diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0842d33ff..41f0cb660 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 	<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 	<artifactId>spring-data-mongodb-parent</artifactId>
-	<version>4.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>4.2.0-M3</version>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 
 	<name>Spring Data MongoDB</name>
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb-benchmarks/pom.xml b/spring-data-mongodb-benchmarks/pom.xml
index 2de4b6b63..c04230205 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb-benchmarks/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb-benchmarks/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-data-mongodb-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>4.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>4.2.0-M3</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb-distribution/pom.xml b/spring-data-mongodb-distribution/pom.xml
index 41b81f9aa..42aecc619 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb-distribution/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb-distribution/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-data-mongodb-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>4.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>4.2.0-M3</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/pom.xml b/spring-data-mongodb/pom.xml
index dc07f13cc..ff54006b6 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-data-mongodb-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>4.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>4.2.0-M3</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/src/main/antora/modules/ROOT/examples/example b/src/main/antora/modules/ROOT/examples/example
deleted file mode 100644
index 3195fe72a..000000000
--- a/src/main/antora/modules/ROOT/examples/example
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../../../../../../spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/example
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/antora/modules/ROOT/examples/example b/src/main/antora/modules/ROOT/examples/example
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..3195fe72a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/antora/modules/ROOT/examples/example
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../../../../spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/example
\ No newline at end of file