diff --git a/org.eclipse.egit-feature/feature.xml b/org.eclipse.egit-feature/feature.xml
index 297ccdd..4f8640a 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.egit-feature/feature.xml
+++ b/org.eclipse.egit-feature/feature.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <feature
       id="org.eclipse.egit"
       label="%featureName"
-      version="4.4.0.qualifier"
+      version="4.4.0.201605250940-rc1"
       provider-name="%providerName"
       plugin="org.eclipse.egit"
       license-feature="org.eclipse.license"
diff --git a/org.eclipse.egit-feature/pom.xml b/org.eclipse.egit-feature/pom.xml
index 7e5e2ea..15b16db 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.egit-feature/pom.xml
+++ b/org.eclipse.egit-feature/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.eclipse.egit</groupId>
     <artifactId>egit-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.4.0.201605250940-rc1</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>org.eclipse.egit.feature</groupId>
diff --git a/org.eclipse.egit.core.test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/org.eclipse.egit.core.test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 881fa03..340676e 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.egit.core.test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/org.eclipse.egit.core.test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 Bundle-Vendor: Eclipse.org
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.egit.core.test;singleton:=true
 Fragment-Host: org.eclipse.egit.core
-Bundle-Version: 4.4.0.qualifier
+Bundle-Version: 4.4.0.201605250940-rc1
 Require-Bundle: org.eclipse.core.runtime;bundle-version="[3.4.0,4.0.0)",
  org.eclipse.core.filesystem;bundle-version="[1.1.0,2.0.0)",
  org.eclipse.core.resources;bundle-version="[3.4.0,4.0.0)",
diff --git a/org.eclipse.egit.core.test/pom.xml b/org.eclipse.egit.core.test/pom.xml
index 0cd8f81..6fbe3c9 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.egit.core.test/pom.xml
+++ b/org.eclipse.egit.core.test/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.eclipse.egit</groupId>
     <artifactId>egit-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.4.0.201605250940-rc1</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>org.eclipse.egit.core.test</artifactId>
diff --git a/org.eclipse.egit.core/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/org.eclipse.egit.core/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index c4c2fba..11486af 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.egit.core/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/org.eclipse.egit.core/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
 Bundle-Name: %plugin_name
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.egit.core;singleton:=true
-Bundle-Version: 4.4.0.qualifier
+Bundle-Version: 4.4.0.201605250940-rc1
 Bundle-Activator: org.eclipse.egit.core.Activator
 Bundle-Vendor: %provider_name
 Bundle-Localization: plugin
diff --git a/org.eclipse.egit.core/pom.xml b/org.eclipse.egit.core/pom.xml
index d9e5566..df91285 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.egit.core/pom.xml
+++ b/org.eclipse.egit.core/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.eclipse.egit</groupId>
     <artifactId>egit-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.4.0.201605250940-rc1</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>org.eclipse.egit.core</artifactId>
diff --git a/org.eclipse.egit.doc/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/org.eclipse.egit.doc/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 40024b6..12780c0 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.egit.doc/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/org.eclipse.egit.doc/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
 Bundle-Name: %Bundle-Name
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.egit.doc;singleton:=true
-Bundle-Version: 4.4.0.qualifier
+Bundle-Version: 4.4.0.201605250940-rc1
 Bundle-Vendor: %Bundle-Vendor
 Bundle-ActivationPolicy: lazy
 Bundle-Localization: plugin
diff --git a/org.eclipse.egit.doc/pom.xml b/org.eclipse.egit.doc/pom.xml
index 1f81808..51598c5 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.egit.doc/pom.xml
+++ b/org.eclipse.egit.doc/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.eclipse.egit</groupId>
     <artifactId>egit-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.4.0.201605250940-rc1</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>org.eclipse.egit.doc</artifactId>
diff --git a/org.eclipse.egit.gitflow-feature/feature.xml b/org.eclipse.egit.gitflow-feature/feature.xml
index f45994a..56a267a 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.egit.gitflow-feature/feature.xml
+++ b/org.eclipse.egit.gitflow-feature/feature.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <feature
       id="org.eclipse.egit.gitflow.feature"
       label="%featureName"
-      version="4.4.0.qualifier"
+      version="4.4.0.201605250940-rc1"
       provider-name="%providerName"
       plugin="org.eclipse.egit.gitflow"
       license-feature="org.eclipse.license"
diff --git a/org.eclipse.egit.gitflow-feature/pom.xml b/org.eclipse.egit.gitflow-feature/pom.xml
index 401fb21..24c381e 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.egit.gitflow-feature/pom.xml
+++ b/org.eclipse.egit.gitflow-feature/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.eclipse.egit</groupId>
     <artifactId>egit-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.4.0.201605250940-rc1</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>org.eclipse.egit.feature</groupId>
