diff --git a/all/pom.xml b/all/pom.xml
index 51f0aab3ea..6c29eca0f7 100644
--- a/all/pom.xml
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@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
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         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>        
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
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         <relativePath>../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
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diff --git a/allblobstore/pom.xml b/allblobstore/pom.xml
index 3ff8086a9b..efb5855f55 100644
--- a/allblobstore/pom.xml
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@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
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         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
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-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
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     <artifactId>jclouds-allblobstore</artifactId>
diff --git a/allcompute/pom.xml b/allcompute/pom.xml
index 9e145f8790..bcc6a1b5dd 100644
--- a/allcompute/pom.xml
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@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
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         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>        
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
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     <artifactId>jclouds-allcompute</artifactId>
diff --git a/antcontrib/pom.xml b/antcontrib/pom.xml
index 318d2cf12d..e663c0790a 100644
--- a/antcontrib/pom.xml
+++ b/antcontrib/pom.xml
@@ -19,19 +19,18 @@
         ====================================================================
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         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
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-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
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         <relativePath>../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
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     <artifactId>jclouds-antcontrib</artifactId>
     <name>Ant-Contrib extensions</name>
     <properties>
-        <jclouds.test.listener></jclouds.test.listener>
+        <jclouds.test.listener />
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     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/apis/atmos/pom.xml b/apis/atmos/pom.xml
index 48b43fed4c..615149ba41 100644
--- a/apis/atmos/pom.xml
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@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
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         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
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         <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
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     <groupId>org.jclouds.api</groupId>
diff --git a/apis/byon/pom.xml b/apis/byon/pom.xml
index dd1741abc6..b489cbdd0a 100644
--- a/apis/byon/pom.xml
+++ b/apis/byon/pom.xml
@@ -19,13 +19,12 @@
         ====================================================================
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-    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
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     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
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-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-beta-9</version>
         <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds.api</groupId>
diff --git a/apis/cloudfiles/pom.xml b/apis/cloudfiles/pom.xml
index 04f4ef8950..68809351f5 100644
--- a/apis/cloudfiles/pom.xml
+++ b/apis/cloudfiles/pom.xml
@@ -20,13 +20,12 @@
 
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-<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" >
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     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-beta-9</version>
         <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds.api</groupId>
diff --git a/apis/cloudservers/pom.xml b/apis/cloudservers/pom.xml
index 9b08f1f501..ee2db1b0e1 100644
--- a/apis/cloudservers/pom.xml
+++ b/apis/cloudservers/pom.xml
@@ -20,13 +20,12 @@
 
 -->
 
-<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" >
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     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-beta-9</version>
         <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
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     <groupId>org.jclouds.api</groupId>
diff --git a/apis/ec2/pom.xml b/apis/ec2/pom.xml
index e4ce128ad0..39256d7720 100644
--- a/apis/ec2/pom.xml
+++ b/apis/ec2/pom.xml
@@ -20,13 +20,12 @@
 
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-<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" >
+<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">
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     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-beta-9</version>
         <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
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     <groupId>org.jclouds.api</groupId>
diff --git a/apis/elasticstack/pom.xml b/apis/elasticstack/pom.xml
index 74a39f5d5e..23ab84c646 100644
--- a/apis/elasticstack/pom.xml
+++ b/apis/elasticstack/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
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     <groupId>org.jclouds.api</groupId>
diff --git a/apis/eucalyptus/pom.xml b/apis/eucalyptus/pom.xml
index 123e6fc2dd..22ef32f1c0 100644
--- a/apis/eucalyptus/pom.xml
+++ b/apis/eucalyptus/pom.xml
@@ -20,13 +20,12 @@
 
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-<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" >
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diff --git a/apis/filesystem/pom.xml b/apis/filesystem/pom.xml
index edda5c8599..ccbdf799f9 100644
--- a/apis/filesystem/pom.xml
+++ b/apis/filesystem/pom.xml
@@ -20,13 +20,12 @@
 
