diff --git a/modules/authenticators/pom.xml b/modules/authenticators/pom.xml
index 75fd2de2a53..b18b8a88351 100644
--- a/modules/authenticators/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/authenticators/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.wso2.is</groupId>
         <artifactId>identity-server-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>5.3.0</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/modules/connectors/pom.xml b/modules/connectors/pom.xml
index bb4db8a67b9..8450e23b652 100644
--- a/modules/connectors/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/connectors/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.wso2.is</groupId>
         <artifactId>identity-server-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>5.3.0</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/modules/distribution/pom.xml b/modules/distribution/pom.xml
index 6f9cd48fb4b..f7270e2b1a2 100644
--- a/modules/distribution/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/distribution/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.wso2.is</groupId>
         <artifactId>identity-server-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>5.3.0</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
@@ -108,21 +108,20 @@
                                 <property name="tempdir" value="target/docs-temp" />
                                 <property name="registryPolicyHandler" value="&lt;handler class=&quot;org.wso2.carbon.identity.entitlement.policy.finder.registry.RegistryPolicyHandler&quot;&gt;${line.separator} &lt;filter class=&quot;org.wso2.carbon.identity.entitlement.policy.finder.registry.RegistryPolicyMediaTypeMatcher&quot;&gt;${line.separator} &lt;property name=&quot;mediaType&quot;&gt;application/xacml-policy+xml&lt;/property&gt;${line.separator} &lt;/filter&gt;${line.separator} &lt;/handler&gt;${line.separator}${line.separator} &lt;!--&lt;handler class=&quot;org.wso2.carbon.registry.extensions.handlers.SynapseRepositoryHandler&quot;&gt;" />
 
-                                <property name="xss-kernel-token" value="&lt;XSSPreventionConfig&gt;${line.separator} &lt;Enabled&gt;true&lt;/Enabled&gt;${line.separator} &lt;Rule&gt;allow&lt;/Rule&gt;${line.separator} &lt;Patterns&gt;${line.separator} &lt;!--Pattern&gt;&lt;/Pattern--&gt;${line.separator} &lt;/Patterns&gt;${line.separator}        &lt;/XSSPreventionConfig&gt;" />
+                                <property name="xss-kernel-token" value="&lt;XSSPreventionConfig&gt;${line.separator} &lt;Enabled&gt;true&lt;/Enabled&gt;${line.separator} &lt;Rule&gt;allow&lt;/Rule&gt;${line.separator} &lt;Patterns&gt;${line.separator} &lt;!--Pattern&gt;&lt;/Pattern--&gt;${line.separator} &lt;/Patterns&gt;${line.separator} &lt;/XSSPreventionConfig&gt;" />
 
                                 <property name="xss-is-token" value="" />
 
                                 <property name="sso-idp-config-default" value="&lt;!--ServiceProvider&gt;&lt;/ServiceProvider--&gt;" />
 
-                                <property name="sso-idp-config-replace" value="&lt;ServiceProvider&gt;${line.separator} &lt;Issuer&gt;wso2.my.dashboard&lt;/Issuer&gt;${line.separator} &lt;AssertionConsumerServiceURLs&gt;${line.separator} &lt;AssertionConsumerServiceURL&gt;${carbon.protocol}://${carbon.host}:${carbon.management.port}/dashboard/acs&lt;/AssertionConsumerServiceURL&gt;${line.separator} &lt;/AssertionConsumerServiceURLs&gt;${line.separator} &lt;DefaultAssertionConsumerServiceURL&gt;${carbon.protocol}://${carbon.host}:${carbon.management.port}/dashboard/acs&lt;/DefaultAssertionConsumerServiceURL&gt;${line.separator}      &lt;SignResponse&gt;true&lt;/SignResponse&gt;${line.separator}      &lt;EnableAudienceRestriction&gt;true&lt;/EnableAudienceRestriction&gt;${line.separator}      &lt;AudiencesList&gt;${line.separator}        &lt;Audience&gt;carbonServer&lt;/Audience&gt;${line.separator}      &lt;/AudiencesList&gt;${line.separator}    &lt;/ServiceProvider&gt;" />
+                                <property name="sso-idp-config-replace" value="&lt;ServiceProvider&gt;${line.separator} &lt;Issuer&gt;wso2.my.dashboard&lt;/Issuer&gt;${line.separator} &lt;AssertionConsumerServiceURLs&gt;${line.separator} &lt;AssertionConsumerServiceURL&gt;${carbon.protocol}://${carbon.host}:${carbon.management.port}/dashboard/acs&lt;/AssertionConsumerServiceURL&gt;${line.separator} &lt;/AssertionConsumerServiceURLs&gt;${line.separator} &lt;DefaultAssertionConsumerServiceURL&gt;${carbon.protocol}://${carbon.host}:${carbon.management.port}/dashboard/acs&lt;/DefaultAssertionConsumerServiceURL&gt;${line.separator} &lt;SignResponse&gt;true&lt;/SignResponse&gt;${line.separator}      &lt;EnableAudienceRestriction&gt;true&lt;/EnableAudienceRestriction&gt;${line.separator}      &lt;AudiencesList&gt;${line.separator}        &lt;Audience&gt;carbonServer&lt;/Audience&gt;${line.separator}      &lt;/AudiencesList&gt;${line.separator}    &lt;/ServiceProvider&gt;" />
 
