diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 71344c3419cc2dc9b4bc5f6f7561340a5ba6e9ce..38ebcf66d43361592ce1a45f00bd826b168c8035 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
     <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <os-core-common.version>v0.9.0-rc6</os-core-common.version>
+    <os-core-common.version>0.9.0-rc6</os-core-common.version>
     <tomcat_embed_core_version>9.0.37</tomcat_embed_core_version>
   </properties>
 
diff --git a/provider/partition-azure/pom.xml b/provider/partition-azure/pom.xml
index f73c8eade86ca7d751fcc70e1c55f5067d837bda..d06608bf7c29e88d2072d947fd7d929fa55c8dd5 100644
--- a/provider/partition-azure/pom.xml
+++ b/provider/partition-azure/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
   <properties>
     <osdu.partition-core.version>0.9.0-SNAPSHOT</osdu.partition-core.version>
     <osdu.corelibazure.version>0.8.0-rc1</osdu.corelibazure.version>
-    <osdu.oscorecommon.version>v0.9.0-rc6</osdu.oscorecommon.version>
+    <osdu.oscorecommon.version>0.9.0-rc6</osdu.oscorecommon.version>
     <azure.version>2.3.5</azure.version>
     <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
     <mockito.version>2.25.0</mockito.version>