diff --git a/archiva-plexus-application/pom.xml b/archiva-plexus-application/pom.xml
index 63cb94758..133db3088 100644
--- a/archiva-plexus-application/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-plexus-application/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
         <artifactId>plexus-appserver-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.0-alpha-3</version>
+        <version>2.0-alpha-5</version>
         <extensions>true</extensions>
         <configuration>
           <applicationConfiguration>src/conf/application.xml</applicationConfiguration>
diff --git a/archiva-plexus-runtime/pom.xml b/archiva-plexus-runtime/pom.xml
index 1d356f8cb..5d9ded7e8 100644
--- a/archiva-plexus-runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-plexus-runtime/pom.xml
@@ -37,13 +37,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-appserver-host</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0-alpha-4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>2.0-alpha-5</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- Services -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-appserver-service-jetty</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0-alpha-4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>2.0-alpha-5</version>
       <type>plexus-service</type>
     </dependency>
     <!-- Plexus applications -->
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
         <artifactId>plexus-appserver-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.0-alpha-4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.0-alpha-5</version>
         <extensions>true</extensions>
         <executions>
           <execution>