-                                <property name="security-header-filter-is-token" value="&lt;filter&gt;${line.separator} &lt;filter-name&gt;HttpHeaderSecurityFilter&lt;/filter-name&gt;${line.separator} &lt;filter-class&gt;org.apache.catalina.filters.HttpHeaderSecurityFilter&lt;/filter-class&gt;${line.separator} &lt;init-param&gt;${line.separator}        &lt;param-name&gt;hstsEnabled&lt;/param-name&gt;${line.separator}        &lt;param-value&gt;false&lt;/param-value&gt;${line.separator}      &lt;/init-param&gt;${line.separator}      &lt;init-param&gt;${line.separator}        &lt;param-name&gt;antiClickJackingEnabled&lt;/param-name&gt;${line.separator}        &lt;param-value&gt;false&lt;/param-value&gt;${line.separator}      &lt;/init-param&gt;${line.separator}    &lt;/filter&gt;${line.separator}${line.separator}    &lt;filter&gt;${line.separator}      &lt;filter-name&gt;HttpHeaderSecurityFilter_EnableAntiClickJacking&lt;/filter-name&gt;${line.separator}      &lt;filter-class&gt;org.apache.catalina.filters.HttpHeaderSecurityFilter&lt;/filter-class&gt;${line.separator}      &lt;init-param&gt;${line.separator}        &lt;param-name&gt;hstsEnabled&lt;/param-name&gt;${line.separator}        &lt;param-value&gt;false&lt;/param-value&gt;${line.separator}      &lt;/init-param&gt;${line.separator}      &lt;init-param&gt;${line.separator}        &lt;param-name&gt;blockContentTypeSniffingEnabled&lt;/param-name&gt;${line.separator}        &lt;param-value&gt;false&lt;/param-value&gt;${line.separator}      &lt;/init-param&gt;${line.separator}      &lt;init-param&gt;${line.separator}        &lt;param-name&gt;xssProtectionEnabled&lt;/param-name&gt;${line.separator}        &lt;param-value&gt;false&lt;/param-value&gt;${line.separator}      &lt;/init-param&gt;${line.separator}    &lt;/filter&gt;" />
+                                <property name="security-header-filter-is-token" value="&lt;filter&gt;${line.separator} &lt;filter-name&gt;HttpHeaderSecurityFilter&lt;/filter-name&gt;${line.separator} &lt;filter-class&gt;org.apache.catalina.filters.HttpHeaderSecurityFilter&lt;/filter-class&gt;${line.separator} &lt;init-param&gt;${line.separator} &lt;param-name&gt;hstsEnabled&lt;/param-name&gt;${line.separator}        &lt;param-value&gt;false&lt;/param-value&gt;${line.separator}      &lt;/init-param&gt;${line.separator}      &lt;init-param&gt;${line.separator}        &lt;param-name&gt;antiClickJackingEnabled&lt;/param-name&gt;${line.separator}        &lt;param-value&gt;false&lt;/param-value&gt;${line.separator}      &lt;/init-param&gt;${line.separator}    &lt;/filter&gt;${line.separator}${line.separator}    &lt;filter&gt;${line.separator}      &lt;filter-name&gt;HttpHeaderSecurityFilter_EnableAntiClickJacking&lt;/filter-name&gt;${line.separator}      &lt;filter-class&gt;org.apache.catalina.filters.HttpHeaderSecurityFilter&lt;/filter-class&gt;${line.separator}      &lt;init-param&gt;${line.separator}        &lt;param-name&gt;hstsEnabled&lt;/param-name&gt;${line.separator}        &lt;param-value&gt;false&lt;/param-value&gt;${line.separator}      &lt;/init-param&gt;${line.separator}      &lt;init-param&gt;${line.separator}        &lt;param-name&gt;blockContentTypeSniffingEnabled&lt;/param-name&gt;${line.separator}        &lt;param-value&gt;false&lt;/param-value&gt;${line.separator}      &lt;/init-param&gt;${line.separator}      &lt;init-param&gt;${line.separator}        &lt;param-name&gt;xssProtectionEnabled&lt;/param-name&gt;${line.separator}        &lt;param-value&gt;false&lt;/param-value&gt;${line.separator}      &lt;/init-param&gt;${line.separator}    &lt;/filter&gt;" />
 