diff --git a/org.eclipse.egit.gitflow.test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/org.eclipse.egit.gitflow.test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 76ef720..4c6a935 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.egit.gitflow.test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/org.eclipse.egit.gitflow.test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
 Bundle-Name: GitFlow Test
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.egit.gitflow.test;singleton:=true
-Bundle-Version: 4.4.0.qualifier
+Bundle-Version: 4.4.0.201605250940-rc1
 Fragment-Host: org.eclipse.egit.gitflow
 Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-1.7
 Import-Package: org.eclipse.egit.core;version="[4.4.0,4.5.0)",
diff --git a/org.eclipse.egit.gitflow.test/pom.xml b/org.eclipse.egit.gitflow.test/pom.xml
index 838a100..a7d7b4c 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.egit.gitflow.test/pom.xml
+++ b/org.eclipse.egit.gitflow.test/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.eclipse.egit</groupId>
 		<artifactId>egit-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>4.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>4.4.0.201605250940-rc1</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>org.eclipse.egit.gitflow.test</artifactId>
diff --git a/org.eclipse.egit.gitflow.ui/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/org.eclipse.egit.gitflow.ui/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 2bba633..6bde88b 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.egit.gitflow.ui/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/org.eclipse.egit.gitflow.ui/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
 Bundle-Name: %plugin_name
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.egit.gitflow.ui;singleton:=true
-Bundle-Version: 4.4.0.qualifier
+Bundle-Version: 4.4.0.201605250940-rc1
 Bundle-Activator: org.eclipse.egit.gitflow.ui.Activator
 Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-1.7
 Bundle-ActivationPolicy: lazy
diff --git a/org.eclipse.egit.gitflow.ui/pom.xml b/org.eclipse.egit.gitflow.ui/pom.xml
index e5b1307..20e3b06 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.egit.gitflow.ui/pom.xml
+++ b/org.eclipse.egit.gitflow.ui/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.eclipse.egit</groupId>
     <artifactId>egit-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.4.0.201605250940-rc1</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>org.eclipse.egit.gitflow.ui</artifactId>
diff --git a/org.eclipse.egit.gitflow/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/org.eclipse.egit.gitflow/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index cd202c0..0e543a3 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.egit.gitflow/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/org.eclipse.egit.gitflow/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
 Bundle-Name: %plugin_name
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.egit.gitflow;singleton:=true
-Bundle-Version: 4.4.0.qualifier
+Bundle-Version: 4.4.0.201605250940-rc1
 Bundle-Vendor: %provider_name
 Bundle-Activator: org.eclipse.egit.gitflow.Activator
 Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-1.7
diff --git a/org.eclipse.egit.gitflow/pom.xml b/org.eclipse.egit.gitflow/pom.xml
index 335e0ec..78cfa21 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.egit.gitflow/pom.xml
+++ b/org.eclipse.egit.gitflow/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.eclipse.egit</groupId>
     <artifactId>egit-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.4.0.201605250940-rc1</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>org.eclipse.egit.gitflow</artifactId>
diff --git a/org.eclipse.egit.mylyn-feature/feature.xml b/org.eclipse.egit.mylyn-feature/feature.xml
index 2d34ef0..f61a5e9 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.egit.mylyn-feature/feature.xml
+++ b/org.eclipse.egit.mylyn-feature/feature.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <feature
       id="org.eclipse.egit.mylyn"
       label="%featureName"
-      version="4.4.0.qualifier"
+      version="4.4.0.201605250940-rc1"
       provider-name="%providerName"
       plugin="org.eclipse.egit"
       license-feature="org.eclipse.license"
diff --git a/org.eclipse.egit.mylyn-feature/pom.xml b/org.eclipse.egit.mylyn-feature/pom.xml
index faee241..8e10ad1 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.egit.mylyn-feature/pom.xml
+++ b/org.eclipse.egit.mylyn-feature/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.eclipse.egit</groupId>
     <artifactId>egit-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.4.0.201605250940-rc1</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>org.eclipse.egit.feature</groupId>
diff --git a/org.eclipse.egit.mylyn.ui.test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/org.eclipse.egit.mylyn.ui.test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index b35c065..296ebca 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.egit.mylyn.ui.test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/org.eclipse.egit.mylyn.ui.test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
 Bundle-Name: Git Team Provider Mylyn UI Test Fragment
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.egit.mylyn.ui.test
-Bundle-Version: 4.4.0.qualifier
+Bundle-Version: 4.4.0.201605250940-rc1
 Fragment-Host: org.eclipse.egit.mylyn.ui
 Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-1.7
