diff --git a/compose/.env b/compose/.env
index bb18bcbd1..c9a363e37 100644
--- a/compose/.env
+++ b/compose/.env
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # docker-compose default environment variable values
 REPOSITORY=geoservercloud
-TAG=1.9-SNAPSHOT
+TAG=1.9-RC3
 ACL_REPOSITORY=geoservercloud
 ACL_TAG=2.3.1
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1af25852a..dc7245916 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     <module>src</module>
   </modules>
   <properties>
-    <revision>1.9-SNAPSHOT</revision>
+    <revision>1.9-RC3</revision>
     <fmt.action>format</fmt.action>
     <fmt.skip>false</fmt.skip>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>