diff --git a/httpclient-cache/pom.xml b/httpclient-cache/pom.xml
index 7e50b26dc..b2bfd36ec 100644
--- a/httpclient-cache/pom.xml
+++ b/httpclient-cache/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents.client5</groupId>
     <artifactId>httpclient5-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>5.0-alpha1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>5.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>httpclient5-cache</artifactId>
   <name>Apache HttpClient Cache</name>
diff --git a/httpclient-fluent/pom.xml b/httpclient-fluent/pom.xml
index a20a8d155..fb119f56b 100644
--- a/httpclient-fluent/pom.xml
+++ b/httpclient-fluent/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents.client5</groupId>
     <artifactId>httpclient5-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>5.0-alpha1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>5.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>httpclient5-fluent</artifactId>
   <name>Apache HttpClient Fluent</name>
diff --git a/httpclient-osgi/pom.xml b/httpclient-osgi/pom.xml
index d16840fbb..5980e134b 100644
--- a/httpclient-osgi/pom.xml
+++ b/httpclient-osgi/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   <parent>
       <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents.client5</groupId>
       <artifactId>httpclient5-parent</artifactId>
-      <version>5.0-alpha1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>5.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>httpclient5-osgi</artifactId>
   <name>Apache HttpClient OSGi bundle</name>
diff --git a/httpclient-win/pom.xml b/httpclient-win/pom.xml
index 147c7cb3d..9389de517 100644
--- a/httpclient-win/pom.xml
+++ b/httpclient-win/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents.client5</groupId>
     <artifactId>httpclient5-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>5.0-alpha1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>5.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>httpclient5-win</artifactId>
   <name>Apache HttpClient Windows features</name>
diff --git a/httpclient/pom.xml b/httpclient/pom.xml
index da6a466b2..49fbd19f0 100644
--- a/httpclient/pom.xml
+++ b/httpclient/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents.client5</groupId>
     <artifactId>httpclient5-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>5.0-alpha1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>5.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>httpclient5</artifactId>
   <name>Apache HttpClient</name>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1d6e3050e..95bfdb345 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
   <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents.client5</groupId>
   <artifactId>httpclient5-parent</artifactId>
   <name>Apache HttpComponents Client Parent</name>
-  <version>5.0-alpha1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>5.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <description>Apache HttpComponents Client is a library of components for building client side HTTP services</description>
   <url>http://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-client</url>
   <inceptionYear>1999</inceptionYear>