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--- a/features/org.wso2.carbon.core.ui.feature/pom.xml
+++ b/features/org.wso2.carbon.core.ui.feature/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.wso2.carbon</groupId>
         <artifactId>carbon-kernel-features</artifactId>
-        <version>4.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.6.0-alpha</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/features/pom.xml b/features/pom.xml
index 4afaf1e5b04..754f91f09a5 100644
--- a/features/pom.xml
+++ b/features/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.wso2.carbon</groupId>
         <artifactId>carbon-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>4.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.6.0-alpha</version>
         <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/parent/pom.xml b/parent/pom.xml
index ad9f122be73..aeb6b7f6f28 100644
--- a/parent/pom.xml
+++ b/parent/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <groupId>org.wso2.carbon</groupId>
     <artifactId>carbon-parent</artifactId>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
-    <version>4.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.6.0-alpha</version>
     <name>WSO2 Carbon - Parent Pom</name>
     <description>WSO2 Carbon Kernel Parent Pom</description>
     <url>http://wso2.org</url>
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 
         <!-- Carbon Kernel Related Versions-->
-        <carbon.kernel.version>4.6.0-SNAPSHOT</carbon.kernel.version>
+        <carbon.kernel.version>4.6.0-alpha</carbon.kernel.version>
         <carbon.kernel.exp.pkg.version>${carbon.kernel.version}</carbon.kernel.exp.pkg.version>
         <carbon.kernel.imp.pkg.version>[${carbon.kernel.version}, 4.7.0)</carbon.kernel.imp.pkg.version>
 
@@ -1894,4 +1894,8 @@
             </dependency>
         </dependencies>
     </dependencyManagement>
+
+  <scm>
+    <tag>v4.6.0-alpha</tag>
+  </scm>
 </project>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 79b96e25cee..6e881254bbb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <groupId>org.wso2.carbon</groupId>
     <artifactId>carbon</artifactId>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
-    <version>4.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.6.0-alpha</version>
     <name>WSO2 Carbon - Aggregate Pom</name>
     <description>WSO2 Carbon Platform with all its components, features and products
     </description>
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
         <url>https://github.com/wso2/carbon4-kernel.git</url>
         <developerConnection>scm:git:https://github.com/wso2/carbon4-kernel.git</developerConnection>
         <connection>scm:git:https://github.com/wso2/carbon4-kernel.git</connection>
-        <tag>HEAD</tag>
+        <tag>v4.6.0-alpha</tag>
     </scm>
 
     <!--Moved the modules out of default profile  and disabled all the profiles-->
diff --git a/samples/pom.xml b/samples/pom.xml
index 6c70f327799..4b3c1df415c 100644
--- a/samples/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
     <groupId>org.wso2.carbon</groupId>
     <artifactId>samples</artifactId>
-    <version>4.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.6.0-alpha</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <name>WSO2 Carbon - Samples</name>
     <description>Carbon kernel sample</description>
@@ -43,4 +43,8 @@
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
+
+  <scm>
+    <tag>v4.6.0-alpha</tag>
+  </scm>
 </project>
diff --git a/samples/student-manager/components/org.wso2.carbon.student.mgt.ui/pom.xml b/samples/student-manager/components/org.wso2.carbon.student.mgt.ui/pom.xml
index b99e0c82c7c..fb6711a79d2 100644
--- a/samples/student-manager/components/org.wso2.carbon.student.mgt.ui/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/student-manager/components/org.wso2.carbon.student.mgt.ui/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.wso2.carbon</groupId>
         <artifactId>student-manager-components</artifactId>
-        <version>4.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.6.0-alpha</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/samples/student-manager/components/org.wso2.carbon.student.mgt/pom.xml b/samples/student-manager/components/org.wso2.carbon.student.mgt/pom.xml
index 5a84a6bd0aa..aa56a55c305 100644
--- a/samples/student-manager/components/org.wso2.carbon.student.mgt/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/student-manager/components/org.wso2.carbon.student.mgt/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.wso2.carbon</groupId>
         <artifactId>student-manager-components</artifactId>
-        <version>4.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.6.0-alpha</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/samples/student-manager/components/pom.xml b/samples/student-manager/components/pom.xml
index 26ca7b3a4ef..2d69c9c73b5 100644
--- a/samples/student-manager/components/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/student-manager/components/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.wso2.carbon</groupId>
         <artifactId>student-manager</artifactId>
-        <version>4.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.6.0-alpha</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/samples/student-manager/features/org.wso2.carbon.student.mgt.feature/pom.xml b/samples/student-manager/features/org.wso2.carbon.student.mgt.feature/pom.xml
index da677f9a6bd..af8cf60c86e 100644
--- a/samples/student-manager/features/org.wso2.carbon.student.mgt.feature/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/student-manager/features/org.wso2.carbon.student.mgt.feature/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.wso2.carbon</groupId>
         <artifactId>student-manager-features</artifactId>
-        <version>4.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.6.0-alpha</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/samples/student-manager/features/org.wso2.carbon.student.mgt.server.feature/pom.xml b/samples/student-manager/features/org.wso2.carbon.student.mgt.server.feature/pom.xml
index 869e46567f4..cc12f4f5548 100644
--- a/samples/student-manager/features/org.wso2.carbon.student.mgt.server.feature/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/student-manager/features/org.wso2.carbon.student.mgt.server.feature/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.wso2.carbon</groupId>
         <artifactId>student-manager-features</artifactId>
-        <version>4.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.6.0-alpha</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/samples/student-manager/features/org.wso2.carbon.student.mgt.ui.feature/pom.xml b/samples/student-manager/features/org.wso2.carbon.student.mgt.ui.feature/pom.xml
index 6388555bc78..15f0d2f3bd1 100644
--- a/samples/student-manager/features/org.wso2.carbon.student.mgt.ui.feature/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/student-manager/features/org.wso2.carbon.student.mgt.ui.feature/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.wso2.carbon</groupId>
         <artifactId>student-manager-features</artifactId>
-        <version>4.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.6.0-alpha</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/samples/student-manager/features/pom.xml b/samples/student-manager/features/pom.xml
index 37740e56e3a..1e3e557bea5 100644
--- a/samples/student-manager/features/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/student-manager/features/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.wso2.carbon</groupId>
         <artifactId>student-manager</artifactId>
-        <version>4.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.6.0-alpha</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/samples/student-manager/pom.xml b/samples/student-manager/pom.xml
index 36f3cf64c3a..b74b3d5d7b8 100644
--- a/samples/student-manager/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/student-manager/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.wso2.carbon</groupId>
         <artifactId>samples</artifactId>
-        <version>4.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.6.0-alpha</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     <url>http://wso2.org</url>
 
