diff --git a/flink-connector-kafka-e2e-tests/flink-end-to-end-tests-common-kafka/pom.xml b/flink-connector-kafka-e2e-tests/flink-end-to-end-tests-common-kafka/pom.xml
index e414db962..39f23dfce 100644
--- a/flink-connector-kafka-e2e-tests/flink-end-to-end-tests-common-kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-connector-kafka-e2e-tests/flink-end-to-end-tests-common-kafka/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ under the License.
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
         <artifactId>flink-connector-kafka-e2e-tests</artifactId>
-        <version>3.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.4.0</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/flink-connector-kafka-e2e-tests/flink-streaming-kafka-test-base/pom.xml b/flink-connector-kafka-e2e-tests/flink-streaming-kafka-test-base/pom.xml
index 974e9d421..b15e2bf4b 100644
--- a/flink-connector-kafka-e2e-tests/flink-streaming-kafka-test-base/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-connector-kafka-e2e-tests/flink-streaming-kafka-test-base/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ under the License.
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
         <artifactId>flink-connector-kafka-e2e-tests</artifactId>
-        <version>3.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.4.0</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/flink-connector-kafka-e2e-tests/flink-streaming-kafka-test/pom.xml b/flink-connector-kafka-e2e-tests/flink-streaming-kafka-test/pom.xml
index 87498bea7..b4f4bf261 100644
--- a/flink-connector-kafka-e2e-tests/flink-streaming-kafka-test/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-connector-kafka-e2e-tests/flink-streaming-kafka-test/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ under the License.
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
         <artifactId>flink-connector-kafka-e2e-tests</artifactId>
-        <version>3.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.4.0</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/flink-connector-kafka-e2e-tests/pom.xml b/flink-connector-kafka-e2e-tests/pom.xml
index 12c881197..85797463c 100644
--- a/flink-connector-kafka-e2e-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-connector-kafka-e2e-tests/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ under the License.
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
         <artifactId>flink-connector-kafka-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>3.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.4.0</version>
     </parent>
 
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
diff --git a/flink-connector-kafka/pom.xml b/flink-connector-kafka/pom.xml
index ae4cc71b8..b0ae31381 100644
--- a/flink-connector-kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-connector-kafka/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ under the License.
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
         <artifactId>flink-connector-kafka-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>3.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.4.0</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>flink-connector-kafka</artifactId>
diff --git a/flink-python/pom.xml b/flink-python/pom.xml
index dcb6117fc..ae1e66407 100644
--- a/flink-python/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-python/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ under the License.
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
         <artifactId>flink-connector-kafka-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>3.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.4.0</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>flink-connector-kafka-python</artifactId>
diff --git a/flink-sql-connector-kafka/pom.xml b/flink-sql-connector-kafka/pom.xml
index 506e55d66..c4e9555fd 100644
--- a/flink-sql-connector-kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-sql-connector-kafka/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ under the License.
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
         <artifactId>flink-connector-kafka-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>3.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.4.0</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>flink-sql-connector-kafka</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 41d9aefc4..c5ce35f43 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ under the License.
 
     <groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
     <artifactId>flink-connector-kafka-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>3.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.4.0</version>
     <name>Flink : Connectors : Kafka : Parent</name>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <inceptionYear>2022</inceptionYear>
diff --git a/tools/releasing/shared b/tools/releasing/shared
index 45bb68f55..c41156180 160000
--- a/tools/releasing/shared
+++ b/tools/releasing/shared
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 45bb68f550874ec398b1da344dd4d82e703b4be1
+Subproject commit c4115618085ac046033368e8e3a7eee59874608f