diff --git a/maven-failsafe-plugin/pom.xml b/maven-failsafe-plugin/pom.xml
index 08eec24743..509786da6c 100644
--- a/maven-failsafe-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-failsafe-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.surefire</groupId>
         <artifactId>surefire</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-M8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-M8</version>
     </parent>
 
     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
diff --git a/maven-surefire-common/pom.xml b/maven-surefire-common/pom.xml
index c00129c9ee..00b462320d 100644
--- a/maven-surefire-common/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-surefire-common/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.surefire</groupId>
         <artifactId>surefire</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-M8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-M8</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>maven-surefire-common</artifactId>
diff --git a/maven-surefire-plugin/pom.xml b/maven-surefire-plugin/pom.xml
index dc95eaf6f4..4f8422d0a6 100644
--- a/maven-surefire-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-surefire-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.surefire</groupId>
         <artifactId>surefire</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-M8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-M8</version>
     </parent>
 
     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
diff --git a/maven-surefire-report-plugin/pom.xml b/maven-surefire-report-plugin/pom.xml
index 486a5b9261..d634bffafc 100644
--- a/maven-surefire-report-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-surefire-report-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.surefire</groupId>
         <artifactId>surefire</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-M8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-M8</version>
     </parent>
 
     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 03b0bda928..94e30c4d36 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
   <groupId>org.apache.maven.surefire</groupId>
   <artifactId>surefire</artifactId>
-  <version>3.0.0-M8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>3.0.0-M8</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <name>Apache Maven Surefire</name>
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
     <connection>${maven.surefire.scm.devConnection}</connection>
     <developerConnection>${maven.surefire.scm.devConnection}</developerConnection>
     <url>https://github.com/apache/maven-surefire/tree/${project.scm.tag}</url>
-    <tag>HEAD</tag>
+    <tag>surefire-3.0.0-M8</tag>
   </scm>
   <issueManagement>
     <system>jira</system>
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
     <maven.compiler.testTarget>1.${javaVersion}</maven.compiler.testTarget>
     <jvm9ArgsTests />
     <jvm.args.tests>${jvm9ArgsTests} -Xms32m -Xmx144m -XX:SoftRefLRUPolicyMSPerMB=50 -Djava.awt.headless=true -Djdk.net.URLClassPath.disableClassPathURLCheck=true</jvm.args.tests>
-    <project.build.outputTimestamp>2022-06-03T09:25:43Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
+    <project.build.outputTimestamp>2023-01-07T08:46:00Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/surefire-api/pom.xml b/surefire-api/pom.xml
index 11220365db..2b524fe113 100644
--- a/surefire-api/pom.xml
+++ b/surefire-api/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven.surefire</groupId>
     <artifactId>surefire</artifactId>
-    <version>3.0.0-M8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-M8</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>surefire-api</artifactId>
diff --git a/surefire-booter/pom.xml b/surefire-booter/pom.xml
index 8967a4ff5b..f4b06a4448 100644
--- a/surefire-booter/pom.xml
+++ b/surefire-booter/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven.surefire</groupId>
     <artifactId>surefire</artifactId>
-    <version>3.0.0-M8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-M8</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>surefire-booter</artifactId>
diff --git a/surefire-extensions-api/pom.xml b/surefire-extensions-api/pom.xml
index b2c489f9b4..802f5a256d 100644
--- a/surefire-extensions-api/pom.xml
+++ b/surefire-extensions-api/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.surefire</groupId>
         <artifactId>surefire</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-M8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-M8</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>surefire-extensions-api</artifactId>
diff --git a/surefire-extensions-spi/pom.xml b/surefire-extensions-spi/pom.xml
index e436351422..8d13d8b140 100644
--- a/surefire-extensions-spi/pom.xml
+++ b/surefire-extensions-spi/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.surefire</groupId>
         <artifactId>surefire</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-M8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-M8</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>surefire-extensions-spi</artifactId>
diff --git a/surefire-grouper/pom.xml b/surefire-grouper/pom.xml
index 9dc9562264..18430e5739 100644
--- a/surefire-grouper/pom.xml
+++ b/surefire-grouper/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven.surefire</groupId>
     <artifactId>surefire</artifactId>
-    <version>3.0.0-M8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-M8</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>surefire-grouper</artifactId>
