diff --git a/httpclient-benchmark/pom.xml b/httpclient-benchmark/pom.xml
index 9e5ff9448..40ef14e09 100644
--- a/httpclient-benchmark/pom.xml
+++ b/httpclient-benchmark/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
     <artifactId>httpcomponents-client</artifactId>
-    <version>4.1-alpha1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.1-alpha2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>httpclient-benchmark</artifactId>
   <name>HttpClient Benchmarks</name>