleOutput>true</consoleOutput>
           <configLocation>../checkstyle.xml</configLocation>
           <failOnViolation>true</failOnViolation>
           <failsOnError>true</failsOnError>
         </configuration>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>validate</id>
             <phase>validate</phase>
             <goals>
               <goal>checkstyle</goal>
             </goals>
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/voldemort/pom.xml b/voldemort/pom.xml
index 41e9cf38..79216a52 100644
--- a/voldemort/pom.xml
+++ b/voldemort/pom.xml
@@ -1,51 +1,51 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!-- 
 Copyright (c) 2012 - 2016 YCSB contributors. All rights reserved.
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you
 may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You
 may obtain a copy of the License at
 
 http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 
 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
 implied. See the License for the specific language governing
 permissions and limitations under the License. See accompanying
 LICENSE file.
 -->
 
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
 	
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
     <artifactId>binding-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.0-RC3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0-RC3</version>
     <relativePath>../binding-parent</relativePath>
    </parent>
   
    <artifactId>voldemort-binding</artifactId>
    <name>Voldemort DB Binding</name>
    <packaging>jar</packaging>
 	
    <dependencies>
      <dependency>
        <groupId>voldemort</groupId>
        <artifactId>voldemort</artifactId>
        <version>${voldemort.version}</version>
      </dependency>
      <dependency>
        <groupId>log4j</groupId>
        <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
        <version>1.2.16</version>
      </dependency>
      <dependency>
        <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
        <artifactId>core</artifactId>
        <version>${project.version}</version>
        <scope>provided</scope>
      </dependency>
    </dependencies>
 </project>