diff --git a/activemq-filters/pom.xml b/activemq-filters/pom.xml
index ed3c58fd..4077cbfb 100644
--- a/activemq-filters/pom.xml
+++ b/activemq-filters/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>pulsar-jms-parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>com.datastax.oss</groupId>
-    <version>5.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>5.0.3-alpha</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>pulsar-jms-activemq-filters</artifactId>
diff --git a/examples/payara-micro/pom.xml b/examples/payara-micro/pom.xml
index 49cf5685..b85d765a 100644
--- a/examples/payara-micro/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/payara-micro/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.datastax.oss</groupId>
     <artifactId>pulsar-jms-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>5.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>5.0.3-alpha</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <properties>
diff --git a/examples/spring/pom.xml b/examples/spring/pom.xml
index 490ad403..ec2495c4 100644
--- a/examples/spring/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/spring/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>pulsar-jms-parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>com.datastax.oss</groupId>
-    <version>5.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>5.0.3-alpha</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>com.example</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 88d8b513..b5f98130 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <groupId>com.datastax.oss</groupId>
   <artifactId>pulsar-jms-parent</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>5.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>5.0.3-alpha</version>
   <name>DataStax Starlight for JMS</name>
   <description>Implementation of the Java Messaging Service Client API around Apache Pulsar Java Client</description>
   <url>https://github.com/datastax/pulsar-jms</url>
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ limitations under the License.]]></inlineHeader>
     <connection>scm:git:git@github.com:datastax/pulsar-jms.git</connection>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:datastax/pulsar-jms.git</developerConnection>
     <url>https://github.com/datastax/pulsar-jms</url>
-    <tag>HEAD</tag>
+    <tag>5.0.3-alpha</tag>
   </scm>
   <developers>
     <developer>
diff --git a/pulsar-jms-admin-api/pom.xml b/pulsar-jms-admin-api/pom.xml
index 29aa13b8..f1926605 100644
--- a/pulsar-jms-admin-api/pom.xml
+++ b/pulsar-jms-admin-api/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>pulsar-jms-parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>com.datastax.oss</groupId>
-    <version>5.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>5.0.3-alpha</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/pulsar-jms-admin-ext/pom.xml b/pulsar-jms-admin-ext/pom.xml
index b7d89c5c..f5f691d0 100644
--- a/pulsar-jms-admin-ext/pom.xml
+++ b/pulsar-jms-admin-ext/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>pulsar-jms-parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>com.datastax.oss</groupId>
-    <version>5.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>5.0.3-alpha</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/pulsar-jms-all/pom.xml b/pulsar-jms-all/pom.xml
index e9f78199..a5cbd748 100644
--- a/pulsar-jms-all/pom.xml
+++ b/pulsar-jms-all/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>pulsar-jms-parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>com.datastax.oss</groupId>
-    <version>5.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>5.0.3-alpha</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>pulsar-jms-all</artifactId>
diff --git a/pulsar-jms-cli/pom.xml b/pulsar-jms-cli/pom.xml
index 921723c6..23a5390a 100644
--- a/pulsar-jms-cli/pom.xml
+++ b/pulsar-jms-cli/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>pulsar-jms-parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>com.datastax.oss</groupId>
-    <version>5.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>5.0.3-alpha</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/pulsar-jms-filters/pom.xml b/pulsar-jms-filters/pom.xml
index a1f0c2e4..01ed51a4 100644
--- a/pulsar-jms-filters/pom.xml
+++ b/pulsar-jms-filters/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>pulsar-jms-parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>com.datastax.oss</groupId>
-    <version>5.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>5.0.3-alpha</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>pulsar-jms-filters</artifactId>
diff --git a/pulsar-jms-integration-tests/pom.xml b/pulsar-jms-integration-tests/pom.xml
index c90e8f22..1873b714 100644
--- a/pulsar-jms-integration-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/pulsar-jms-integration-tests/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>pulsar-jms-parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>com.datastax.oss</groupId>
-    <version>5.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>5.0.3-alpha</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
@@ -103,8 +103,8 @@
             <configuration>
               <target>
                 <echo>copy filters</echo>
-                <mkdir dir="${project.build.outputDirectory}/filters" />
-                <copy verbose="true" file="${basedir}/../pulsar-jms-filters/target/pulsar-jms-${project.version}-nar.nar" tofile="${project.build.outputDirectory}/filters/jms-filter.nar" />
+                <mkdir dir="${project.build.outputDirectory}/filters"/>
+                <copy verbose="true" file="${basedir}/../pulsar-jms-filters/target/pulsar-jms-${project.version}-nar.nar" tofile="${project.build.outputDirectory}/filters/jms-filter.nar"/>
               </target>
             </configuration>
           </execution>
diff --git a/pulsar-jms/pom.xml b/pulsar-jms/pom.xml
index f8c4dca7..4c15c03b 100644
--- a/pulsar-jms/pom.xml
+++ b/pulsar-jms/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>pulsar-jms-parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>com.datastax.oss</groupId>
-    <version>5.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>5.0.3-alpha</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>pulsar-jms</artifactId>
@@ -128,10 +128,10 @@
             <configuration>
               <target>
                 <echo>copy filters</echo>
-                <mkdir dir="${project.build.outputDirectory}/filters" />
-                <mkdir dir="${project.build.outputDirectory}/interceptors" />
-                <copy verbose="true" file="${basedir}/../pulsar-jms-filters/target/pulsar-jms-${project.version}-nar.nar" tofile="${project.build.outputDirectory}/filters/jms-filter.nar" />
-                <copy verbose="true" file="${basedir}/../pulsar-jms-filters/target/pulsar-jms-${project.version}-nar.nar" tofile="${project.build.outputDirectory}/interceptors/jms-filter.nar" />
+                <mkdir dir="${project.build.outputDirectory}/filters"/>
+                <mkdir dir="${project.build.outputDirectory}/interceptors"/>
+                <copy verbose="true" file="${basedir}/../pulsar-jms-filters/target/pulsar-jms-${project.version}-nar.nar" tofile="${project.build.outputDirectory}/filters/jms-filter.nar"/>
+                <copy verbose="true" file="${basedir}/../pulsar-jms-filters/target/pulsar-jms-${project.version}-nar.nar" tofile="${project.build.outputDirectory}/interceptors/jms-filter.nar"/>
               </target>
             </configuration>
           </execution>
diff --git a/resource-adapter-tests/pom.xml b/resource-adapter-tests/pom.xml
index dcbbdf23..b0a0bd79 100644
--- a/resource-adapter-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/resource-adapter-tests/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>pulsar-jms-parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>com.datastax.oss</groupId>
-    <version>5.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>5.0.3-alpha</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/resource-adapter/pom.xml b/resource-adapter/pom.xml
index affd17dd..d29c23e5 100644
--- a/resource-adapter/pom.xml
+++ b/resource-adapter/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>pulsar-jms-parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>com.datastax.oss</groupId>
-    <version>5.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>5.0.3-alpha</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/tck-executor/pom.xml b/tck-executor/pom.xml
index 355b015a..a5010cb6 100644
--- a/tck-executor/pom.xml
+++ b/tck-executor/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>pulsar-jms-parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>com.datastax.oss</groupId>
-    <version>5.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>5.0.3-alpha</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>tck-executor</artifactId>