 Require-Bundle: org.apache.log4j;bundle-version="[1.0.0,2.0.0)",
diff --git a/org.eclipse.egit.mylyn.ui.test/pom.xml b/org.eclipse.egit.mylyn.ui.test/pom.xml
index eb43832..e95cdc4 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.egit.mylyn.ui.test/pom.xml
+++ b/org.eclipse.egit.mylyn.ui.test/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.eclipse.egit</groupId>
     <artifactId>egit-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.4.0.201605250940-rc1</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>org.eclipse.egit.mylyn.ui.test</artifactId>
diff --git a/org.eclipse.egit.mylyn.ui/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/org.eclipse.egit.mylyn.ui/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index f0a1ada..1ac9c97 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.egit.mylyn.ui/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/org.eclipse.egit.mylyn.ui/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
 Bundle-Name: %Bundle-Name
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.egit.mylyn.ui;singleton:=true
-Bundle-Version: 4.4.0.qualifier
+Bundle-Version: 4.4.0.201605250940-rc1
 Bundle-Activator: org.eclipse.egit.internal.mylyn.ui.EGitMylynUI
 Bundle-Vendor: %Bundle-Vendor
 Require-Bundle: org.eclipse.team.core,
diff --git a/org.eclipse.egit.mylyn.ui/pom.xml b/org.eclipse.egit.mylyn.ui/pom.xml
index f1a7dca..1cb2405 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.egit.mylyn.ui/pom.xml
+++ b/org.eclipse.egit.mylyn.ui/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.eclipse.egit</groupId>
     <artifactId>egit-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.4.0.201605250940-rc1</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>org.eclipse.egit.mylyn.ui</artifactId>
diff --git a/org.eclipse.egit.repository/pom.xml b/org.eclipse.egit.repository/pom.xml
index 2408ee7..d76f183 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.egit.repository/pom.xml
+++ b/org.eclipse.egit.repository/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.eclipse.egit</groupId>
     <artifactId>egit-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.4.0.201605250940-rc1</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>org.eclipse.egit.repository</artifactId>
diff --git a/org.eclipse.egit.source-feature/feature.xml b/org.eclipse.egit.source-feature/feature.xml
index 32f3696..e859ffe 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.egit.source-feature/feature.xml
+++ b/org.eclipse.egit.source-feature/feature.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <feature
       id="org.eclipse.egit.source"
       label="%featureName"
-      version="4.4.0.qualifier"
+      version="4.4.0.201605250940-rc1"
       provider-name="%providerName"
       plugin="org.eclipse.egit"
       license-feature="org.eclipse.license"
diff --git a/org.eclipse.egit.source-feature/pom.xml b/org.eclipse.egit.source-feature/pom.xml
index 6292f7e..b9774a3 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.egit.source-feature/pom.xml
+++ b/org.eclipse.egit.source-feature/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.eclipse.egit</groupId>
     <artifactId>egit-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.4.0.201605250940-rc1</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>org.eclipse.egit.feature</groupId>
diff --git a/org.eclipse.egit.target/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/org.eclipse.egit.target/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 9bb93a2..a59010f 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.egit.target/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/org.eclipse.egit.target/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
 Bundle-Name: EGit Target Platform Bundle
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.egit.target
-Bundle-Version: 4.4.0.qualifier
+Bundle-Version: 4.4.0.201605250940-rc1
 Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-1.7
diff --git a/org.eclipse.egit.target/pom.xml b/org.eclipse.egit.target/pom.xml
index b88541e..31f2e3e 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.egit.target/pom.xml
+++ b/org.eclipse.egit.target/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.eclipse.egit</groupId>
     <artifactId>egit-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.4.0.201605250940-rc1</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/org.eclipse.egit.ui.importer.tests/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/org.eclipse.egit.ui.importer.tests/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index c4c61f4..44eeba5 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.egit.ui.importer.tests/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/org.eclipse.egit.ui.importer.tests/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
 Bundle-Name: %plugin_name
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.egit.ui.importer.tests
-Bundle-Version: 4.4.0.qualifier
+Bundle-Version: 4.4.0.201605250940-rc1
 Bundle-Vendor: %provider_name
 Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-1.7
 Bundle-Localization: plugin
diff --git a/org.eclipse.egit.ui.importer.tests/pom.xml b/org.eclipse.egit.ui.importer.tests/pom.xml
index 0918ac4..c8e3ac9 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.egit.ui.importer.tests/pom.xml
+++ b/org.eclipse.egit.ui.importer.tests/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.eclipse.egit</groupId>
-		<version>4.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>4.4.0.201605250940-rc1</version>