-                                <property name="security-header-filter-mapping-is-token" value="&lt;filter-mapping&gt;${line.separator} &lt;filter-name&gt;HttpHeaderSecurityFilter&lt;/filter-name&gt;${line.separator} &lt;url-pattern&gt;*&lt;/url-pattern&gt;${line.separator} &lt;/filter-mapping&gt;${line.separator}${line.separator} &lt;filter-mapping&gt;${line.separator}      &lt;filter-name&gt;CharsetFilter&lt;/filter-name&gt;${line.separator}      &lt;url-pattern&gt;/*&lt;/url-pattern&gt;${line.separator}    &lt;/filter-mapping&gt;${line.separator}${line.separator}       &lt;filter-mapping&gt;${line.separator}     &lt;filter-name&gt;HttpHeaderSecurityFilter_EnableAntiClickJacking&lt;/filter-name&gt;${line.separator}      &lt;url-pattern&gt;/carbon/*&lt;/url-pattern&gt;${line.separator}      &lt;url-pattern&gt;/services/*&lt;/url-pattern&gt;${line.separator}      &lt;url-pattern&gt;/samlsso/*&lt;/url-pattern&gt;${line.separator}      &lt;url-pattern&gt;/openid/*&lt;/url-pattern&gt;${line.separator}      &lt;url-pattern&gt;/openidserver/*&lt;/url-pattern&gt;${line.separator}      &lt;url-pattern&gt;/passivests/*&lt;/url-pattern&gt;${line.separator}      &lt;url-pattern&gt;/acs/*&lt;/url-pattern&gt;${line.separator}      &lt;url-pattern&gt;/iwa/*&lt;/url-pattern&gt;${line.separator}      &lt;url-pattern&gt;/identity/*&lt;/url-pattern&gt;${line.separator}      &lt;url-pattern&gt;/thriftAuthenticator/*&lt;/url-pattern&gt;${line.separator}    &lt;/filter-mapping&gt;${line.separator}" />
-                                <property name="hideMenu"
-                                          value="&lt;/Security&gt;${line.separator}&lt;HideMenuItemIds&gt;${line.separator}&lt;HideMenuItemId&gt;claim_mgt_menu&lt;/HideMenuItemId&gt;${line.separator}&lt;HideMenuItemId&gt;identity_mgt_emailtemplate_menu&lt;/HideMenuItemId&gt;${line.separator}&lt;HideMenuItemId&gt;identity_security_questions_menu&lt;/HideMenuItemId&gt;${line.separator}&lt;/HideMenuItemIds&gt;"/>
+                                <property name="security-header-filter-mapping-is-token" value="&lt;filter-mapping&gt;${line.separator} &lt;filter-name&gt;HttpHeaderSecurityFilter&lt;/filter-name&gt;${line.separator} &lt;url-pattern&gt;*&lt;/url-pattern&gt;${line.separator} &lt;/filter-mapping&gt;${line.separator}${line.separator} &lt;filter-mapping&gt;${line.separator} &lt;filter-name&gt;CharsetFilter&lt;/filter-name&gt;${line.separator}      &lt;url-pattern&gt;/*&lt;/url-pattern&gt;${line.separator}    &lt;/filter-mapping&gt;${line.separator}${line.separator}       &lt;filter-mapping&gt;${line.separator}     &lt;filter-name&gt;HttpHeaderSecurityFilter_EnableAntiClickJacking&lt;/filter-name&gt;${line.separator}      &lt;url-pattern&gt;/carbon/*&lt;/url-pattern&gt;${line.separator}      &lt;url-pattern&gt;/services/*&lt;/url-pattern&gt;${line.separator}      &lt;url-pattern&gt;/samlsso/*&lt;/url-pattern&gt;${line.separator}      &lt;url-pattern&gt;/openid/*&lt;/url-pattern&gt;${line.separator}      &lt;url-pattern&gt;/openidserver/*&lt;/url-pattern&gt;${line.separator}      &lt;url-pattern&gt;/passivests/*&lt;/url-pattern&gt;${line.separator}      &lt;url-pattern&gt;/acs/*&lt;/url-pattern&gt;${line.separator}      &lt;url-pattern&gt;/iwa/*&lt;/url-pattern&gt;${line.separator}      &lt;url-pattern&gt;/identity/*&lt;/url-pattern&gt;${line.separator}      &lt;url-pattern&gt;/thriftAuthenticator/*&lt;/url-pattern&gt;${line.separator}    &lt;/filter-mapping&gt;${line.separator}" />
+                                <property name="hideMenu" value="&lt;/Security&gt;${line.separator}&lt;HideMenuItemIds&gt;${line.separator}&lt;HideMenuItemId&gt;claim_mgt_menu&lt;/HideMenuItemId&gt;${line.separator}&lt;HideMenuItemId&gt;identity_mgt_emailtemplate_menu&lt;/HideMenuItemId&gt;${line.separator}&lt;HideMenuItemId&gt;identity_security_questions_menu&lt;/HideMenuItemId&gt;${line.separator}&lt;/HideMenuItemIds&gt;" />
 
