diff --git a/compose/.env b/compose/.env
index bcd95c562..16ced0475 100644
--- a/compose/.env
+++ b/compose/.env
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
# docker-compose default environment variable values
COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME=gscloud_dev
-TAG=1.9-SNAPSHOT
+TAG=1.9-RC
ACL_TAG=2.3.0
GS_USER="1000:1000"
GATEWAY_SHARED_AUTH=true
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1af25852a..9d3574dd3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
src
- 1.9-SNAPSHOT
+ 1.9-RC
format
false
UTF-8