 		<artifactId>egit-parent</artifactId>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>org.eclipse.egit.ui.importer.tests</artifactId>
diff --git a/org.eclipse.egit.ui.smartimport/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/org.eclipse.egit.ui.smartimport/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 573f525..d4427f3 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.egit.ui.smartimport/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/org.eclipse.egit.ui.smartimport/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Bundle-Name: %fragment_name
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.egit.ui.smartimport;singleton:=true
 Fragment-Host: org.eclipse.egit.ui;bundle-version="[4.4.0,4.5.0)"
-Bundle-Version: 4.4.0.qualifier
+Bundle-Version: 4.4.0.201605250940-rc1
 Bundle-Vendor: %provider_name
 Require-Bundle: org.eclipse.ui,
  org.eclipse.core.runtime,
diff --git a/org.eclipse.egit.ui.smartimport/pom.xml b/org.eclipse.egit.ui.smartimport/pom.xml
index b6d5afe..337a7b2 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.egit.ui.smartimport/pom.xml
+++ b/org.eclipse.egit.ui.smartimport/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.eclipse.egit</groupId>
-		<version>4.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>4.4.0.201605250940-rc1</version>
 		<artifactId>egit-parent</artifactId>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>org.eclipse.egit.ui.smartimport</artifactId>
diff --git a/org.eclipse.egit.ui.test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/org.eclipse.egit.ui.test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 6954370..4c08c7f 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.egit.ui.test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/org.eclipse.egit.ui.test/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 Bundle-Vendor: Eclipse.org
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.egit.ui.test;singleton:=true
 Fragment-Host: org.eclipse.egit.ui
-Bundle-Version: 4.4.0.qualifier
+Bundle-Version: 4.4.0.201605250940-rc1
 Bundle-ActivationPolicy: lazy
 Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-1.7
 Require-Bundle: org.apache.log4j;bundle-version="[1.0.0,2.0.0)",
diff --git a/org.eclipse.egit.ui.test/pom.xml b/org.eclipse.egit.ui.test/pom.xml
index 0ed13a2..7ed65a2 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.egit.ui.test/pom.xml
+++ b/org.eclipse.egit.ui.test/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.eclipse.egit</groupId>
     <artifactId>egit-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.4.0.201605250940-rc1</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>org.eclipse.egit.ui.test</artifactId>
diff --git a/org.eclipse.egit.ui/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/org.eclipse.egit.ui/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 41c14f5..345240f 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.egit.ui/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/org.eclipse.egit.ui/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
 Bundle-Name: %plugin_name
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.egit.ui;singleton:=true
-Bundle-Version: 4.4.0.qualifier
+Bundle-Version: 4.4.0.201605250940-rc1
 Bundle-Activator: org.eclipse.egit.ui.Activator
 Bundle-Vendor: %provider_name
 Bundle-Localization: plugin
diff --git a/org.eclipse.egit.ui/pom.xml b/org.eclipse.egit.ui/pom.xml
index 5f8f9d3..199d876 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.egit.ui/pom.xml
+++ b/org.eclipse.egit.ui/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.eclipse.egit</groupId>
     <artifactId>egit-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.4.0.201605250940-rc1</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>org.eclipse.egit.ui</artifactId>
diff --git a/org.eclipse.egit/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/org.eclipse.egit/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 91baa09..3c529bc 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.egit/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/org.eclipse.egit/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
 Bundle-Name: %plugin_name
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.egit;singleton:=true
-Bundle-Version: 4.4.0.qualifier
+Bundle-Version: 4.4.0.201605250940-rc1
 Bundle-Vendor: %provider_name
 Bundle-Localization: plugin
 Bundle-ActivationPolicy: lazy
diff --git a/org.eclipse.egit/pom.xml b/org.eclipse.egit/pom.xml
index 4dba8d1..e53c575 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.egit/pom.xml
+++ b/org.eclipse.egit/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.eclipse.egit</groupId>
     <artifactId>egit-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.4.0.201605250940-rc1</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>org.eclipse.egit</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 84c7b49..940ce43 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
   <groupId>org.eclipse.egit</groupId>
   <artifactId>egit-parent</artifactId>
-  <version>4.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>4.4.0.201605250940-rc1</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <name>EGit Parent</name>
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
   </licenses>
 
   <properties>
-    <egit-version>4.4.0-SNAPSHOT</egit-version>
+    <egit-version>4.4.0.201605250940-rc1</egit-version>
     <tycho-version>0.23.0</tycho-version>
     <tycho-extras-version>${tycho-version}</tycho-extras-version>
     <jboss-tycho-plugins-version>0.22.0</jboss-tycho-plugins-version>