diff --git a/modules/siddhi-annotations/pom.xml b/modules/siddhi-annotations/pom.xml
index 10c6cd198b..620cdac793 100644
--- a/modules/siddhi-annotations/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/siddhi-annotations/pom.xml
@@ -17,13 +17,12 @@
   ~ under the License.
   -->
 
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         <artifactId>siddhi</artifactId>
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diff --git a/modules/siddhi-core/pom.xml b/modules/siddhi-core/pom.xml
index cdc9fbdb6f..00c1b788f2 100644
--- a/modules/siddhi-core/pom.xml
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@@ -16,13 +16,12 @@
   ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
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   -->
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diff --git a/modules/siddhi-extensions/input-mappers/json-input-mapper/pom.xml b/modules/siddhi-extensions/input-mappers/json-input-mapper/pom.xml
index 1563771d98..86cbe24c6f 100644
--- a/modules/siddhi-extensions/input-mappers/json-input-mapper/pom.xml
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@@ -18,12 +18,11 @@
   ~ under the License.
   -->
 
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diff --git a/modules/siddhi-extensions/input-mappers/text-input-mapper/pom.xml b/modules/siddhi-extensions/input-mappers/text-input-mapper/pom.xml
index 87d802a767..43499cebe1 100644
--- a/modules/siddhi-extensions/input-mappers/text-input-mapper/pom.xml
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@@ -18,12 +18,11 @@
   ~ under the License.
   -->
 
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diff --git a/modules/siddhi-extensions/input-mappers/xml-input-mapper/pom.xml b/modules/siddhi-extensions/input-mappers/xml-input-mapper/pom.xml
index 9c693568c1..688df24064 100644
--- a/modules/siddhi-extensions/input-mappers/xml-input-mapper/pom.xml
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   ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
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   -->
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diff --git a/modules/siddhi-extensions/input-transports/jms-input-transport/pom.xml b/modules/siddhi-extensions/input-transports/jms-input-transport/pom.xml
index dce5e650ff..71f765487a 100644
--- a/modules/siddhi-extensions/input-transports/jms-input-transport/pom.xml
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@@ -18,12 +18,11 @@
   ~ under the License.
   -->
 
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-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
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-        <version>4.0.0-M3-SNAPSHOT</version>
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diff --git a/modules/siddhi-extensions/input-transports/kafka-input-transport/pom.xml b/modules/siddhi-extensions/input-transports/kafka-input-transport/pom.xml
index ed53839b43..fb73efa2e4 100644
--- a/modules/siddhi-extensions/input-transports/kafka-input-transport/pom.xml
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@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
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diff --git a/modules/siddhi-extensions/input-transports/tcp-input-transport/pom.xml b/modules/siddhi-extensions/input-transports/tcp-input-transport/pom.xml
index a9467fd146..96880282b0 100644
--- a/modules/siddhi-extensions/input-transports/tcp-input-transport/pom.xml
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diff --git a/modules/siddhi-extensions/output-mappers/json-output-mapper/pom.xml b/modules/siddhi-extensions/output-mappers/json-output-mapper/pom.xml
index ab6b5b90cc..6f9f29096f 100644
--- a/modules/siddhi-extensions/output-mappers/json-output-mapper/pom.xml
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@@ -18,13 +18,11 @@
   ~ under the License.
   -->
 
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diff --git a/modules/siddhi-extensions/output-mappers/text-output-mapper/pom.xml b/modules/siddhi-extensions/output-mappers/text-output-mapper/pom.xml
index 0dd8079a7b..937f741a77 100644
--- a/modules/siddhi-extensions/output-mappers/text-output-mapper/pom.xml
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@@ -18,12 +18,11 @@
   ~ under the License.
   -->
 
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diff --git a/modules/siddhi-extensions/output-mappers/xml-output-mapper/pom.xml b/modules/siddhi-extensions/output-mappers/xml-output-mapper/pom.xml
index 0b8879f7a5..48244475d0 100644
--- a/modules/siddhi-extensions/output-mappers/xml-output-mapper/pom.xml
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-        <version>4.0.0-M3-SNAPSHOT</version>
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diff --git a/modules/siddhi-extensions/output-transports/jms-output-transport/pom.xml b/modules/siddhi-extensions/output-transports/jms-output-transport/pom.xml
index 346389d315..a72875d230 100644
--- a/modules/siddhi-extensions/output-transports/jms-output-transport/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/siddhi-extensions/output-transports/jms-output-transport/pom.xml
@@ -16,12 +16,11 @@
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   ~ under the License.
   -->
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diff --git a/modules/siddhi-extensions/output-transports/kafka-output-transport/pom.xml b/modules/siddhi-extensions/output-transports/kafka-output-transport/pom.xml
index c258d1914c..feabcb8259 100644
--- a/modules/siddhi-extensions/output-transports/kafka-output-transport/pom.xml
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@@ -18,12 +18,11 @@
   ~ under the License.
   -->
 