 -->
 
-<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" >
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     <groupId>org.jclouds.api</groupId>
diff --git a/apis/pom.xml b/apis/pom.xml
index 37c7bfae37..34940320be 100644
--- a/apis/pom.xml
+++ b/apis/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
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     <groupId>org.jclouds.api</groupId>
diff --git a/apis/s3/pom.xml b/apis/s3/pom.xml
index a8a4542cfc..eb0da04f69 100644
--- a/apis/s3/pom.xml
+++ b/apis/s3/pom.xml
@@ -20,13 +20,12 @@
 
 -->
 
-<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" >
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     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
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     </parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds.api</groupId>
diff --git a/apis/swift/pom.xml b/apis/swift/pom.xml
index d2c81ef2db..c3a448fc8a 100644
--- a/apis/swift/pom.xml
+++ b/apis/swift/pom.xml
@@ -20,13 +20,12 @@
 
 -->
 
-<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" >
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         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-beta-9</version>
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     </parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds.api</groupId>
diff --git a/apis/vcloud/pom.xml b/apis/vcloud/pom.xml
index 98abaa1c5a..613b92b8e2 100644
--- a/apis/vcloud/pom.xml
+++ b/apis/vcloud/pom.xml
@@ -19,13 +19,12 @@
         ====================================================================
     -->
 
-<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">
+<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">
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     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-beta-9</version>
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     </parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds.api</groupId>
diff --git a/apis/vcloudexpress/pom.xml b/apis/vcloudexpress/pom.xml
index 0c610152ce..832dbbd69c 100644
--- a/apis/vcloudexpress/pom.xml
+++ b/apis/vcloudexpress/pom.xml
@@ -19,13 +19,12 @@
         ====================================================================
     -->
 
-<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">
+<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">
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         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
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     <groupId>org.jclouds.api</groupId>
diff --git a/apis/walrus/pom.xml b/apis/walrus/pom.xml
index 045191c9d4..b6befacb5a 100644
--- a/apis/walrus/pom.xml
+++ b/apis/walrus/pom.xml
@@ -20,13 +20,12 @@
 
 -->
 
-<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" >
+<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">
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diff --git a/archetypes/compute-service-archetype/pom.xml b/archetypes/compute-service-archetype/pom.xml
index bbf39f2316..d167fee178 100644
--- a/archetypes/compute-service-archetype/pom.xml
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@@ -20,13 +20,12 @@
 
 -->
 
-<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
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     <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-archetypes</artifactId>
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   <artifactId>jclouds-compute-service-archetype</artifactId>
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diff --git a/archetypes/pom.xml b/archetypes/pom.xml
index b0fd181e10..8573d91e6a 100644
--- a/archetypes/pom.xml
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@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
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diff --git a/archetypes/rest-client-archetype/pom.xml b/archetypes/rest-client-archetype/pom.xml
index 5def0a3240..9ba44219a7 100644
--- a/archetypes/rest-client-archetype/pom.xml
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@@ -20,13 +20,12 @@
 
 -->
 
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-    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
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   <artifactId>jclouds-rest-client-archetype</artifactId>
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diff --git a/assemblies/pom.xml b/assemblies/pom.xml
index 57d1e89cd2..96f34bb1bf 100644
--- a/assemblies/pom.xml
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@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
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diff --git a/blobstore/pom.xml b/blobstore/pom.xml
index d582b77282..bc416ef0d4 100644
--- a/blobstore/pom.xml
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@@ -20,13 +20,12 @@
 
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     <artifactId>jclouds-blobstore</artifactId>
diff --git a/common/aws/pom.xml b/common/aws/pom.xml
index 48812242ab..89c24d47a2 100644
--- a/common/aws/pom.xml
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@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
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diff --git a/common/azure/pom.xml b/common/azure/pom.xml
index 5310bf0177..35b7d93938 100644
--- a/common/azure/pom.xml
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@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
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diff --git a/common/openstack/pom.xml b/common/openstack/pom.xml
index ab1cee7d68..1d31c9574f 100644
--- a/common/openstack/pom.xml
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diff --git a/common/pom.xml b/common/pom.xml
index c9f450948a..e3026ce973 100644
--- a/common/pom.xml
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@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
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         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
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         <relativePath>../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
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diff --git a/common/trmk/pom.xml b/common/trmk/pom.xml
index 1e6e9d10ad..a98d81a1df 100644
--- a/common/trmk/pom.xml
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@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
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diff --git a/common/vcloud/pom.xml b/common/vcloud/pom.xml
index 96c02d4d9e..39bb279a99 100644
--- a/common/vcloud/pom.xml
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@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
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     <groupId>org.jclouds.common</groupId>
diff --git a/compute/pom.xml b/compute/pom.xml
index bc5f3e8571..187454f5da 100644
--- a/compute/pom.xml
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@@ -20,13 +20,12 @@
 
