diff --git a/org.eclipse.egit.github.core.tests/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/org.eclipse.egit.github.core.tests/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 24bb66a..a184fad 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.egit.github.core.tests/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/org.eclipse.egit.github.core.tests/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Bundle-Name: %Bundle-Name
 Automatic-Module-Name: org.eclipse.egit.github.core.tests
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.egit.github.core.tests
-Bundle-Version: 5.12.0.qualifier
+Bundle-Version: 5.12.0.202106021050-rc1
 Bundle-Localization: plugin
 Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-1.8
 Import-Package: com.google.gson;version="[1.6.0,3.0.0]",
diff --git a/org.eclipse.egit.github.core.tests/pom.xml b/org.eclipse.egit.github.core.tests/pom.xml
index 882c494..06330ba 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.egit.github.core.tests/pom.xml
+++ b/org.eclipse.egit.github.core.tests/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
    <parent>
        <groupId>org.eclipse.mylyn.github</groupId>
        <artifactId>github-parent</artifactId>
-       <version>5.12.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+       <version>5.12.0.202106021050-rc1</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>org.eclipse.egit.github.core.tests</artifactId>
diff --git a/org.eclipse.egit.github.core/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/org.eclipse.egit.github.core/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 9b294bc..9cf6dc1 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.egit.github.core/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/org.eclipse.egit.github.core/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 Bundle-Name: %Bundle-Name
 Automatic-Module-Name: org.eclipse.egit.github.core
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.egit.github.core
-Bundle-Version: 5.12.0.qualifier
+Bundle-Version: 5.12.0.202106021050-rc1
 Bundle-Vendor: %Bundle-Vendor
 Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-1.8
 Import-Package: com.google.gson;version="[1.6.0,3.0.0)",
diff --git a/org.eclipse.egit.github.core/META-INF/SOURCE-MANIFEST.MF b/org.eclipse.egit.github.core/META-INF/SOURCE-MANIFEST.MF
index 14d9f08..e5462f4 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.egit.github.core/META-INF/SOURCE-MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/org.eclipse.egit.github.core/META-INF/SOURCE-MANIFEST.MF
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
 Bundle-Name: EGit GitHub API Core
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.egit.github.core
-Bundle-Version: 5.12.0.qualifier
+Bundle-Version: 5.12.0.202106021050-rc1
 Bundle-Vendor: Eclipse EGit
 Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-1.8
 Import-Package: com.google.gson;version="[1.6.0,3.0.0)",
diff --git a/org.eclipse.egit.github.core/pom-jar.xml b/org.eclipse.egit.github.core/pom-jar.xml
index e63308b..9632695 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.egit.github.core/pom-jar.xml
+++ b/org.eclipse.egit.github.core/pom-jar.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 	<groupId>org.eclipse.mylyn.github</groupId>
 	<artifactId>org.eclipse.egit.github.core</artifactId>
-	<version>5.12.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>5.12.0.202106021050-rc1</version>
 
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.sonatype.oss</groupId>
diff --git a/org.eclipse.egit.github.core/pom.xml b/org.eclipse.egit.github.core/pom.xml
index dab748a..44f927a 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.egit.github.core/pom.xml
+++ b/org.eclipse.egit.github.core/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.eclipse.mylyn.github</groupId>
         <artifactId>github-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>5.12.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>5.12.0.202106021050-rc1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/org.eclipse.mylyn.github-feature/feature.xml b/org.eclipse.mylyn.github-feature/feature.xml
index 7f7890f..e86d273 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.mylyn.github-feature/feature.xml
+++ b/org.eclipse.mylyn.github-feature/feature.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <feature
       id="org.eclipse.mylyn.github.feature"
       label="%featureName"
-      version="5.12.0.qualifier"
+      version="5.12.0.202106021050-rc1"
       provider-name="%providerName"
       plugin="org.eclipse.egit"
       license-feature="org.eclipse.license"
diff --git a/org.eclipse.mylyn.github-feature/pom.xml b/org.eclipse.mylyn.github-feature/pom.xml
index f322ee9..23e97bd 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.mylyn.github-feature/pom.xml
+++ b/org.eclipse.mylyn.github-feature/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>github-parent</artifactId>
 		<groupId>org.eclipse.mylyn.github</groupId>
-		<version>5.12.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>5.12.0.202106021050-rc1</version>
 	</parent>
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <artifactId>org.eclipse.mylyn.github.feature</artifactId>
diff --git a/org.eclipse.mylyn.github-site/pom.xml b/org.eclipse.mylyn.github-site/pom.xml
index bca274f..8d18c64 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.mylyn.github-site/pom.xml
+++ b/org.eclipse.mylyn.github-site/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.eclipse.mylyn.github</groupId>
     <artifactId>github-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>5.12.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>5.12.0.202106021050-rc1</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>github-updatesite</artifactId>
diff --git a/org.eclipse.mylyn.github.core/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/org.eclipse.mylyn.github.core/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index c1113df..4aee0fa 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.mylyn.github.core/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/org.eclipse.mylyn.github.core/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 Bundle-Name: %Bundle-Name
 Automatic-Module-Name: org.eclipse.mylyn.github.core
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.mylyn.github.core;singleton:=true
-Bundle-Version: 5.12.0.qualifier
+Bundle-Version: 5.12.0.202106021050-rc1
 Bundle-Vendor: %Bundle-Vendor
 Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-1.8
 Export-Package: org.eclipse.mylyn.internal.github.core;version="5.12.0";x-friends:="org.eclipse.mylyn.github.ui",
diff --git a/org.eclipse.mylyn.github.core/pom.xml b/org.eclipse.mylyn.github.core/pom.xml
index 0a72d56..e178c31 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.mylyn.github.core/pom.xml
+++ b/org.eclipse.mylyn.github.core/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.eclipse.mylyn.github</groupId>
         <artifactId>github-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>5.12.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>5.12.0.202106021050-rc1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/org.eclipse.mylyn.github.doc/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/org.eclipse.mylyn.github.doc/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 2497d2d..1fbfe55 100755
--- a/org.eclipse.mylyn.github.doc/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/org.eclipse.mylyn.github.doc/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
 Bundle-Name: %Bundle-Name
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.mylyn.github.doc;singleton:=true
-Bundle-Version: 5.12.0.qualifier
+Bundle-Version: 5.12.0.202106021050-rc1
 Bundle-Vendor: %Bundle-Vendor
diff --git a/org.eclipse.mylyn.github.doc/pom.xml b/org.eclipse.mylyn.github.doc/pom.xml
index 7d799bf..b82d9ff 100755
--- a/org.eclipse.mylyn.github.doc/pom.xml
+++ b/org.eclipse.mylyn.github.doc/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
      <groupId>org.eclipse.mylyn.github</groupId>
      <artifactId>github-parent</artifactId>
-     <version>5.12.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+     <version>5.12.0.202106021050-rc1</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>org.eclipse.mylyn.github.doc</artifactId>
diff --git a/org.eclipse.mylyn.github.target/pom.xml b/org.eclipse.mylyn.github.target/pom.xml
index 085459d..9c1981c 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.mylyn.github.target/pom.xml
+++ b/org.eclipse.mylyn.github.target/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>github-parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.eclipse.mylyn.github</groupId>
-    <version>5.12.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>5.12.0.202106021050-rc1</version>
   </parent>
 