diff --git a/surefire-its/pom.xml b/surefire-its/pom.xml
index b66e01da53..f0e3e2a152 100644
--- a/surefire-its/pom.xml
+++ b/surefire-its/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.surefire</groupId>
         <artifactId>surefire</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-M8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-M8</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>surefire-its</artifactId>
diff --git a/surefire-logger-api/pom.xml b/surefire-logger-api/pom.xml
index 557500a76f..8765e9e228 100644
--- a/surefire-logger-api/pom.xml
+++ b/surefire-logger-api/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.surefire</groupId>
         <artifactId>surefire</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-M8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-M8</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>surefire-logger-api</artifactId>
diff --git a/surefire-providers/common-java5/pom.xml b/surefire-providers/common-java5/pom.xml
index 0758cc6536..0c3ca172bb 100644
--- a/surefire-providers/common-java5/pom.xml
+++ b/surefire-providers/common-java5/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven.surefire</groupId>
     <artifactId>surefire-providers</artifactId>
-    <version>3.0.0-M8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-M8</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>common-java5</artifactId>
@@ -71,4 +71,8 @@
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
+
+  <scm>
+    <tag>surefire-3.0.0-M8</tag>
+  </scm>
 </project>
diff --git a/surefire-providers/common-junit3/pom.xml b/surefire-providers/common-junit3/pom.xml
index b8664b46fb..988da258d9 100644
--- a/surefire-providers/common-junit3/pom.xml
+++ b/surefire-providers/common-junit3/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven.surefire</groupId>
     <artifactId>surefire-providers</artifactId>
-    <version>3.0.0-M8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-M8</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>common-junit3</artifactId>
@@ -72,4 +72,8 @@
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
+
+  <scm>
+    <tag>surefire-3.0.0-M8</tag>
+  </scm>
 </project>
diff --git a/surefire-providers/common-junit4/pom.xml b/surefire-providers/common-junit4/pom.xml
index c6b55f0a07..b4d91e8855 100644
--- a/surefire-providers/common-junit4/pom.xml
+++ b/surefire-providers/common-junit4/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven.surefire</groupId>
     <artifactId>surefire-providers</artifactId>
-    <version>3.0.0-M8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-M8</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>common-junit4</artifactId>
@@ -82,4 +82,8 @@
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
+
+  <scm>
+    <tag>surefire-3.0.0-M8</tag>
+  </scm>
 </project>
diff --git a/surefire-providers/common-junit48/pom.xml b/surefire-providers/common-junit48/pom.xml
index 347a94e844..2b750bc9e9 100644
--- a/surefire-providers/common-junit48/pom.xml
+++ b/surefire-providers/common-junit48/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.surefire</groupId>
         <artifactId>surefire-providers</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-M8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-M8</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>common-junit48</artifactId>
@@ -171,4 +171,8 @@
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
+
+  <scm>
+    <tag>surefire-3.0.0-M8</tag>
+  </scm>
 </project>
diff --git a/surefire-providers/pom.xml b/surefire-providers/pom.xml
index 7aab4c2e4e..1f06db7282 100644
--- a/surefire-providers/pom.xml
+++ b/surefire-providers/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven.surefire</groupId>
     <artifactId>surefire</artifactId>
-    <version>3.0.0-M8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-M8</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>surefire-providers</artifactId>
diff --git a/surefire-providers/pom.xml.releaseBackup b/surefire-providers/pom.xml.releaseBackup
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7aab4c2e4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/surefire-providers/pom.xml.releaseBackup
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.apache.maven.surefire</groupId>
+    <artifactId>surefire</artifactId>
+    <version>3.0.0-M8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>surefire-providers</artifactId>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <name>SureFire Providers</name>
+  <description>SureFire Providers Aggregator POM</description>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>common-junit3</module>
+    <module>common-java5</module>
+    <module>common-junit4</module>
+    <module>common-junit48</module>
+    <module>surefire-junit3</module>
+    <module>surefire-junit4</module>
+    <module>surefire-junit47</module>
+    <module>surefire-junit-platform</module>
+    <module>surefire-testng-utils</module>
+    <module>surefire-testng</module>
+  </modules>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.surefire</groupId>
+      <artifactId>surefire-api</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+        <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.surefire</groupId>
+            <artifactId>surefire-shadefire</artifactId>
+            <version>3.0.0-M7</version> <!-- ${shadedVersion}, but resolved due to https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MRELEASE-799 -->
