diff --git a/CHANGES.xml b/CHANGES.xml
index 2dd24cb9b..551974090 100644
--- a/CHANGES.xml
+++ b/CHANGES.xml
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
   </properties>
   <body>
 
-    <release version="3.0.0-SNAPSHOT" date="2021-??-??" 
-        description="Next major release (since latest milestone)">
+    <release version="3.0.0-M2" date="2021-07-28" 
+        description="Changes since last milestone for this upcoming major release.">
       <action dev="essiembre" type="remove">
         Removed JEF dependency in favor of improved JMX for tracking.
       </action>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f8341ed06..462df7723 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.norconex.commons</groupId>
     <artifactId>norconex-commons-maven-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.0.0-M2</version>
   </parent>  
   <groupId>com.norconex.collectors</groupId>
   <artifactId>norconex-collector-http</artifactId>
   <name>Norconex HTTP Collector</name>
-  <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>3.0.0-M2</version>
 
   <properties>
     <jetty.version>9.4.34.v20201102</jetty.version>
