diff --git a/hbase-client/pom.xml b/hbase-client/pom.xml
index 84c726e2e5a..5281ad96acd 100644
--- a/hbase-client/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-client/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>hbase</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
-        <version>0.95-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>${version}</version>
         <relativePath>..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/hbase-common/pom.xml b/hbase-common/pom.xml
index 945d7f0303f..03e603aae6d 100644
--- a/hbase-common/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-common/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hbase</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
-    <version>0.95-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>${version}</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/hbase-examples/pom.xml b/hbase-examples/pom.xml
index 3ff38ab7f7c..1a3d531c2ec 100644
--- a/hbase-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-examples/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hbase</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
-    <version>0.95-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>${version}</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>hbase-examples</artifactId>
diff --git a/hbase-hadoop-compat/pom.xml b/hbase-hadoop-compat/pom.xml
index 7c0779231f7..6bd502b9c25 100644
--- a/hbase-hadoop-compat/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-hadoop-compat/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>hbase</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
-        <version>0.95-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>${version}</version>
         <relativePath>..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/hbase-hadoop1-compat/pom.xml b/hbase-hadoop1-compat/pom.xml
index 9c6975a7c05..b2b5ee6974a 100644
--- a/hbase-hadoop1-compat/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-hadoop1-compat/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ limitations under the License.
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hbase</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
-    <version>0.95-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>${version}</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/hbase-hadoop2-compat/pom.xml b/hbase-hadoop2-compat/pom.xml
index e526ae7f36f..49f2fc1afb6 100644
--- a/hbase-hadoop2-compat/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-hadoop2-compat/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ limitations under the License.
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hbase</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
-    <version>0.95-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>${version}</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/hbase-it/pom.xml b/hbase-it/pom.xml
index 1fa1279ba71..15994a6b27a 100644
--- a/hbase-it/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-it/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hbase</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
-    <version>0.95-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>${version}</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/hbase-prefix-tree/pom.xml b/hbase-prefix-tree/pom.xml
index 845efdba047..5a9797b9d21 100644
--- a/hbase-prefix-tree/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-prefix-tree/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hbase</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
-    <version>0.95-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>${version}</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/hbase-protocol/pom.xml b/hbase-protocol/pom.xml
index 181641bbd91..a36be1696fd 100644
--- a/hbase-protocol/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-protocol/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>hbase</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
-        <version>0.95-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>${version}</version>
         <relativePath>..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/hbase-server/pom.xml b/hbase-server/pom.xml
index 8fb6eca74fd..7c64c258d95 100644
--- a/hbase-server/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-server/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hbase</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
-    <version>0.95-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>${version}</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>hbase-server</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 99f2a96fb0c..306afc99881 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,9 @@
   <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
   <artifactId>hbase</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>0.97-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <!--Version is defined below in properties section so can be shared by all sub modules.
+   -->
+  <version>${version}</version>
   <name>HBase</name>
   <description>
     Apache HBase™ is the &amp;lt;a href="http://hadoop.apache.org"&amp;rt;Hadoop&lt;/a&amp;rt; database. Use it when you need
@@ -855,6 +857,8 @@
      </plugins>
   </build>
   <properties>
+    <!--Set version.  Shared by parent and sub modules-->
+    <version>0.97-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <tar.name>${project.build.finalName}.tar.gz</tar.name>
     <maven.build.timestamp.format>
       yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm