diff --git a/android-interop-testing/app/build.gradle b/android-interop-testing/app/build.gradle
index c4cdfa29616..76d251b69bc 100644
--- a/android-interop-testing/app/build.gradle
+++ b/android-interop-testing/app/build.gradle
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ protobuf {
     }
     plugins {
         grpc {
-            artifact = 'io.grpc:protoc-gen-grpc-java:1.0.0-SNAPSHOT' // CURRENT_GRPC_VERSION
+            artifact = 'io.grpc:protoc-gen-grpc-java:1.0.0-pre1' // CURRENT_GRPC_VERSION
         }
     }
     generateProtoTasks {
@@ -61,10 +61,10 @@ dependencies {
     compile 'com.google.guava:guava:18.0'
     compile 'com.squareup.okhttp:okhttp:2.2.0'
     // You need to build grpc-java to obtain these libraries below.
-    compile 'io.grpc:grpc-protobuf-nano:1.0.0-SNAPSHOT' // CURRENT_GRPC_VERSION
-    compile 'io.grpc:grpc-okhttp:1.0.0-SNAPSHOT' // CURRENT_GRPC_VERSION
-    compile 'io.grpc:grpc-stub:1.0.0-SNAPSHOT' // CURRENT_GRPC_VERSION
-    compile 'io.grpc:grpc-testing:1.0.0-SNAPSHOT' // CURRENT_GRPC_VERSION
+    compile 'io.grpc:grpc-protobuf-nano:1.0.0-pre1' // CURRENT_GRPC_VERSION
+    compile 'io.grpc:grpc-okhttp:1.0.0-pre1' // CURRENT_GRPC_VERSION
+    compile 'io.grpc:grpc-stub:1.0.0-pre1' // CURRENT_GRPC_VERSION
+    compile 'io.grpc:grpc-testing:1.0.0-pre1' // CURRENT_GRPC_VERSION
     compile 'javax.annotation:javax.annotation-api:1.2'
 }
 
diff --git a/benchmarks/src/generated/main/grpc/io/grpc/benchmarks/proto/BenchmarkServiceGrpc.java b/benchmarks/src/generated/main/grpc/io/grpc/benchmarks/proto/BenchmarkServiceGrpc.java
index 1cf8992d049..213e568d97a 100644
--- a/benchmarks/src/generated/main/grpc/io/grpc/benchmarks/proto/BenchmarkServiceGrpc.java
+++ b/benchmarks/src/generated/main/grpc/io/grpc/benchmarks/proto/BenchmarkServiceGrpc.java
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 /**
  */
 @javax.annotation.Generated(
-    value = "by gRPC proto compiler (version 1.0.0-SNAPSHOT)",
+    value = "by gRPC proto compiler (version 1.0.0-pre1)",
     comments = "Source: services.proto")
 public class BenchmarkServiceGrpc {
 
diff --git a/benchmarks/src/generated/main/grpc/io/grpc/benchmarks/proto/WorkerServiceGrpc.java b/benchmarks/src/generated/main/grpc/io/grpc/benchmarks/proto/WorkerServiceGrpc.java
index a17ba5dccfd..492158bf08b 100644
--- a/benchmarks/src/generated/main/grpc/io/grpc/benchmarks/proto/WorkerServiceGrpc.java
+++ b/benchmarks/src/generated/main/grpc/io/grpc/benchmarks/proto/WorkerServiceGrpc.java
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 /**
  */
 @javax.annotation.Generated(
-    value = "by gRPC proto compiler (version 1.0.0-SNAPSHOT)",
+    value = "by gRPC proto compiler (version 1.0.0-pre1)",
     comments = "Source: services.proto")
 public class WorkerServiceGrpc {
 
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index dd748838664..f1fe57f60b2 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ subprojects {
     apply plugin: "com.google.osdetector"
 
     group = "io.grpc"
-    version = "1.0.0-SNAPSHOT" // CURRENT_GRPC_VERSION
+    version = "1.0.0-pre1" // CURRENT_GRPC_VERSION
 
     sourceCompatibility = 1.6
     targetCompatibility = 1.6
diff --git a/compiler/src/test/golden/TestService.java.txt b/compiler/src/test/golden/TestService.java.txt
index 04fa59f2eaa..7b56b842448 100644
--- a/compiler/src/test/golden/TestService.java.txt
+++ b/compiler/src/test/golden/TestService.java.txt
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import static io.grpc.stub.ServerCalls.asyncUnimplementedStreamingCall;
  * </pre>
  */
 @javax.annotation.Generated(
-    value = "by gRPC proto compiler (version 1.0.0-SNAPSHOT)",
+    value = "by gRPC proto compiler (version 1.0.0-pre1)",
     comments = "Source: test.proto")
 public class TestServiceGrpc {
 
