diff --git a/archiva-modules/plugins/metadata-store-cassandra/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/metadata/repository/cassandra/CassandraMetadataRepository.java b/archiva-modules/plugins/metadata-store-cassandra/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/metadata/repository/cassandra/CassandraMetadataRepository.java
index db913362b..caab3f71c 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/plugins/metadata-store-cassandra/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/metadata/repository/cassandra/CassandraMetadataRepository.java
+++ b/archiva-modules/plugins/metadata-store-cassandra/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/metadata/repository/cassandra/CassandraMetadataRepository.java
@@ -858,7 +858,7 @@ public class CassandraMetadataRepository
             .withNamespace( namespaceId ) //
             .withProjectId( projectId ) //
             .withProjectVersion( versionMetadata.getVersion() ) //
-            .withVersion( versionMetadata.getId() ) //
+            .withId( versionMetadata.getId() ) //
             .build();
 
         // FIXME nested objects to store!!!
@@ -1441,7 +1441,7 @@ public class CassandraMetadataRepository
             .withNamespace( namespace ) //
             .withProjectId( projectId ) //
             .withProjectVersion( projectVersion ) //
-            .withVersion( artifactMeta.getId() ) //
+            .withId( artifactMeta.getId() ) //
             .build();
 
         Keyspace keyspace = cassandraArchivaManager.getKeyspace();
@@ -1917,7 +1917,7 @@ public class CassandraMetadataRepository
             .withNamespace( namespace ) //
             .withProjectId( project ) //
             .withProjectVersion( version ) //
-            .withVersion( id ) //
+            .withId( id ) //
             .build();
 
         this.projectVersionMetadataModelTemplate.deleteRow( key );
diff --git a/archiva-modules/plugins/metadata-store-cassandra/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/metadata/repository/cassandra/model/ProjectVersionMetadataModel.java b/archiva-modules/plugins/metadata-store-cassandra/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/metadata/repository/cassandra/model/ProjectVersionMetadataModel.java
index faacbc14f..4a01647a7 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/plugins/metadata-store-cassandra/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/metadata/repository/cassandra/model/ProjectVersionMetadataModel.java
+++ b/archiva-modules/plugins/metadata-store-cassandra/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/metadata/repository/cassandra/model/ProjectVersionMetadataModel.java
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public class ProjectVersionMetadataModel
     private Namespace namespace;
 
     /**
-     * id is the version
+     * id is the id
      */
     @Column(name = "id")
     private String id;
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ public class ProjectVersionMetadataModel
 
         private String projectVersion;
 
-        private String version;
+        private String id;
 
         public KeyBuilder()
         {
@@ -297,9 +297,9 @@ public class ProjectVersionMetadataModel
             return this;
         }
 
-        public KeyBuilder withVersion( String version )
+        public KeyBuilder withId( String id )
         {
-            this.version = version;
+            this.id = id;
             return this;
         }
 
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ public class ProjectVersionMetadataModel
         {
             // FIXME add some controls
             return CassandraUtils.generateKey( this.repositoryName, this.namespace, this.projectId, this.projectVersion,
-                                               this.version );
+                                               this.id );
         }
     }
 }