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     <artifactId>jclouds-compute</artifactId>
diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 8952d644ba..03f09019a0 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
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@@ -19,13 +19,12 @@
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         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
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     <artifactId>jclouds-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/drivers/apachehc/pom.xml b/drivers/apachehc/pom.xml
index 189e3e9334..61685b6f67 100644
--- a/drivers/apachehc/pom.xml
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@@ -20,13 +20,12 @@
 
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     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
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         <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
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     <groupId>org.jclouds.driver</groupId>
diff --git a/drivers/bouncycastle/pom.xml b/drivers/bouncycastle/pom.xml
index 3d361dab36..03cca90f8a 100644
--- a/drivers/bouncycastle/pom.xml
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@@ -20,13 +20,12 @@
 
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     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
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diff --git a/drivers/enterprise/pom.xml b/drivers/enterprise/pom.xml
index 55b7f5d5bb..6880fbdefa 100644
--- a/drivers/enterprise/pom.xml
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@@ -20,13 +20,12 @@
 
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-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
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diff --git a/drivers/gae/pom.xml b/drivers/gae/pom.xml
index d545c4bfb7..6f64c20fd6 100644
--- a/drivers/gae/pom.xml
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diff --git a/drivers/joda/pom.xml b/drivers/joda/pom.xml
index 91dbab2986..a1e09422d6 100644
--- a/drivers/joda/pom.xml
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diff --git a/drivers/jsch/pom.xml b/drivers/jsch/pom.xml
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diff --git a/drivers/log4j/pom.xml b/drivers/log4j/pom.xml
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--- a/drivers/log4j/pom.xml
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diff --git a/drivers/pom.xml b/drivers/pom.xml
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diff --git a/loadbalancer/pom.xml b/loadbalancer/pom.xml
index c2497cc0b3..c4e63e5597 100644
--- a/loadbalancer/pom.xml
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@@ -20,13 +20,12 @@
 
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diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cbe6cec322..bb1cd7d0f5 100644
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     <parent>
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diff --git a/project/pom.xml b/project/pom.xml
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diff --git a/providers/aws-ec2/pom.xml b/providers/aws-ec2/pom.xml
index 9eb1731b09..08cf5d5db3 100644
--- a/providers/aws-ec2/pom.xml
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diff --git a/providers/aws-s3/pom.xml b/providers/aws-s3/pom.xml
index 152cb8b1a6..2996dfda92 100644
--- a/providers/aws-s3/pom.xml
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-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
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diff --git a/providers/azureblob/pom.xml b/providers/azureblob/pom.xml
index aaba657908..08f4cbd2da 100644
--- a/providers/azureblob/pom.xml
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diff --git a/providers/bluelock-vcdirector/pom.xml b/providers/bluelock-vcdirector/pom.xml
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diff --git a/providers/cloudfiles-uk/pom.xml b/providers/cloudfiles-uk/pom.xml
index b2d1169944..9924867b29 100644
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diff --git a/providers/cloudfiles-us/pom.xml b/providers/cloudfiles-us/pom.xml
index 43aea106b5..7fb84f8cc3 100644
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diff --git a/providers/cloudonestorage/pom.xml b/providers/cloudonestorage/pom.xml
index b035c2d9c8..ca1b7f04ff 100644
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diff --git a/providers/cloudservers-uk/pom.xml b/providers/cloudservers-uk/pom.xml
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--- a/providers/cloudservers-uk/pom.xml
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-<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" >
+<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">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-beta-9</version>
         <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds.provider</groupId>
diff --git a/providers/cloudservers-us/pom.xml b/providers/cloudservers-us/pom.xml
index eda16cbe49..13756fd421 100644
--- a/providers/cloudservers-us/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/cloudservers-us/pom.xml
@@ -20,13 +20,12 @@
 