diff --git a/compiler/src/testLite/golden/TestService.java.txt b/compiler/src/testLite/golden/TestService.java.txt
index 0d322beb3a5..6b72b6b02e6 100644
--- a/compiler/src/testLite/golden/TestService.java.txt
+++ b/compiler/src/testLite/golden/TestService.java.txt
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import static io.grpc.stub.ServerCalls.asyncUnimplementedStreamingCall;
  * </pre>
  */
 @javax.annotation.Generated(
-    value = "by gRPC proto compiler (version 1.0.0-SNAPSHOT)",
+    value = "by gRPC proto compiler (version 1.0.0-pre1)",
     comments = "Source: test.proto")
 public class TestServiceGrpc {
 
diff --git a/compiler/src/testNano/golden/TestService.java.txt b/compiler/src/testNano/golden/TestService.java.txt
index 2c6b6cf5f87..94da3b27a72 100644
--- a/compiler/src/testNano/golden/TestService.java.txt
+++ b/compiler/src/testNano/golden/TestService.java.txt
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import java.io.IOException;
  * </pre>
  */
 @javax.annotation.Generated(
-    value = "by gRPC proto compiler (version 1.0.0-SNAPSHOT)",
+    value = "by gRPC proto compiler (version 1.0.0-pre1)",
     comments = "Source: test.proto")
 public class TestServiceGrpc {
 
diff --git a/examples/android/app/build.gradle b/examples/android/app/build.gradle
index bc69cccdb5e..03fafde30b3 100644
--- a/examples/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ protobuf {
     }
     plugins {
         grpc {
-            artifact = 'io.grpc:protoc-gen-grpc-java:1.0.0-SNAPSHOT' // CURRENT_GRPC_VERSION
+            artifact = 'io.grpc:protoc-gen-grpc-java:1.0.0-pre1' // CURRENT_GRPC_VERSION
         }
     }
     generateProtoTasks {
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ dependencies {
     compile 'com.squareup.okhttp:okhttp:2.2.0'
 
     // You need to build grpc-java to obtain these libraries below.
-    compile 'io.grpc:grpc-okhttp:1.0.0-SNAPSHOT' // CURRENT_GRPC_VERSION
-    compile 'io.grpc:grpc-protobuf-lite:1.0.0-SNAPSHOT' // CURRENT_GRPC_VERSION
-    compile 'io.grpc:grpc-stub:1.0.0-SNAPSHOT' // CURRENT_GRPC_VERSION
+    compile 'io.grpc:grpc-okhttp:1.0.0-pre1' // CURRENT_GRPC_VERSION
+    compile 'io.grpc:grpc-protobuf-lite:1.0.0-pre1' // CURRENT_GRPC_VERSION
+    compile 'io.grpc:grpc-stub:1.0.0-pre1' // CURRENT_GRPC_VERSION
     compile 'javax.annotation:javax.annotation-api:1.2'
 }
diff --git a/examples/build.gradle b/examples/build.gradle
index 0f2530838f5..566f09eca8b 100644
--- a/examples/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/build.gradle
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ repositories {
 
 // Feel free to delete the comment at the next line. It is just for safely
 // updating the version in our release process.
-def grpcVersion = '1.0.0-SNAPSHOT' // CURRENT_GRPC_VERSION
+def grpcVersion = '1.0.0-pre1' // CURRENT_GRPC_VERSION
 
 dependencies {
   compile "io.grpc:grpc-netty:${grpcVersion}"
diff --git a/examples/pom.xml b/examples/pom.xml
index 26ef9da4d30..f2a4675b4df 100644
--- a/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/pom.xml
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <!-- Feel free to delete the comment at the end of these lines. It is just
        for safely updating the version in our release process. -->
-  <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- CURRENT_GRPC_VERSION -->
+  <version>1.0.0-pre1</version><!-- CURRENT_GRPC_VERSION -->
   <name>examples</name>
   <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
   <properties>
-    <grpc.version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</grpc.version><!-- CURRENT_GRPC_VERSION -->
+    <grpc.version>1.0.0-pre1</grpc.version><!-- CURRENT_GRPC_VERSION -->
   </properties>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/grpclb/src/generated/main/grpc/io/grpc/grpclb/LoadBalancerGrpc.java b/grpclb/src/generated/main/grpc/io/grpc/grpclb/LoadBalancerGrpc.java
index 158483b1b0d..bad37b9a2c6 100644
--- a/grpclb/src/generated/main/grpc/io/grpc/grpclb/LoadBalancerGrpc.java
+++ b/grpclb/src/generated/main/grpc/io/grpc/grpclb/LoadBalancerGrpc.java
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 /**
  */
 @javax.annotation.Generated(
-    value = "by gRPC proto compiler (version 1.0.0-SNAPSHOT)",
+    value = "by gRPC proto compiler (version 1.0.0-pre1)",
     comments = "Source: load_balancer.proto")
 public class LoadBalancerGrpc {
 
