diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 81283e6..deecdbb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-base</artifactId>
-    <version>2.16.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.16.0-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
   <artifactId>jackson-datatype-joda</artifactId>
   <name>Jackson datatype: Joda</name>
-  <version>2.16.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>2.16.0-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <description>Add-on module for Jackson (https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson) to support Joda (https://www.joda.org/joda-time/) data types.
   </description>