 -->
 
-<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" >
+<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">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-beta-9</version>
         <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds.provider</groupId>
diff --git a/providers/cloudsigma-zrh/pom.xml b/providers/cloudsigma-zrh/pom.xml
index 7d7928b207..abd24494f2 100644
--- a/providers/cloudsigma-zrh/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/cloudsigma-zrh/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-beta-9</version>
         <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds.provider</groupId>
diff --git a/providers/elastichosts-lon-b/pom.xml b/providers/elastichosts-lon-b/pom.xml
index 6bd4c3652c..5fab51f5e5 100644
--- a/providers/elastichosts-lon-b/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/elastichosts-lon-b/pom.xml
@@ -20,13 +20,12 @@
 
 -->
 
-<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" >
+<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">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-beta-9</version>
         <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds.provider</groupId>
diff --git a/providers/elastichosts-lon-p/pom.xml b/providers/elastichosts-lon-p/pom.xml
index 68d4606e5f..da80b1fc46 100644
--- a/providers/elastichosts-lon-p/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/elastichosts-lon-p/pom.xml
@@ -20,13 +20,12 @@
 
 -->
 
-<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" >
+<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">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-beta-9</version>
         <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds.provider</groupId>
diff --git a/providers/elastichosts-sat-p/pom.xml b/providers/elastichosts-sat-p/pom.xml
index ebee552ba8..1881fa1656 100644
--- a/providers/elastichosts-sat-p/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/elastichosts-sat-p/pom.xml
@@ -20,13 +20,12 @@
 
 -->
 
-<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" >
+<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">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-beta-9</version>
         <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds.provider</groupId>
diff --git a/providers/eucalyptus-partnercloud-ec2/pom.xml b/providers/eucalyptus-partnercloud-ec2/pom.xml
index 6511371856..4c1e1513b7 100644
--- a/providers/eucalyptus-partnercloud-ec2/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/eucalyptus-partnercloud-ec2/pom.xml
@@ -20,13 +20,12 @@
 
 -->
 
-<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" >
+<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">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-beta-9</version>
         <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds.provider</groupId>
diff --git a/providers/eucalyptus-partnercloud-s3/pom.xml b/providers/eucalyptus-partnercloud-s3/pom.xml
index 51dceb4970..b1c73ab613 100644
--- a/providers/eucalyptus-partnercloud-s3/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/eucalyptus-partnercloud-s3/pom.xml
@@ -20,13 +20,12 @@
 
 -->
 
-<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" >
+<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">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-beta-9</version>
         <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds.provider</groupId>
diff --git a/providers/gogrid/pom.xml b/providers/gogrid/pom.xml
index ab6d58ca27..e26275544d 100644
--- a/providers/gogrid/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/gogrid/pom.xml
@@ -20,13 +20,12 @@
         and limitations under the License.
         ====================================================================
     -->
-<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">
+<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">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-beta-9</version>
         <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds.provider</groupId>
diff --git a/providers/googlestorage/pom.xml b/providers/googlestorage/pom.xml
index 7bb13e9189..7248d9bf37 100644
--- a/providers/googlestorage/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/googlestorage/pom.xml
@@ -20,13 +20,12 @@
 
 -->
 
-<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" >
+<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">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-beta-9</version>
         <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds.provider</groupId>
diff --git a/providers/openhosting-east1/pom.xml b/providers/openhosting-east1/pom.xml
index b80e3be22a..b28f6917d5 100644
--- a/providers/openhosting-east1/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/openhosting-east1/pom.xml
@@ -20,13 +20,12 @@
 
