diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9106b1d5b..fde1efe0b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@
  --><project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
-    <artifactId>project</artifactId>
-    <version>8</version>
-    <relativePath>../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
+    <artifactId>httpcomponents-parent</artifactId>
+    <version>9</version>
+    <relativePath>../httpcomponents-parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>httpcomponents-client</artifactId>