diff --git a/httpclient-osgi/pom.xml b/httpclient-osgi/pom.xml
index 9e39cab20..09ac8c13f 100644
--- a/httpclient-osgi/pom.xml
+++ b/httpclient-osgi/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
     <artifactId>httpcomponents-client</artifactId>
-    <version>4.1-alpha2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.1-alpha1</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>httpclient-osgi</artifactId>
   <name>HttpClient OSGi bundle</name>
diff --git a/httpclient/pom.xml b/httpclient/pom.xml
index 9e3bfb8ff..40cf99721 100644
--- a/httpclient/pom.xml
+++ b/httpclient/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
     <artifactId>httpcomponents-client</artifactId>
-    <version>4.1-alpha2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.1-alpha1</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
   <name>HttpClient</name>
diff --git a/httpmime/pom.xml b/httpmime/pom.xml
index 0d05c01ae..a08989ada 100644
--- a/httpmime/pom.xml
+++ b/httpmime/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
     <artifactId>httpcomponents-client</artifactId>
-    <version>4.1-alpha2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.1-alpha1</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>httpmime</artifactId>
   <name>HttpMime</name>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 75fcf8dfb..eb5ccab10 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
   <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
   <artifactId>httpcomponents-client</artifactId>
   <name>HttpComponents Client</name>
-  <version>4.1-alpha2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>4.1-alpha1</version>
   <description>Components to build client side HTTP services</description>
   <url>http://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-client</url>
   <inceptionYear>1999</inceptionYear>
@@ -60,9 +60,9 @@
   </issueManagement>
 
   <scm>
-    <connection>scm:svn:https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpcomponents/httpclient/trunk</connection>
-    <developerConnection>scm:svn:https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpcomponents/httpclient/trunk</developerConnection>
-    <url>https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpcomponents/httpclient/trunk</url>
+    <connection>scm:svn:https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpcomponents/httpclient/tags/4.1-alpha1</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpcomponents/httpclient/tags/4.1-alpha1</developerConnection>
+    <url>https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpcomponents/httpclient/tags/4.1-alpha1</url>
   </scm>
 
   <properties>