 -->
 
-<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" >
+<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">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-beta-9</version>
         <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds.provider</groupId>
diff --git a/providers/pom.xml b/providers/pom.xml
index 1a3c32e337..3a0acb5f69 100644
--- a/providers/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-beta-9</version>
         <relativePath>../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds.provider</groupId>
diff --git a/providers/scaleup-storage/pom.xml b/providers/scaleup-storage/pom.xml
index b4bf2c3d4e..be567bba43 100644
--- a/providers/scaleup-storage/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/scaleup-storage/pom.xml
@@ -20,13 +20,12 @@
 
 -->
 
-<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" >
+<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">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-beta-9</version>
         <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds.provider</groupId>
diff --git a/providers/serverlove-z1-man/pom.xml b/providers/serverlove-z1-man/pom.xml
index 5af1f8e8a6..de75644008 100644
--- a/providers/serverlove-z1-man/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/serverlove-z1-man/pom.xml
@@ -20,13 +20,12 @@
 
 -->
 
-<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" >
+<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">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-beta-9</version>
         <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds.provider</groupId>
diff --git a/providers/skalicloud-sdg-my/pom.xml b/providers/skalicloud-sdg-my/pom.xml
index 1899e176fd..d43d1b8cd6 100644
--- a/providers/skalicloud-sdg-my/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/skalicloud-sdg-my/pom.xml
@@ -20,13 +20,12 @@
 
 -->
 
-<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" >
+<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">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-beta-9</version>
         <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds.provider</groupId>
diff --git a/providers/slicehost/pom.xml b/providers/slicehost/pom.xml
index 294146bc99..6c3b4e8794 100644
--- a/providers/slicehost/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/slicehost/pom.xml
@@ -19,13 +19,12 @@
         ====================================================================
     -->
 
-<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">
+<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">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-beta-9</version>
         <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds.provider</groupId>
diff --git a/providers/synaptic-storage/pom.xml b/providers/synaptic-storage/pom.xml
index dbf9a2828a..403943cee6 100644
--- a/providers/synaptic-storage/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/synaptic-storage/pom.xml
@@ -20,13 +20,12 @@
 
 -->
 
-<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" >
+<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">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-beta-9</version>
         <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds.provider</groupId>
diff --git a/providers/trmk-ecloud/pom.xml b/providers/trmk-ecloud/pom.xml
index f3e4b855f5..1d213e3d5c 100644
--- a/providers/trmk-ecloud/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/trmk-ecloud/pom.xml
@@ -20,13 +20,12 @@
 
 -->
 
-<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" >
+<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">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-beta-9</version>
         <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds.provider</groupId>
diff --git a/providers/trmk-vcloudexpress/pom.xml b/providers/trmk-vcloudexpress/pom.xml
index dea99828da..363d929c58 100644
--- a/providers/trmk-vcloudexpress/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/trmk-vcloudexpress/pom.xml
@@ -20,13 +20,12 @@
 
 -->
 
-<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" >
+<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">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-beta-9</version>
         <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds.provider</groupId>
diff --git a/scriptbuilder/pom.xml b/scriptbuilder/pom.xml
index 1e11ad230b..dd2e30cfcf 100644
--- a/scriptbuilder/pom.xml
+++ b/scriptbuilder/pom.xml
@@ -20,20 +20,19 @@
 
 -->
 
-<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">
+<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">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-beta-9</version>
         <relativePath>../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>jclouds-scriptbuilder</artifactId>
     <name>jclouds script builder</name>
     <description>creates scripts that can be used to manage services</description>
     <properties>
-        <jclouds.test.listener></jclouds.test.listener>
+        <jclouds.test.listener />
     </properties>
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/skeletons/pom.xml b/skeletons/pom.xml
index ca07ccd404..21bf07f061 100644
--- a/skeletons/pom.xml
+++ b/skeletons/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-beta-9</version>
         <relativePath>../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/skeletons/standalone-compute/pom.xml b/skeletons/standalone-compute/pom.xml
index 918b0a4a93..a76496a7ee 100644
--- a/skeletons/standalone-compute/pom.xml
+++ b/skeletons/standalone-compute/pom.xml
@@ -19,13 +19,12 @@
         ====================================================================
     -->
 
-<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">
+<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">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-beta-9</version>
         <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds.api</groupId>