-                                <property name="captcha-filter-is-token" value="&lt;filter&gt;${line.separator}      &lt;filter-name&gt;CaptchaFilter&lt;/filter-name&gt;${line.separator}      &lt;filter-class&gt;org.wso2.carbon.identity.captcha.filter.CaptchaFilter&lt;/filter-class&gt;${line.separator}    &lt;/filter&gt;${line.separator}${line.separator}    &lt;filter-mapping&gt;${line.separator}      &lt;filter-name&gt;CaptchaFilter&lt;/filter-name&gt;${line.separator}      &lt;url-pattern&gt;/samlsso&lt;/url-pattern&gt;${line.separator}      &lt;url-pattern&gt;/oauth2&lt;/url-pattern&gt;${line.separator}      &lt;url-pattern&gt;/commonauth&lt;/url-pattern&gt;${line.separator}      &lt;dispatcher&gt;FORWARD&lt;/dispatcher&gt;${line.separator}      &lt;dispatcher&gt;REQUEST&lt;/dispatcher&gt;${line.separator}    &lt;/filter-mapping&gt;${line.separator}${line.separator}    &lt;session-config&gt;" />
+                                <property name="captcha-filter-is-token" value="&lt;filter&gt;${line.separator} &lt;filter-name&gt;CaptchaFilter&lt;/filter-name&gt;${line.separator}      &lt;filter-class&gt;org.wso2.carbon.identity.captcha.filter.CaptchaFilter&lt;/filter-class&gt;${line.separator}    &lt;/filter&gt;${line.separator}${line.separator}    &lt;filter-mapping&gt;${line.separator}      &lt;filter-name&gt;CaptchaFilter&lt;/filter-name&gt;${line.separator}      &lt;url-pattern&gt;/samlsso&lt;/url-pattern&gt;${line.separator}      &lt;url-pattern&gt;/oauth2&lt;/url-pattern&gt;${line.separator}      &lt;url-pattern&gt;/commonauth&lt;/url-pattern&gt;${line.separator}      &lt;dispatcher&gt;FORWARD&lt;/dispatcher&gt;${line.separator}      &lt;dispatcher&gt;REQUEST&lt;/dispatcher&gt;${line.separator}    &lt;/filter-mapping&gt;${line.separator}${line.separator}    &lt;session-config&gt;" />
 
                                 <mkdir dir="${tempdir}" />
                                 <unzip dest="${tempdir}">
@@ -152,9 +151,7 @@
 
                                 <replace file="target/wso2carbon-core-${carbon.kernel.version}/repository/conf/carbon.xml" token="${xss-kernel-token}" value="${xss-is-token}" />
 
-                                <replace
-                                        file="target/wso2carbon-core-${carbon.kernel.version}/repository/conf/carbon.xml"
-                                        token="&lt;/Security&gt;" value="${hideMenu}"/>
+                                <replace file="target/wso2carbon-core-${carbon.kernel.version}/repository/conf/carbon.xml" token="&lt;/Security&gt;" value="${hideMenu}" />
 
