diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a9607c188..4dd2bafa4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
   <groupId>net.sumaris</groupId>
   <artifactId>sumaris-pod</artifactId>
-  <version>2.9.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>2.9.0-rc3</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>SUMARiS</name>
   <description>SUMARiS :: Maven parent</description>
diff --git a/src/scripts/release-from-branch.sh b/src/scripts/release-from-branch.sh
index f372e1a34..9bed949bd 100755
--- a/src/scripts/release-from-branch.sh
+++ b/src/scripts/release-from-branch.sh
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ mvn versions:set -DnewVersion=$version && mvn versions:commit
 [[ $? -ne 0 ]] && exit 1
 echo "---- Prepare release [OK]"
 echo ""
-git branch -B "release/$version"
+
+git branch -f "release/$version"
 [[ $? -ne 0 ]] && exit 1
 
 echo "---- Performing release..."
diff --git a/sumaris-core-shared/pom.xml b/sumaris-core-shared/pom.xml
index 82193fb90..4496e15f0 100644
--- a/sumaris-core-shared/pom.xml
+++ b/sumaris-core-shared/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>net.sumaris</groupId>
     <artifactId>sumaris-pod</artifactId>
-    <version>2.9.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.9.0-rc3</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>sumaris-core-shared</artifactId>
diff --git a/sumaris-core/pom.xml b/sumaris-core/pom.xml
index 02ee964b9..7c0b5dd4a 100644
--- a/sumaris-core/pom.xml
+++ b/sumaris-core/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>net.sumaris</groupId>
     <artifactId>sumaris-pod</artifactId>
-    <version>2.9.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.9.0-rc3</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>sumaris-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/sumaris-extraction/pom.xml b/sumaris-extraction/pom.xml
index fc0b141c4..8aa5147dd 100644
--- a/sumaris-extraction/pom.xml
+++ b/sumaris-extraction/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>net.sumaris</groupId>
 		<artifactId>sumaris-pod</artifactId>
-		<version>2.9.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.9.0-rc3</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>sumaris-extraction</artifactId>
diff --git a/sumaris-importation/pom.xml b/sumaris-importation/pom.xml
index 06bebfbf3..726d33f0b 100644
--- a/sumaris-importation/pom.xml
+++ b/sumaris-importation/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>sumaris-pod</artifactId>
     <groupId>net.sumaris</groupId>
-    <version>2.9.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.9.0-rc3</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/sumaris-server/pom.xml b/sumaris-server/pom.xml
index 5640f86fa..0fcf43d1e 100644
--- a/sumaris-server/pom.xml
+++ b/sumaris-server/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>net.sumaris</groupId>
     <artifactId>sumaris-pod</artifactId>
-    <version>2.9.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.9.0-rc3</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>sumaris-server</artifactId>
diff --git a/sumaris-test-shared/pom.xml b/sumaris-test-shared/pom.xml
index 81d3ea0cc..8b703ede5 100644
--- a/sumaris-test-shared/pom.xml
+++ b/sumaris-test-shared/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>net.sumaris</groupId>
     <artifactId>sumaris-pod</artifactId>
-    <version>2.9.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.9.0-rc3</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>sumaris-test-shared</artifactId>
diff --git a/sumaris-xml-query/pom.xml b/sumaris-xml-query/pom.xml
index 163bce9e2..ea95b4259 100644
--- a/sumaris-xml-query/pom.xml
+++ b/sumaris-xml-query/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>net.sumaris</groupId>
 		<artifactId>sumaris-pod</artifactId>
-		<version>2.9.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.9.0-rc3</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>sumaris-xml-query</artifactId>