diff --git a/accumulo/pom.xml b/accumulo/pom.xml
index 8576b23387..96596d1192 100644
--- a/accumulo/pom.xml
+++ b/accumulo/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ LICENSE file.
   <parent>
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   <artifactId>accumulo-binding</artifactId>
diff --git a/aerospike/pom.xml b/aerospike/pom.xml
index f368527055..e48d33acad 100644
--- a/aerospike/pom.xml
+++ b/aerospike/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ LICENSE file.
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
     <artifactId>binding-parent</artifactId>
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diff --git a/arangodb/pom.xml b/arangodb/pom.xml
index aad5a51854..91ebddf45e 100644
--- a/arangodb/pom.xml
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@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ LICENSE file.
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diff --git a/arangodb3/pom.xml b/arangodb3/pom.xml
index bef7f0c01d..7df5e3c8af 100644
--- a/arangodb3/pom.xml
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@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ LICENSE file.
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diff --git a/asynchbase/pom.xml b/asynchbase/pom.xml
index 9bcf6c44a3..9a0a9b7a93 100644
--- a/asynchbase/pom.xml
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@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ LICENSE file.
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diff --git a/azuredocumentdb/pom.xml b/azuredocumentdb/pom.xml
index 0f7363e95a..552dd8126c 100644
--- a/azuredocumentdb/pom.xml
+++ b/azuredocumentdb/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ LICENSE file.
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     <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
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diff --git a/azuretablestorage/pom.xml b/azuretablestorage/pom.xml
index 41a5fd3bcf..9e979d720c 100644
--- a/azuretablestorage/pom.xml
+++ b/azuretablestorage/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ LICENSE file.
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         <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
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diff --git a/binding-parent/datastore-specific-descriptor/pom.xml b/binding-parent/datastore-specific-descriptor/pom.xml
index d3921a1e76..2c58675ef3 100644
--- a/binding-parent/datastore-specific-descriptor/pom.xml
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@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ LICENSE file.
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diff --git a/binding-parent/pom.xml b/binding-parent/pom.xml
index 24d5ee7b50..7ee32757b5 100644
--- a/binding-parent/pom.xml
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@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ LICENSE file.
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   <artifactId>binding-parent</artifactId>
diff --git a/cassandra/pom.xml b/cassandra/pom.xml
index 34a30a9e7b..c2df76f24c 100644
--- a/cassandra/pom.xml
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@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ LICENSE file.
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diff --git a/cloudspanner/pom.xml b/cloudspanner/pom.xml
index 4aba685ed5..8c010371ba 100644
--- a/cloudspanner/pom.xml
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@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ LICENSE file.
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diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 13bd4d10dc..414b4b543f 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
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@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ LICENSE file.
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diff --git a/couchbase/pom.xml b/couchbase/pom.xml
index 0b685a2615..80975a6feb 100644
--- a/couchbase/pom.xml
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@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ LICENSE file.
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diff --git a/couchbase2/pom.xml b/couchbase2/pom.xml
index fcdc20d2f3..a0b550df7e 100644
--- a/couchbase2/pom.xml
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@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ LICENSE file.
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diff --git a/distribution/pom.xml b/distribution/pom.xml
index 06dc24d1fc..da74b7a66a 100644
--- a/distribution/pom.xml
+++ b/distribution/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ LICENSE file.
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   <artifactId>ycsb</artifactId>
diff --git a/dynamodb/pom.xml b/dynamodb/pom.xml
index f68cb0baf2..d2302b1954 100644
--- a/dynamodb/pom.xml
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@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ LICENSE file.
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diff --git a/elasticsearch/pom.xml b/elasticsearch/pom.xml
index d577d0f69a..e004d145ab 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/pom.xml
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@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ LICENSE file.
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diff --git a/elasticsearch5/pom.xml b/elasticsearch5/pom.xml
index 5ab8cd35b2..911949a4f6 100644
--- a/elasticsearch5/pom.xml
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@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ LICENSE file.
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diff --git a/geode/pom.xml b/geode/pom.xml
index 007e552e12..752ffe944d 100644
--- a/geode/pom.xml
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@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ LICENSE file.
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diff --git a/googlebigtable/pom.xml b/googlebigtable/pom.xml
index 7353e53a79..eabe77801a 100644
--- a/googlebigtable/pom.xml
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@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ LICENSE file.
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diff --git a/googledatastore/pom.xml b/googledatastore/pom.xml
index 800f1fa89d..fdd56b729a 100644
--- a/googledatastore/pom.xml
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@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ LICENSE file.
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diff --git a/hbase094/pom.xml b/hbase094/pom.xml
index 2287f0ca9a..206aecde90 100644
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@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ LICENSE file.
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diff --git a/hbase098/pom.xml b/hbase098/pom.xml
index a379fbe02d..840431429e 100644
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@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ LICENSE file.
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diff --git a/hbase10/pom.xml b/hbase10/pom.xml
index 237eff6aa3..68a272a881 100644
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@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ LICENSE file.
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diff --git a/hbase12/pom.xml b/hbase12/pom.xml
index 0754b28e19..dcabb6a030 100644
--- a/hbase12/pom.xml
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@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ LICENSE file.
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diff --git a/hypertable/pom.xml b/hypertable/pom.xml
index aa05f14116..ac1dd7b51e 100644
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@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ LICENSE file.
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diff --git a/infinispan/pom.xml b/infinispan/pom.xml
index 133a59c8b2..1a71585a36 100644
--- a/infinispan/pom.xml
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@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ LICENSE file.