                                 <!-- Update log4j.properties file with Identity related log files -->
                                 <replace file="target/wso2carbon-core-${carbon.kernel.version}/repository/conf/log4j.properties" token="log4j.logger.net.sf.ehcache.config.ConfigurationFactory=ERROR" value="log4j.logger.net.sf.ehcache=ERROR${line.separator}${line.separator}log4j.logger.org.springframework=WARN${line.separator}log4j.logger.org.opensaml.xml.security.credential.criteria=WARN${line.separator}${line.separator} #log4j.logger.org.wso2.carbon.user.core=DEBUG${line.separator} #log4j.logger.org.wso2.carbon.identity=DEBUG${line.separator} #log4j.logger.org.wso2.carbon.identity.sso.saml=DEBUG${line.separator} #log4j.logger.org.wso2.carbon.identity.application=DEBUG${line.separator} #log4j.logger.org.wso2.carbon.identity.application.authentication.framework=DEBUG${line.separator} #log4j.logger.org.wso2.carbon.identity.mgt=DEBUG${line.separator} #log4j.logger.org.wso2.carbon.identity.oauth2=DEBUG${line.separator} #log4j.logger.org.wso2.carbon.identity.scim=DEBUG${line.separator} #log4j.logger.org.wso2.carbon.identity.mgt=DEBUG${line.separator} #log4j.logger.org.wso2.carbon.idp.mgt=DEBUG${line.separator} #log4j.logger.org.wso2.carbon.identity.provisioning=DEBUG${line.separator} #log4j.logger.org.wso2.carbon.identity.user.account.association=DEBUG${line.separator} #log4j.logger.org.wso2.carbon.identity.user.profile.mgt=DEBUG${line.separator} #log4j.logger.org.wso2.carbon.security=DEBUG${line.separator} #log4j.logger.org.wso2.carbon.identity.sso.agent=DEBUG${line.separator} #log4j.logger.org.wso2.carbon.identity.core=DEBUG" />
diff --git a/modules/features/org.wso2.identity.styles.feature/pom.xml b/modules/features/org.wso2.identity.styles.feature/pom.xml
index 3ff9589ba79..0974d7a3448 100644
--- a/modules/features/org.wso2.identity.styles.feature/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/features/org.wso2.identity.styles.feature/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.wso2.is</groupId>
 		<artifactId>identity-features</artifactId>
-		<version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>5.3.0</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/modules/features/org.wso2.identity.ui.feature/pom.xml b/modules/features/org.wso2.identity.ui.feature/pom.xml
index 8986657f8e6..48f157f2353 100644
--- a/modules/features/org.wso2.identity.ui.feature/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/features/org.wso2.identity.ui.feature/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.wso2.is</groupId>
 		<artifactId>identity-features</artifactId>
-		<version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>5.3.0</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/modules/features/org.wso2.identity.utils.feature/pom.xml b/modules/features/org.wso2.identity.utils.feature/pom.xml
index c1fbadb75c3..10814d25ec0 100644
--- a/modules/features/org.wso2.identity.utils.feature/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/features/org.wso2.identity.utils.feature/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.wso2.is</groupId>
 		<artifactId>identity-features</artifactId>
-		<version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>5.3.0</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/modules/features/pom.xml b/modules/features/pom.xml
index ffda6ff46b3..7690af7f58a 100644
--- a/modules/features/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/features/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 	<parent>
     	<groupId>org.wso2.is</groupId>
     	<artifactId>identity-server-parent</artifactId>
-    	<version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    	<version>5.3.0</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/modules/integration/pom.xml b/modules/integration/pom.xml
index 5ed98173e07..6691db15ba6 100644
--- a/modules/integration/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/integration/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.wso2.is</groupId>
         <artifactId>identity-server-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>5.3.0</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/modules/integration/tests-common/admin-clients/pom.xml b/modules/integration/tests-common/admin-clients/pom.xml
index 1a564cc97fb..6b8ec2dc0ce 100644
--- a/modules/integration/tests-common/admin-clients/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/integration/tests-common/admin-clients/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.wso2.is</groupId>
         <artifactId>identity-integration-tests</artifactId>
-        <version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>5.3.0</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/modules/integration/tests-common/extensions/pom.xml b/modules/integration/tests-common/extensions/pom.xml
index 308088b1eac..6f2414adb43 100644
--- a/modules/integration/tests-common/extensions/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/integration/tests-common/extensions/pom.xml
@@ -17,13 +17,12 @@
   ~ under the License.
   -->
 
-<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 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+<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 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
 