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
+
diff --git a/surefire-providers/surefire-junit-platform/pom.xml b/surefire-providers/surefire-junit-platform/pom.xml
index a0e42a2dd1..39bdaf152d 100644
--- a/surefire-providers/surefire-junit-platform/pom.xml
+++ b/surefire-providers/surefire-junit-platform/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.surefire</groupId>
         <artifactId>surefire-providers</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-M8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-M8</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>surefire-junit-platform</artifactId>
@@ -137,4 +137,8 @@
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
+
+  <scm>
+    <tag>surefire-3.0.0-M8</tag>
+  </scm>
 </project>
diff --git a/surefire-providers/surefire-junit3/pom.xml b/surefire-providers/surefire-junit3/pom.xml
index e6edc5b8d4..a23e4ebaf9 100644
--- a/surefire-providers/surefire-junit3/pom.xml
+++ b/surefire-providers/surefire-junit3/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven.surefire</groupId>
     <artifactId>surefire-providers</artifactId>
-    <version>3.0.0-M8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-M8</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>surefire-junit3</artifactId>
@@ -82,4 +82,8 @@
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
+
+  <scm>
+    <tag>surefire-3.0.0-M8</tag>
+  </scm>
 </project>
diff --git a/surefire-providers/surefire-junit4/pom.xml b/surefire-providers/surefire-junit4/pom.xml
index 6a7e474ff8..f469d993b3 100644
--- a/surefire-providers/surefire-junit4/pom.xml
+++ b/surefire-providers/surefire-junit4/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven.surefire</groupId>
     <artifactId>surefire-providers</artifactId>
-    <version>3.0.0-M8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-M8</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>surefire-junit4</artifactId>
@@ -80,4 +80,8 @@
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
+
+  <scm>
+    <tag>surefire-3.0.0-M8</tag>
+  </scm>
 </project>
diff --git a/surefire-providers/surefire-junit47/pom.xml b/surefire-providers/surefire-junit47/pom.xml
index 03b02244fb..e677e928d4 100644
--- a/surefire-providers/surefire-junit47/pom.xml
+++ b/surefire-providers/surefire-junit47/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.surefire</groupId>
         <artifactId>surefire-providers</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-M8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-M8</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>surefire-junit47</artifactId>
@@ -98,4 +98,8 @@
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
+
+  <scm>
+    <tag>surefire-3.0.0-M8</tag>
+  </scm>
 </project>
diff --git a/surefire-providers/surefire-testng-utils/pom.xml b/surefire-providers/surefire-testng-utils/pom.xml
index f3fa6490c3..8c695d02ef 100644
--- a/surefire-providers/surefire-testng-utils/pom.xml
+++ b/surefire-providers/surefire-testng-utils/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven.surefire</groupId>
     <artifactId>surefire-providers</artifactId>
-    <version>3.0.0-M8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-M8</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>surefire-testng-utils</artifactId>
@@ -84,4 +84,8 @@
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
+
+  <scm>
+    <tag>surefire-3.0.0-M8</tag>
+  </scm>
 </project>
diff --git a/surefire-providers/surefire-testng/pom.xml b/surefire-providers/surefire-testng/pom.xml
index 7a2cc03342..d26124f5dc 100644
--- a/surefire-providers/surefire-testng/pom.xml
+++ b/surefire-providers/surefire-testng/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.surefire</groupId>
         <artifactId>surefire-providers</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-M8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-M8</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>surefire-testng</artifactId>
@@ -100,4 +100,8 @@
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
+
+  <scm>
+    <tag>surefire-3.0.0-M8</tag>
+  </scm>
 </project>
diff --git a/surefire-report-parser/pom.xml b/surefire-report-parser/pom.xml
index 155cc7baa9..7af127f4b4 100644
--- a/surefire-report-parser/pom.xml
+++ b/surefire-report-parser/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven.surefire</groupId>
     <artifactId>surefire</artifactId>
-    <version>3.0.0-M8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-M8</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>surefire-report-parser</artifactId>
diff --git a/surefire-shadefire/pom.xml b/surefire-shadefire/pom.xml
index d25a4c8540..9ff5c81f04 100644
--- a/surefire-shadefire/pom.xml
+++ b/surefire-shadefire/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven.surefire</groupId>
     <artifactId>surefire</artifactId>
-    <version>3.0.0-M8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-M8</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>surefire-shadefire</artifactId>
diff --git a/surefire-shared-utils/pom.xml b/surefire-shared-utils/pom.xml
index 03a12ed58d..fab10f5005 100644
--- a/surefire-shared-utils/pom.xml
+++ b/surefire-shared-utils/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.surefire</groupId>
         <artifactId>surefire</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-M8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-M8</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>surefire-shared-utils</artifactId>