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diff --git a/jdbc/pom.xml b/jdbc/pom.xml
index 9f6fdd1000..2b91e4c2bd 100644
--- a/jdbc/pom.xml
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@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ LICENSE file.
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diff --git a/kudu/pom.xml b/kudu/pom.xml
index f1c7b00de1..86ec6693ce 100644
--- a/kudu/pom.xml
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@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ LICENSE file.
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-    <version>0.13.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
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diff --git a/mapkeeper/pom.xml b/mapkeeper/pom.xml
index 6c15e9044e..6f62c12395 100644
--- a/mapkeeper/pom.xml
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@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ LICENSE file.
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diff --git a/memcached/pom.xml b/memcached/pom.xml
index bf290e699a..2608d21829 100644
--- a/memcached/pom.xml
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@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ LICENSE file.
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diff --git a/mongodb/pom.xml b/mongodb/pom.xml
index 9f2a80b060..ef4bd41661 100644
--- a/mongodb/pom.xml
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@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ LICENSE file.
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diff --git a/nosqldb/pom.xml b/nosqldb/pom.xml
index e8d4abeb38..56a4d07a22 100644
--- a/nosqldb/pom.xml
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@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ LICENSE file.
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diff --git a/orientdb/pom.xml b/orientdb/pom.xml
index 89c5a4395e..1dc82d8962 100644
--- a/orientdb/pom.xml
+++ b/orientdb/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ LICENSE file.
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-    <version>0.13.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
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diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7b0cc62d67..53d2249ab0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ LICENSE file.
 
   <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
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-  <version>0.13.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.13.0-RC1</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <name>YCSB Root</name>
diff --git a/rados/pom.xml b/rados/pom.xml
index 287f631e07..8346b1c24c 100644
--- a/rados/pom.xml
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@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ LICENSE file.
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diff --git a/redis/pom.xml b/redis/pom.xml
index 3ea9a9264b..aa9ceeed23 100644
--- a/redis/pom.xml
+++ b/redis/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ LICENSE file.
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+    <version>0.13.0-RC1</version>
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diff --git a/rest/pom.xml b/rest/pom.xml
index 34b8e15877..764806a607 100644
--- a/rest/pom.xml
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@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
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diff --git a/riak/pom.xml b/riak/pom.xml
index f49e96a4d6..62a3bb1d43 100644
--- a/riak/pom.xml
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@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ LICENSE file.
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+    <version>0.13.0-RC1</version>
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@@ -56,4 +56,4 @@ LICENSE file.
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>
diff --git a/s3/pom.xml b/s3/pom.xml
index b3adfb667a..6c5d86f231 100644
--- a/s3/pom.xml
+++ b/s3/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ LICENSE file.
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         <artifactId>binding-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.13.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.13.0-RC1</version>
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     </parent>
   
diff --git a/solr/pom.xml b/solr/pom.xml
index 81ef323c06..453659fc54 100644
--- a/solr/pom.xml
+++ b/solr/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ LICENSE file.
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     <artifactId>binding-parent</artifactId>
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diff --git a/solr6/pom.xml b/solr6/pom.xml
index f8500987e9..0fe06bce05 100644
--- a/solr6/pom.xml
+++ b/solr6/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ LICENSE file.
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     <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
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diff --git a/tarantool/pom.xml b/tarantool/pom.xml
index 61ff981674..562444c72b 100644
--- a/tarantool/pom.xml
+++ b/tarantool/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ LICENSE file.
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diff --git a/version.sh b/version.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c54a1720cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/version.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+  #
+  # Script to help generate a new release candidate.  This assumes that
+  # the master branch is checked out and the working directory is clean.
+  #
+  # To confirm changes before checking them in, replace the -A option
+  # to "git add" below with -p.
+  #
+
+  # Update the following two variables before running this script.
+  VERSION=0.13.0
+  RC_NUM=1
+
+  RC_NUMBER=RC${RC_NUM}
+  NEXT_RC_NUMBER=RC$((${RC_NUM} + 1))
+  RC_VERSION=${VERSION}-${RC_NUMBER}
+
+  git checkout ${VERSION}-staging
+
+  # Modify version string from SNAPSHOT to RC.
+  test $RC_NUM = 1 && FROM=${VERSION}-SNAPSHOT || FROM=${RC_VERSION}-SNAPSHOT
+  TO=$RC_VERSION
+
+  FILES="`grep -rl -- -SNAPSHOT *`"
+
+  echo "$FILES" | xargs sed -i '' -e "s/$FROM/$TO/"
+  git add -A
+  git commit -m "[release] mark ${VERSION} ${RC_NUMBER}"
+
+  # Now create a tag that we can reference on GitHub.
+  git tag $RC_VERSION
+
+  # Modify version string from RC to the next RC snapshot.  Now fixes
+  # that come in during testing can be picked back here for files that
+  # need updating.
+#  FROM=$RC_VERSION
+#  TO=${VERSION}-${NEXT_RC_NUMBER}-SNAPSHOT
+#  echo "$FILES" | xargs sed -i '' -e "s/$FROM/$TO/"
+#  git add -A
+#  git commit -m "[release] update version for ${NEXT_RC_NUMBER}"
+
+  # Finally push all of this up to GitHub.
+#  git push origin ${VERSION}-staging $RC_VERSION
diff --git a/voldemort/pom.xml b/voldemort/pom.xml
index cd1150e403..9a3caf6df4 100644
--- a/voldemort/pom.xml
+++ b/voldemort/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ LICENSE file.
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
     <artifactId>binding-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.13.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.13.0-RC1</version>
     <relativePath>../binding-parent</relativePath>
    </parent>