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.wso2.is</groupId>
         <artifactId>identity-integration-tests</artifactId>
-        <version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>5.3.0</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/modules/integration/tests-common/integration-test-utils/pom.xml b/modules/integration/tests-common/integration-test-utils/pom.xml
index 7c5b4c29f35..976c416848f 100644
--- a/modules/integration/tests-common/integration-test-utils/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/integration/tests-common/integration-test-utils/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.wso2.is</groupId>
         <artifactId>identity-integration-tests</artifactId>
-        <version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>5.3.0</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/modules/integration/tests-common/pom.xml b/modules/integration/tests-common/pom.xml
index 70d30fb4b85..eb4111236f3 100644
--- a/modules/integration/tests-common/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/integration/tests-common/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.wso2.is</groupId>
         <artifactId>identity-integration-tests</artifactId>
-        <version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>5.3.0</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/modules/integration/tests-common/ui-pages/pom.xml b/modules/integration/tests-common/ui-pages/pom.xml
index f938135df56..cfc604374b1 100644
--- a/modules/integration/tests-common/ui-pages/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/integration/tests-common/ui-pages/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.wso2.is</groupId>
         <artifactId>identity-integration-tests</artifactId>
-        <version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>5.3.0</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/modules/integration/tests-integration/pom.xml b/modules/integration/tests-integration/pom.xml
index 6b627fc6d31..debf34c5b23 100644
--- a/modules/integration/tests-integration/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/integration/tests-integration/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.wso2.is</groupId>
         <artifactId>identity-integration-tests</artifactId>
-        <version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>5.3.0</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/modules/integration/tests-integration/tests-backend/pom.xml b/modules/integration/tests-integration/tests-backend/pom.xml
index a39e479d280..104417c1485 100644
--- a/modules/integration/tests-integration/tests-backend/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/integration/tests-integration/tests-backend/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.wso2.is</groupId>
         <artifactId>identity-integration-tests</artifactId>
-        <version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>5.3.0</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/modules/local-authenticators/pom.xml b/modules/local-authenticators/pom.xml
index 6260c242455..68fa2951488 100644
--- a/modules/local-authenticators/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/local-authenticators/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.wso2.is</groupId>
         <artifactId>identity-server-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>5.3.0</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/modules/migration/migration-5.2.0_to_5.3.0/wso2-is-migration-client/pom.xml b/modules/migration/migration-5.2.0_to_5.3.0/wso2-is-migration-client/pom.xml
index ed03bd4bc5e..b7e4541fdee 100644
--- a/modules/migration/migration-5.2.0_to_5.3.0/wso2-is-migration-client/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/migration/migration-5.2.0_to_5.3.0/wso2-is-migration-client/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.wso2.is</groupId>
         <artifactId>identity-server-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>5.3.0</version>
         <relativePath>../../../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/modules/p2-profile-gen/pom.xml b/modules/p2-profile-gen/pom.xml
index 4b75ab7519d..0978a1c3889 100644
--- a/modules/p2-profile-gen/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/p2-profile-gen/pom.xml
@@ -14,13 +14,12 @@
   ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
   ~ limitations under the License.
   -->
-<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 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+<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 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
 
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.wso2.is</groupId>
         <artifactId>identity-server-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>5.3.0</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
@@ -1934,13 +1933,10 @@
                         <phase>package</phase>
                         <configuration>
                             <tasks>
-                                <replace token="false" value="true"
-                                         dir="target/wso2carbon-core-${carbon.kernel.version}/repository/components">
-                                    <include name="**/bundles.info"/>
+                                <replace token="false" value="true" dir="target/wso2carbon-core-${carbon.kernel.version}/repository/components">
+                                    <include name="**/bundles.info" />
                                 </replace>
-                                <replace
-                                        file="target/wso2carbon-core-${carbon.kernel.version}/repository/conf/tomcat/context.xml"
-                                        token="&lt;Context&gt;" value="&lt;Context crossContext=&quot;true&quot;&gt;"/>
+                                <replace file="target/wso2carbon-core-${carbon.kernel.version}/repository/conf/tomcat/context.xml" token="&lt;Context&gt;" value="&lt;Context crossContext=&quot;true&quot;&gt;" />
                             </tasks>
                         </configuration>
                         <goals>
diff --git a/modules/provisioning-connectors/pom.xml b/modules/provisioning-connectors/pom.xml
index 05f4404a7b0..7b80b5e07af 100644
--- a/modules/provisioning-connectors/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/provisioning-connectors/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.wso2.is</groupId>
         <artifactId>identity-server-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>5.3.0</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/modules/samples/identity-mgt/info-recovery-sample/pom.xml b/modules/samples/identity-mgt/info-recovery-sample/pom.xml
index 0f7a9c2e9a4..5c800d2dca8 100644
--- a/modules/samples/identity-mgt/info-recovery-sample/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/samples/identity-mgt/info-recovery-sample/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.wso2.is</groupId>
         <artifactId>wso2is-identity-samples-info-recovery</artifactId>
-        <version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>5.3.0</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/modules/samples/identity-mgt/pom.xml b/modules/samples/identity-mgt/pom.xml
index b3c10a76745..c160259e196 100644
--- a/modules/samples/identity-mgt/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/samples/identity-mgt/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.wso2.is</groupId>
         <artifactId>wso2is-identity-samples</artifactId>
-        <version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>5.3.0</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/modules/samples/oauth/oauth10a-resource-owner-equivalent/pom.xml b/modules/samples/oauth/oauth10a-resource-owner-equivalent/pom.xml
index 61d6f97f702..892e62f94f5 100644
--- a/modules/samples/oauth/oauth10a-resource-owner-equivalent/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/samples/oauth/oauth10a-resource-owner-equivalent/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.wso2.is</groupId>
         <artifactId>wso2is-identity-samples-oauth10a</artifactId>
-        <version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>5.3.0</version>
     </parent>
 
