diff --git a/distributions/openhab-addons/pom.xml b/distributions/openhab-addons/pom.xml
index 6739bc4db8..be3f171ecc 100644
--- a/distributions/openhab-addons/pom.xml
+++ b/distributions/openhab-addons/pom.xml
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
-<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 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><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 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.openhab.distro</groupId>
     <artifactId>pom-distributions</artifactId>
-    <version>4.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.3.0.M4</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>openhab-addons</artifactId>
diff --git a/distributions/openhab-demo/pom.xml b/distributions/openhab-demo/pom.xml
index 3938301631..68aaa3f33b 100644
--- a/distributions/openhab-demo/pom.xml
+++ b/distributions/openhab-demo/pom.xml
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
-<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 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><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 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.openhab.distro</groupId>
     <artifactId>pom-distributions</artifactId>
-    <version>4.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.3.0.M4</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>openhab-demo</artifactId>
diff --git a/distributions/openhab-verify/pom.xml b/distributions/openhab-verify/pom.xml
index 2c24e987fb..3b0ebbe90e 100644
--- a/distributions/openhab-verify/pom.xml
+++ b/distributions/openhab-verify/pom.xml
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
-<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 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><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 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.openhab.distro</groupId>
     <artifactId>pom-distributions</artifactId>
-    <version>4.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.3.0.M4</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>openhab-verify</artifactId>
diff --git a/distributions/openhab/pom.xml b/distributions/openhab/pom.xml
index ae3cbf13b3..503b637885 100644
--- a/distributions/openhab/pom.xml
+++ b/distributions/openhab/pom.xml
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
-<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 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><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 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.openhab.distro</groupId>
     <artifactId>pom-distributions</artifactId>
-    <version>4.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.3.0.M4</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>openhab</artifactId>
diff --git a/distributions/pom.xml b/distributions/pom.xml
index c8dbaaa4f3..3f232fc822 100644
--- a/distributions/pom.xml
+++ b/distributions/pom.xml
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
-<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 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><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 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.openhab.distro</groupId>
     <artifactId>pom</artifactId>
-    <version>4.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.3.0.M4</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>pom-distributions</artifactId>
diff --git a/features/addons/pom.xml b/features/addons/pom.xml
index 79c5211be4..480ef1fa94 100644
--- a/features/addons/pom.xml
+++ b/features/addons/pom.xml
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
-<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 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><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 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.openhab.distro</groupId>
     <artifactId>pom-features</artifactId>
-    <version>4.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.3.0.M4</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>addons</artifactId>
diff --git a/features/distro-kar/pom.xml b/features/distro-kar/pom.xml
index f980658076..e015f05ed5 100644
--- a/features/distro-kar/pom.xml
+++ b/features/distro-kar/pom.xml
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
-<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 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><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 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.openhab.distro</groupId>
     <artifactId>pom-features</artifactId>
-    <version>4.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.3.0.M4</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>distro-kar</artifactId>
diff --git a/features/distro/pom.xml b/features/distro/pom.xml
index 87aaa37311..296a0db4dc 100644
--- a/features/distro/pom.xml
+++ b/features/distro/pom.xml
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
-<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 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><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 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.openhab.distro</groupId>
     <artifactId>pom-features</artifactId>
-    <version>4.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.3.0.M4</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>distro</artifactId>
diff --git a/features/pom.xml b/features/pom.xml
index 23fd199570..1df120977d 100644
--- a/features/pom.xml
+++ b/features/pom.xml
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
-<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 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><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 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.openhab.distro</groupId>
     <artifactId>pom</artifactId>
-    <version>4.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.3.0.M4</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>pom-features</artifactId>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c433359963..3620ca8b60 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
-<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 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><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 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
   <parent>
@@ -11,7 +9,7 @@
 
   <groupId>org.openhab.distro</groupId>
   <artifactId>pom</artifactId>
-  <version>4.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>4.3.0.M4</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <name>openHAB Distribution</name>
@@ -32,7 +30,7 @@
   <scm>
     <connection>scm:git:${scm.gitBaseUrl}/openhab-distro.git</connection>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:${scm.gitBaseUrl}/openhab-distro.git</developerConnection>
-    <tag>HEAD</tag>
+    <tag>4.3.0.M4</tag>
     <url>https://github.com/openhab/openhab-distro</url>
   </scm>
 
@@ -58,8 +56,8 @@
 
     <online.repo.version>${parsedVersion.majorVersion}.${parsedVersion.minorVersion}</online.repo.version>
 
-    <ohc.version>4.3.0-SNAPSHOT</ohc.version>
-    <oha.version>4.3.0-SNAPSHOT</oha.version>
+    <ohc.version>4.3.0.M4</ohc.version>
+    <oha.version>4.3.0.M4</oha.version>
 
     <karaf.version>4.4.6</karaf.version>