     <properties>
-        <student.manager.version>4.6.0-SNAPSHOT</student.manager.version>
+        <student.manager.version>4.6.0-alpha</student.manager.version>
         <carbon.p2.plugin.version>5.1.2</carbon.p2.plugin.version>
         <maven.bundle.plugin.version>2.3.5</maven.bundle.plugin.version>
 
diff --git a/samples/student-manager/repository/pom.xml b/samples/student-manager/repository/pom.xml
index 56b139a1e67..34dc449d65c 100644
--- a/samples/student-manager/repository/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/student-manager/repository/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>student-manager</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.wso2.carbon</groupId>
-        <version>4.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.6.0-alpha</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/service-stubs/org.wso2.carbon.authenticator.stub/pom.xml b/service-stubs/org.wso2.carbon.authenticator.stub/pom.xml
index a204597d083..907f8b3a0c1 100644
--- a/service-stubs/org.wso2.carbon.authenticator.stub/pom.xml
+++ b/service-stubs/org.wso2.carbon.authenticator.stub/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.wso2.carbon</groupId>
         <artifactId>carbon-kernel-service-stubs</artifactId>
-        <version>4.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.6.0-alpha</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/service-stubs/org.wso2.carbon.core.commons.stub/pom.xml b/service-stubs/org.wso2.carbon.core.commons.stub/pom.xml
index dfd7ebb5a52..b256c7b9a94 100644
--- a/service-stubs/org.wso2.carbon.core.commons.stub/pom.xml
+++ b/service-stubs/org.wso2.carbon.core.commons.stub/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.wso2.carbon</groupId>
         <artifactId>carbon-kernel-service-stubs</artifactId>
-        <version>4.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.6.0-alpha</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/service-stubs/org.wso2.carbon.feature.mgt.stub/pom.xml b/service-stubs/org.wso2.carbon.feature.mgt.stub/pom.xml
index b39398146aa..268bfa0fe17 100644
--- a/service-stubs/org.wso2.carbon.feature.mgt.stub/pom.xml
+++ b/service-stubs/org.wso2.carbon.feature.mgt.stub/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.wso2.carbon</groupId>
         <artifactId>carbon-kernel-service-stubs</artifactId>
-        <version>4.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.6.0-alpha</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/service-stubs/org.wso2.carbon.roles.mgt.stub/pom.xml b/service-stubs/org.wso2.carbon.roles.mgt.stub/pom.xml
index cb6c97160d5..1001a585e48 100644
--- a/service-stubs/org.wso2.carbon.roles.mgt.stub/pom.xml
+++ b/service-stubs/org.wso2.carbon.roles.mgt.stub/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.wso2.carbon</groupId>
         <artifactId>carbon-kernel-service-stubs</artifactId>
-        <version>4.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.6.0-alpha</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/service-stubs/org.wso2.carbon.server.admin.stub/pom.xml b/service-stubs/org.wso2.carbon.server.admin.stub/pom.xml
index 978a9f4b1dc..2bd3a8cfb79 100644
--- a/service-stubs/org.wso2.carbon.server.admin.stub/pom.xml
+++ b/service-stubs/org.wso2.carbon.server.admin.stub/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.wso2.carbon</groupId>
         <artifactId>carbon-kernel-service-stubs</artifactId>
-        <version>4.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.6.0-alpha</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/service-stubs/pom.xml b/service-stubs/pom.xml
index a4b36249ddd..9d06f5cd414 100644
--- a/service-stubs/pom.xml
+++ b/service-stubs/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.wso2.carbon</groupId>
         <artifactId>carbon-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>4.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.6.0-alpha</version>
         <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>