diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatclient/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatclient/pom.xml
index d66da01..bb1fbe3 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatclient/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatclient/pom.xml
@@ -21,20 +21,20 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.hyracks.examples</groupId>
     <artifactId>hadoop-compat-example</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.16-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.16-incubating</version>
   </parent>
 
   <dependencies>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-std</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.16-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.16-incubating</version>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>org.apache.hyracks.examples.compat</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hadoopcompathelper</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.16-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.16-incubating</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompathelper/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompathelper/pom.xml
index d587a60..a2137b8 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompathelper/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompathelper/pom.xml
@@ -21,20 +21,20 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.hyracks.examples</groupId>
     <artifactId>hadoop-compat-example</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.16-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.16-incubating</version>
   </parent>
 
   <dependencies>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-std</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.16-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.16-incubating</version>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.16-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.16-incubating</version>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatserver/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatserver/pom.xml
index b03358d..0dc0ea5 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatserver/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatserver/pom.xml
@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.apache.hyracks.examples.compat</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoopcompatserver</artifactId>
-  <version>0.2.16-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.2.16-incubating</version>
   <name>hadoopcompatserver</name>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.hyracks.examples</groupId>
     <artifactId>hadoop-compat-example</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.16-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.16-incubating</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
       <plugin>
       	<groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       	<artifactId>hyracks-virtualcluster-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-      	<version>0.2.16-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      	<version>0.2.16-incubating</version>
         <configuration>
           <hyracksServerHome>${basedir}/target/hadoopcompatserver-${project.version}-binary-assembly</hyracksServerHome>
           <jvmOptions>${jvm.extraargs}</jvmOptions>
@@ -149,27 +149,27 @@
      <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.hyracks.examples.compat</groupId>
         <artifactId>hadoopcompathelper</artifactId>
-        <version>0.2.16-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.2.16-incubating</version>
         <scope>compile</scope>
      </dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-control-cc</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.16-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.16-incubating</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-control-nc</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.16-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.16-incubating</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
      <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.hyracks.examples.compat</groupId>
   	    <artifactId>hadoopcompatclient</artifactId>
-  	    <version>0.2.16-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  	    <version>0.2.16-incubating</version>
   	    <type>jar</type>
   	    <scope>test</scope>
      </dependency>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/pom.xml
index a614858..4350ca8 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks-examples</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.16-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.16-incubating</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modules>
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
          <artifactId>hyracks-hadoop-compat</artifactId>
-         <version>0.2.16-SNAPSHOT</version>
+         <version>0.2.16-incubating</version>
          <type>jar</type>
          <scope>compile</scope>
       </dependency>