diff --git a/interop-testing/src/generated/main/grpc/io/grpc/testing/integration/MetricsServiceGrpc.java b/interop-testing/src/generated/main/grpc/io/grpc/testing/integration/MetricsServiceGrpc.java
index 2e2eb768402..599e8ae2ae2 100644
--- a/interop-testing/src/generated/main/grpc/io/grpc/testing/integration/MetricsServiceGrpc.java
+++ b/interop-testing/src/generated/main/grpc/io/grpc/testing/integration/MetricsServiceGrpc.java
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 /**
  */
 @javax.annotation.Generated(
-    value = "by gRPC proto compiler (version 1.0.0-SNAPSHOT)",
+    value = "by gRPC proto compiler (version 1.0.0-pre1)",
     comments = "Source: io/grpc/testing/integration/metrics.proto")
 public class MetricsServiceGrpc {
 
diff --git a/interop-testing/src/generated/main/grpc/io/grpc/testing/integration/ReconnectServiceGrpc.java b/interop-testing/src/generated/main/grpc/io/grpc/testing/integration/ReconnectServiceGrpc.java
index f369c76d64a..611fabec636 100644
--- a/interop-testing/src/generated/main/grpc/io/grpc/testing/integration/ReconnectServiceGrpc.java
+++ b/interop-testing/src/generated/main/grpc/io/grpc/testing/integration/ReconnectServiceGrpc.java
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
  * </pre>
  */
 @javax.annotation.Generated(
-    value = "by gRPC proto compiler (version 1.0.0-SNAPSHOT)",
+    value = "by gRPC proto compiler (version 1.0.0-pre1)",
     comments = "Source: io/grpc/testing/integration/test.proto")
 public class ReconnectServiceGrpc {
 
diff --git a/interop-testing/src/generated/main/grpc/io/grpc/testing/integration/TestServiceGrpc.java b/interop-testing/src/generated/main/grpc/io/grpc/testing/integration/TestServiceGrpc.java
index bbd6113f042..08b6332d836 100644
--- a/interop-testing/src/generated/main/grpc/io/grpc/testing/integration/TestServiceGrpc.java
+++ b/interop-testing/src/generated/main/grpc/io/grpc/testing/integration/TestServiceGrpc.java
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
  * </pre>
  */
 @javax.annotation.Generated(
-    value = "by gRPC proto compiler (version 1.0.0-SNAPSHOT)",
+    value = "by gRPC proto compiler (version 1.0.0-pre1)",
     comments = "Source: io/grpc/testing/integration/test.proto")
 public class TestServiceGrpc {
 
diff --git a/interop-testing/src/generated/main/grpc/io/grpc/testing/integration/UnimplementedServiceGrpc.java b/interop-testing/src/generated/main/grpc/io/grpc/testing/integration/UnimplementedServiceGrpc.java
index 6694e5b31ed..6cbd43022eb 100644
--- a/interop-testing/src/generated/main/grpc/io/grpc/testing/integration/UnimplementedServiceGrpc.java
+++ b/interop-testing/src/generated/main/grpc/io/grpc/testing/integration/UnimplementedServiceGrpc.java
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
  * </pre>
  */
 @javax.annotation.Generated(
-    value = "by gRPC proto compiler (version 1.0.0-SNAPSHOT)",
+    value = "by gRPC proto compiler (version 1.0.0-pre1)",
     comments = "Source: io/grpc/testing/integration/test.proto")
 public class UnimplementedServiceGrpc {
 
diff --git a/services/src/generated/main/grpc/io/grpc/health/v1/HealthGrpc.java b/services/src/generated/main/grpc/io/grpc/health/v1/HealthGrpc.java
index 99ac12c069e..71ce1b0b58f 100644
--- a/services/src/generated/main/grpc/io/grpc/health/v1/HealthGrpc.java
+++ b/services/src/generated/main/grpc/io/grpc/health/v1/HealthGrpc.java
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 /**
  */
 @javax.annotation.Generated(
-    value = "by gRPC proto compiler (version 1.0.0-SNAPSHOT)",
+    value = "by gRPC proto compiler (version 1.0.0-pre1)",
     comments = "Source: health.proto")
 public class HealthGrpc {