diff --git a/maven-core/pom.xml b/maven-core/pom.xml
index 80fe330e78..8deab22974 100644
--- a/maven-core/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-core/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
   <artifactId>maven-core</artifactId>
   <name>Maven</name>
-  <version>2.0-alpha-3</version>
+  <version>2.0-beta-1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>