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diff --git a/modules/siddhi-extensions/output-transports/tcp-output-transport/pom.xml b/modules/siddhi-extensions/output-transports/tcp-output-transport/pom.xml
index 036f7c34d1..3a37ff4f2f 100644
--- a/modules/siddhi-extensions/output-transports/tcp-output-transport/pom.xml
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@@ -18,12 +18,11 @@
   ~ under the License.
   -->
 
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diff --git a/modules/siddhi-extensions/pom.xml b/modules/siddhi-extensions/pom.xml
index 911831008d..83d1a9de1a 100644
--- a/modules/siddhi-extensions/pom.xml
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diff --git a/modules/siddhi-extensions/table/pom.xml b/modules/siddhi-extensions/table/pom.xml
index a77dac2cdb..f6680f8772 100644
--- a/modules/siddhi-extensions/table/pom.xml
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diff --git a/modules/siddhi-extensions/table/record-table-rdbms/pom.xml b/modules/siddhi-extensions/table/record-table-rdbms/pom.xml
index cda743816c..ab0bb94d85 100644
--- a/modules/siddhi-extensions/table/record-table-rdbms/pom.xml
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@@ -18,12 +18,11 @@
   ~ under the License.
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diff --git a/modules/siddhi-extensions/transport/tcp-transport/pom.xml b/modules/siddhi-extensions/transport/tcp-transport/pom.xml
index 95cfae5e35..1fe34f03be 100644
--- a/modules/siddhi-extensions/transport/tcp-transport/pom.xml
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diff --git a/modules/siddhi-query-api/pom.xml b/modules/siddhi-query-api/pom.xml
index c6bc300a6e..6038d0c6be 100644
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diff --git a/modules/siddhi-query-compiler/pom.xml b/modules/siddhi-query-compiler/pom.xml
index 95255c989f..237281b18a 100644
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         <groupId>org.wso2.siddhi</groupId>
-        <version>4.0.0-M3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.0.0-M3</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/modules/siddhi-samples/performance-samples/pom.xml b/modules/siddhi-samples/performance-samples/pom.xml
index 26f8525156..60337ea1b9 100644
--- a/modules/siddhi-samples/performance-samples/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/siddhi-samples/performance-samples/pom.xml
@@ -17,12 +17,11 @@
   ~ under the License.
   -->
 
-<project xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<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">
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.wso2.siddhi</groupId>
         <artifactId>siddhi-samples</artifactId>
-        <version>4.0.0-M3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.0.0-M3</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <artifactId>performance-samples</artifactId>
diff --git a/modules/siddhi-samples/pom.xml b/modules/siddhi-samples/pom.xml
index 7c1ce55e75..f011cf720d 100644
--- a/modules/siddhi-samples/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/siddhi-samples/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>siddhi</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.wso2.siddhi</groupId>
-        <version>4.0.0-M3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.0.0-M3</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
 
     </parent>
diff --git a/modules/siddhi-samples/quick-start-samples/pom.xml b/modules/siddhi-samples/quick-start-samples/pom.xml
index 49f6a9fac7..e5aff9e50e 100644
--- a/modules/siddhi-samples/quick-start-samples/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/siddhi-samples/quick-start-samples/pom.xml
@@ -17,12 +17,11 @@
   ~ under the License.
   -->
 
-<project xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<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">
     <parent>
         <artifactId>siddhi-samples</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.wso2.siddhi</groupId>
-        <version>4.0.0-M3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.0.0-M3</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/modules/siddhi-service/pom.xml b/modules/siddhi-service/pom.xml
index 5fc1db1e18..509df623a9 100644
--- a/modules/siddhi-service/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/siddhi-service/pom.xml
@@ -16,12 +16,11 @@
   ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
   ~ under the License.
   -->
-<project xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<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">
     <parent>
         <artifactId>siddhi</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.wso2.siddhi</groupId>
-        <version>4.0.0-M3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.0.0-M3</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
@@ -97,10 +96,8 @@
                                 </filter>
                             </filters>
                             <transformers>
-                                <transformer
-                                        implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ServicesResourceTransformer"/>
-                                <transformer
-                                        implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ManifestResourceTransformer">
+                                <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ServicesResourceTransformer" />
+                                <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ManifestResourceTransformer">
                                     <mainClass>org.wso2.siddhi.service.api.Application</mainClass>
                                 </transformer>
                             </transformers>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e3b9693e49..5e21edef18 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@
   ~ under the License.
   -->
 
-<project xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<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>
@@ -30,7 +29,7 @@
     <groupId>org.wso2.siddhi</groupId>
     <artifactId>siddhi</artifactId>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
-    <version>4.0.0-M3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.0.0-M3</version>
     <name>Siddhi</name>
     <description>Siddhi, high performing Complex Event Processing Engine</description>
 
@@ -668,7 +667,7 @@
         <url>https://github.com/wso2/siddhi.git</url>
         <developerConnection>scm:git:https://github.com/wso2/siddhi.git</developerConnection>
         <connection>scm:git:https://github.com/wso2/siddhi.git</connection>
-        <tag>HEAD</tag>
+        <tag>v4.0.0-M3</tag>
     </scm>
 
     <repositories>