diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 96074d881..d899506b5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.broadinstitute.sting</groupId>
         <artifactId>sting-root</artifactId>
-        <version>2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0</version>
         <relativePath>public/sting-root</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/protected/gatk-protected/pom.xml b/protected/gatk-protected/pom.xml
index d75c5b056..26aabd187 100644
--- a/protected/gatk-protected/pom.xml
+++ b/protected/gatk-protected/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.broadinstitute.sting</groupId>
         <artifactId>sting-aggregator</artifactId>
-        <version>2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0</version>
         <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/protected/pom.xml b/protected/pom.xml
index 4b165d477..8a9646438 100644
--- a/protected/pom.xml
+++ b/protected/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.broadinstitute.sting</groupId>
         <artifactId>sting-root</artifactId>
-        <version>2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0</version>
         <relativePath>../public/sting-root</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/public/external-example/pom.xml b/public/external-example/pom.xml
index bdfeb099f..9c05867a8 100644
--- a/public/external-example/pom.xml
+++ b/public/external-example/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <name>GATK External Example</name>
 
     <properties>
-        <sting.version>2.8-SNAPSHOT</sting.version>
+        <sting.version>3.0</sting.version>
         <!--
         sting.basedir property must point to your checkout of Sting/GATK until we can get all the
         dependencies out of the committed sting repo and into central.
diff --git a/public/gatk-framework/pom.xml b/public/gatk-framework/pom.xml
index 6b82c8618..942e59630 100644
--- a/public/gatk-framework/pom.xml
+++ b/public/gatk-framework/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.broadinstitute.sting</groupId>
         <artifactId>sting-aggregator</artifactId>
-        <version>2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0</version>
         <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/public/gatk-package/pom.xml b/public/gatk-package/pom.xml
index 9272cf983..877db5dc9 100644
--- a/public/gatk-package/pom.xml
+++ b/public/gatk-package/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.broadinstitute.sting</groupId>
         <artifactId>sting-aggregator</artifactId>
-        <version>2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0</version>
         <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/public/gatk-queue-extgen/pom.xml b/public/gatk-queue-extgen/pom.xml
index 532515ff8..99e9b23bc 100644
--- a/public/gatk-queue-extgen/pom.xml
+++ b/public/gatk-queue-extgen/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.broadinstitute.sting</groupId>
         <artifactId>sting-aggregator</artifactId>
-        <version>2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0</version>
         <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/public/gsalib/pom.xml b/public/gsalib/pom.xml
index 66845f584..a242145c2 100644
--- a/public/gsalib/pom.xml
+++ b/public/gsalib/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.broadinstitute.sting</groupId>
         <artifactId>sting-aggregator</artifactId>
-        <version>2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0</version>
         <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/public/package-tests/pom.xml b/public/package-tests/pom.xml
index 6d7e356cb..0eda2ae00 100644
--- a/public/package-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/public/package-tests/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.broadinstitute.sting</groupId>
         <artifactId>sting-root</artifactId>
-        <version>2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0</version>
         <relativePath>../sting-root</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/public/pom.xml b/public/pom.xml
index 3840b48aa..40560cfbf 100644
--- a/public/pom.xml
+++ b/public/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.broadinstitute.sting</groupId>
         <artifactId>sting-root</artifactId>
-        <version>2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0</version>
         <relativePath>sting-root</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/public/queue-framework/pom.xml b/public/queue-framework/pom.xml
index 670750fd0..2accd1175 100644
--- a/public/queue-framework/pom.xml
+++ b/public/queue-framework/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.broadinstitute.sting</groupId>
         <artifactId>sting-aggregator</artifactId>
-        <version>2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0</version>
         <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/public/queue-package/pom.xml b/public/queue-package/pom.xml
index 27b6fae6d..591f2c5bd 100644
--- a/public/queue-package/pom.xml
+++ b/public/queue-package/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.broadinstitute.sting</groupId>
         <artifactId>sting-aggregator</artifactId>
-        <version>2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0</version>
         <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/public/sting-root/pom.xml b/public/sting-root/pom.xml
index 171eb7620..00cecf981 100644
--- a/public/sting-root/pom.xml
+++ b/public/sting-root/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
     <groupId>org.broadinstitute.sting</groupId>
     <artifactId>sting-root</artifactId>
-    <version>2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.0</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <name>Sting Root</name>
 
diff --git a/public/sting-utils/pom.xml b/public/sting-utils/pom.xml
index 7d7ae87b4..6abf98515 100644
--- a/public/sting-utils/pom.xml
+++ b/public/sting-utils/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.broadinstitute.sting</groupId>
         <artifactId>sting-aggregator</artifactId>
-        <version>2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0</version>
         <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
     </parent>