   <properties>
diff --git a/org.eclipse.mylyn.github.tests/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/org.eclipse.mylyn.github.tests/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 6c931bc..9724778 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.mylyn.github.tests/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/org.eclipse.mylyn.github.tests/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Bundle-Name: Eclipse EGit Mylyn GitHub Tests
 Automatic-Module-Name: org.eclipse.mylyn.github.tests
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.mylyn.github.tests
-Bundle-Version: 5.12.0.qualifier
+Bundle-Version: 5.12.0.202106021050-rc1
 Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-1.8
 Require-Bundle: org.eclipse.jface.text;bundle-version="[3.11.0,4.0.0)",
  org.eclipse.mylyn.tasks.core;bundle-version="[3.20.0,4.0.0)",
diff --git a/org.eclipse.mylyn.github.tests/pom.xml b/org.eclipse.mylyn.github.tests/pom.xml
index 206056a..39c61fe 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.mylyn.github.tests/pom.xml
+++ b/org.eclipse.mylyn.github.tests/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
    <parent>
        <groupId>org.eclipse.mylyn.github</groupId>
        <artifactId>github-parent</artifactId>
-       <version>5.12.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+       <version>5.12.0.202106021050-rc1</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>org.eclipse.mylyn.github.tests</artifactId>
diff --git a/org.eclipse.mylyn.github.ui/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/org.eclipse.mylyn.github.ui/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index b4f121d..89cfce9 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.mylyn.github.ui/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/org.eclipse.mylyn.github.ui/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 Automatic-Module-Name: org.eclipse.mylyn.github.ui
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.mylyn.github.ui;singleton:=true
 Bundle-Activator: org.eclipse.mylyn.internal.github.ui.GitHubUi
-Bundle-Version: 5.12.0.qualifier
+Bundle-Version: 5.12.0.202106021050-rc1
 Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-1.8
 Bundle-Vendor: %Bundle-Vendor
 Bundle-Localization: plugin
diff --git a/org.eclipse.mylyn.github.ui/pom.xml b/org.eclipse.mylyn.github.ui/pom.xml
index 6b92ddc..bd054a1 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.mylyn.github.ui/pom.xml
+++ b/org.eclipse.mylyn.github.ui/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>github-parent</artifactId>
 		<groupId>org.eclipse.mylyn.github</groupId>
-		<version>5.12.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>5.12.0.202106021050-rc1</version>
 	</parent>
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <artifactId>org.eclipse.mylyn.github.ui</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b7e5ce1..8c71b38 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
   <groupId>org.eclipse.mylyn.github</groupId>
   <artifactId>github-parent</artifactId>
-  <version>5.12.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>5.12.0.202106021050-rc1</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <name>Eclipse EGit Mylyn GitHub Connector Parent</name>
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
   </licenses>
 
   <properties>
-    <egit-github-version>5.12.0-SNAPSHOT</egit-github-version>
+    <egit-github-version>5.12.0.202106021050-rc1</egit-github-version>
     <tycho-version>1.7.0</tycho-version>
     <tycho-extras-version>${tycho-version}</tycho-extras-version>
     <spotbugs-maven-plugin-version>3.1.11</spotbugs-maven-plugin-version>