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/modules/samples/oauth/pom.xml b/modules/samples/oauth/pom.xml
index 2bcbee234c5..0bd6a68c24d 100644
--- a/modules/samples/oauth/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/samples/oauth/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     <parent>
     	<groupId>org.wso2.is</groupId>
     	<artifactId>wso2is-identity-samples</artifactId>
-    	<version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    	<version>5.3.0</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/modules/samples/oauth2/custom-grant/pom.xml b/modules/samples/oauth2/custom-grant/pom.xml
index d191ee1e72c..34e40140cdd 100644
--- a/modules/samples/oauth2/custom-grant/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/samples/oauth2/custom-grant/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.wso2.is</groupId>
         <artifactId>wso2is-identity-samples-oauth2</artifactId>
-        <version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>5.3.0</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/modules/samples/oauth2/playground2/pom.xml b/modules/samples/oauth2/playground2/pom.xml
index 199a9f8a16b..8adc3aa039e 100755
--- a/modules/samples/oauth2/playground2/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/samples/oauth2/playground2/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.wso2.is</groupId>
         <artifactId>wso2is-identity-samples-oauth2</artifactId>
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+        <version>5.3.0</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
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diff --git a/modules/samples/oauth2/pom.xml b/modules/samples/oauth2/pom.xml
index 3c17c578c0d..21c243a075d 100644
--- a/modules/samples/oauth2/pom.xml
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@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     <parent>
     	<groupId>org.wso2.is</groupId>
     	<artifactId>wso2is-identity-samples</artifactId>
-    	<version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    	<version>5.3.0</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/modules/samples/passive-sts/passive-sts-client/PassiveSTSFilter/pom.xml b/modules/samples/passive-sts/passive-sts-client/PassiveSTSFilter/pom.xml
index f3ecb23e1be..d85c4f1e845 100644
--- a/modules/samples/passive-sts/passive-sts-client/PassiveSTSFilter/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/samples/passive-sts/passive-sts-client/PassiveSTSFilter/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.wso2.is</groupId>
         <artifactId>PassiveSTSSample</artifactId>
-        <version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>5.3.0</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/modules/samples/passive-sts/passive-sts-client/PassiveSTSSampleApp/pom.xml b/modules/samples/passive-sts/passive-sts-client/PassiveSTSSampleApp/pom.xml
index a683162686b..43a487174a9 100644
--- a/modules/samples/passive-sts/passive-sts-client/PassiveSTSSampleApp/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/samples/passive-sts/passive-sts-client/PassiveSTSSampleApp/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.wso2.is</groupId>
         <artifactId>PassiveSTSSample</artifactId>
-        <version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>5.3.0</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/modules/samples/passive-sts/passive-sts-client/pom.xml b/modules/samples/passive-sts/passive-sts-client/pom.xml
index 7ed9dd78957..64b271cbdc7 100644
--- a/modules/samples/passive-sts/passive-sts-client/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/samples/passive-sts/passive-sts-client/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.wso2.is</groupId>
         <artifactId>wso2is-identity-samples-passivests</artifactId>
-        <version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>5.3.0</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/modules/samples/passive-sts/pom.xml b/modules/samples/passive-sts/pom.xml
index 5dd2276d22a..d99bf150ef2 100644
--- a/modules/samples/passive-sts/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/samples/passive-sts/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.wso2.is</groupId>
         <artifactId>wso2is-identity-samples</artifactId>
-        <version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>5.3.0</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
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diff --git a/modules/samples/pom.xml b/modules/samples/pom.xml
index c84fb91cea5..a716e9233dd 100644
--- a/modules/samples/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/samples/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     <parent>
     	<groupId>org.wso2.is</groupId>
     	<artifactId>identity-server-parent</artifactId>
-    	<version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    	<version>5.3.0</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/modules/samples/scim/pom.xml b/modules/samples/scim/pom.xml
index 62ab9f905f1..62706e9ce4d 100644
--- a/modules/samples/scim/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/samples/scim/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.wso2.is</groupId>
         <artifactId>wso2is-identity-samples</artifactId>
-        <version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>5.3.0</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
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diff --git a/modules/samples/scim/scim-provisioning/pom.xml b/modules/samples/scim/scim-provisioning/pom.xml
index 12e17f6bb7c..6181e082ed9 100644
--- a/modules/samples/scim/scim-provisioning/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/samples/scim/scim-provisioning/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <parent>
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         <artifactId>wso2is-identity-samples-scim</artifactId>
-        <version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>5.3.0</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
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diff --git a/modules/samples/sso/pom.xml b/modules/samples/sso/pom.xml
index 12ddccb03b2..29e2546ac66 100644
--- a/modules/samples/sso/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/samples/sso/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
         <groupId>org.wso2.is</groupId>
         <artifactId>wso2is-identity-samples</artifactId>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
-        <version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>5.3.0</version>
     </parent>
 
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/modules/samples/sso/sso-agent-sample/pom.xml b/modules/samples/sso/sso-agent-sample/pom.xml
index e58f9aa3ef6..38c7f189d99 100644
--- a/modules/samples/sso/sso-agent-sample/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/samples/sso/sso-agent-sample/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
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         <artifactId>wso2is-identity-samples-sso</artifactId>
-        <version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>5.3.0</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/modules/samples/sts/pom.xml b/modules/samples/sts/pom.xml
index 0a6eec1c5d5..5803f900001 100644
--- a/modules/samples/sts/pom.xml
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@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
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diff --git a/modules/samples/sts/sts-client/pom.xml b/modules/samples/sts/sts-client/pom.xml
index 64ac3dd5ef6..d5003d80728 100644
--- a/modules/samples/sts/sts-client/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/samples/sts/sts-client/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.wso2.is</groupId>
         <artifactId>wso2is-identity-samples-sts</artifactId>
-        <version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>5.3.0</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
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diff --git a/modules/samples/user-mgt/pom.xml b/modules/samples/user-mgt/pom.xml
index db08d41ecd5..e5ae13b84f5 100644
--- a/modules/samples/user-mgt/pom.xml
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@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     <parent>
     	<groupId>org.wso2.is</groupId>
     	<artifactId>wso2is-identity-samples</artifactId>
-    	<version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    	<version>5.3.0</version>
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diff --git a/modules/samples/user-mgt/remote-user-mgt/pom.xml b/modules/samples/user-mgt/remote-user-mgt/pom.xml
index 3482bb01e9b..b941009a24d 100644
--- a/modules/samples/user-mgt/remote-user-mgt/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/samples/user-mgt/remote-user-mgt/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
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-        <version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>5.3.0</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/modules/samples/workflow/handler/service-provider/pom.xml b/modules/samples/workflow/handler/service-provider/pom.xml
index f74db8cc057..c7466a5f873 100644
--- a/modules/samples/workflow/handler/service-provider/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/samples/workflow/handler/service-provider/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
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-        <version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>5.3.0</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/modules/samples/workflow/pom.xml b/modules/samples/workflow/pom.xml
index e77c50d24b5..886b181f86f 100644
--- a/modules/samples/workflow/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/samples/workflow/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.wso2.is</groupId>
         <artifactId>wso2is-identity-samples</artifactId>
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+        <version>5.3.0</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/modules/samples/xacml/kmarket-trading-sample/pom.xml b/modules/samples/xacml/kmarket-trading-sample/pom.xml
index e1c44aacf4e..6876e7ab43b 100644
--- a/modules/samples/xacml/kmarket-trading-sample/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/samples/xacml/kmarket-trading-sample/pom.xml
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<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 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<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 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.wso2.is</groupId>
         <artifactId>wso2is-identity-samples-xacml</artifactId>
-        <version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>5.3.0</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/modules/samples/xacml/pom.xml b/modules/samples/xacml/pom.xml
index a99a5f44918..eed29875a30 100644
--- a/modules/samples/xacml/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/samples/xacml/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     <parent>
     	<groupId>org.wso2.is</groupId>
     	<artifactId>wso2is-identity-samples</artifactId>
-    	<version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    	<version>5.3.0</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/modules/social-authenticators/pom.xml b/modules/social-authenticators/pom.xml
index 2644962e54d..90ba3d57018 100644
--- a/modules/social-authenticators/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/social-authenticators/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.wso2.is</groupId>
         <artifactId>identity-server-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>5.3.0</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/modules/styles/pom.xml b/modules/styles/pom.xml
index 1c343d10ad2..dcfec3c59d5 100644
--- a/modules/styles/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/styles/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     <parent>
     	<groupId>org.wso2.is</groupId>
     	<artifactId>identity-server-parent</artifactId>
-    	<version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    	<version>5.3.0</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/modules/styles/product/pom.xml b/modules/styles/product/pom.xml
index c38ef743ab7..809fe114d9f 100644
--- a/modules/styles/product/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/styles/product/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.wso2.is</groupId>
     	<artifactId>identity-server-styles-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>5.3.0</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5f773ca3b1c..ce1856b6cce 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@
   ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
   ~ limitations under the License.
   -->
-<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 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+<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 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
 
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.wso2</groupId>
@@ -29,7 +28,7 @@
     <artifactId>identity-server-parent</artifactId>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <description>WSO2 Identity Server</description>
-    <version>5.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>5.3.0</version>
     <name>WSO2 Identity Server</name>
     <url>http://wso2.org/projects/identity</url>
 
@@ -1731,7 +1730,7 @@
         <url>https://github.com/wso2/product-is.git</url>
         <developerConnection>scm:git:https://github.com/wso2/product-is.git</developerConnection>
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