diff --git a/maven-plugins/maven-clean-plugin/pom.xml b/maven-plugins/maven-clean-plugin/pom.xml
index 59d5ac0292..32feef3525 100644
--- a/maven-plugins/maven-clean-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugins/maven-clean-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@
   <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
   <packaging>maven-plugin</packaging>
   <name>Maven Clean Plugin</name>
-  <version>2.0-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>2.0-rc1</version>
   <inceptionYear>2001</inceptionYear>
-</project>
+</project>
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diff --git a/maven-plugins/maven-clean-plugin/release-pom.xml b/maven-plugins/maven-clean-plugin/release-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..741c4a07ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-plugins/maven-clean-plugin/release-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,187 @@
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+  <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
+  <packaging>maven-plugin</packaging>
+  <name>Maven Clean Plugin</name>
+  <version>2.0-rc1</version>
+  <description>Maven plugin parent</description>
+  <url>http://maven.apache.org/maven2/plugins/maven-clean-plugin</url>
+  <issueManagement>
+    <system>jira</system>
+    <url>http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG</url>
+  </issueManagement>
+  <ciManagement>
+    <system>continuum</system>
+    <notifiers>
+      <notifier>
+        <configuration>
+          <address>dev@maven.apache.org</address>
+        </configuration>
+      </notifier>
+    </notifiers>
+  </ciManagement>
+  <inceptionYear>2001</inceptionYear>
+  <developers>
+    <developer>
+      <id>jvanzyl</id>
+      <name>Jason van Zyl</name>
+      <email>jason@maven.org</email>
+      <organization>Maven</organization>
+      <roles>
+        <role>Architect</role>
+        <role>Release Manager</role>
+      </roles>
+    </developer>
+    <developer>
+      <id>brett</id>
+      <name>Brett Porter</name>
+      <email>brett@apache.org</email>
+      <organization>ASF</organization>
+      <roles>
+        <role>Java Developer</role>
+        <role>PMC Member</role>
+      </roles>
+      <timezone>+10</timezone>
+    </developer>
+    <developer>
+      <id>evenisse</id>
+      <name>Emmanuel Venisse</name>
+      <email>evenisse@apache.org</email>
+      <organization>ASF</organization>
+      <roles>
+        <role>Java Developer</role>
+      </roles>
+    </developer>
+    <developer>
+      <id>kenney</id>
+      <name>Kenney Westerhof</name>
+      <email>kenney@apache.org</email>
+      <organization>Neonics</organization>
+      <roles>
+        <role>Java Developer</role>
+      </roles>
+    </developer>
+    <developer>
+      <id>snicoll</id>
+      <name>Stephane Nicoll</name>
+      <email>snicoll@apache.org</email>
+      <organization>ASF</organization>
+      <roles>
+        <role>Java Developer</role>
+      </roles>
+      <timezone>+1</timezone>
+    </developer>
+  </developers>
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/maven/components/trunk/maven-plugins/maven-clean-plugin</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/maven/components/trunk/maven-plugins/maven-clean-plugin</developerConnection>
+    <url>http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/maven/components/trunk/maven-plugins/maven-clean-plugin</url>
+  </scm>
+  <organization>
+    <name>Apache Software Foundation</name>
+    <url>http://www.apache.org/</url>
+  </organization>
+  <build>
+    <sourceDirectory>src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
+    <scriptSourceDirectory>src/main/scripts</scriptSourceDirectory>
+    <testSourceDirectory>src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>
+    <outputDirectory>target/classes</outputDirectory>
+    <testOutputDirectory>target/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+    <testResources>
+      <testResource>
+        <directory>src/test/resources</directory>
+      </testResource>
+    </testResources>
+    <directory>target</directory>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.0-beta-2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <tagBase>https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/maven/components/tags</tagBase>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <releases>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </releases>
+      <id>snapshots</id>
+      <name>Maven Central Development Repository</name>
+      <url>http://snapshots.maven.codehaus.org/maven2</url>
+    </repository>
+    <repository>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <name>Maven Repository Switchboard</name>
+      <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+  <pluginRepositories>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <releases>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </releases>
+      <id>snapshots</id>
+      <name>Maven Central Plugins Development Repository</name>
+      <url>http://snapshots.maven.codehaus.org/maven2</url>
+    </pluginRepository>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <name>Maven Plugin Repository</name>
+      <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
+    </pluginRepository>
+  </pluginRepositories>
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <version>3.8.1</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-plugin-api</artifactId>
+      <version>2.0-beta-3</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+  <reporting>
+    <outputDirectory>target/site</outputDirectory>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-plugin-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.0-beta-3</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </reporting>
+  <distributionManagement>
+    <repository>
+      <id>repo1</id>
+      <name>Maven Central Plugins Repository</name>
+      <url>scp://repo1.maven.org/home/projects/maven/repository-staging/to-ibiblio/maven2</url>
+    </repository>
+    <snapshotRepository>
+      <id>snapshots</id>
+      <name>Maven Central Plugins Development Repository</name>
+      <url>scp://repo1.maven.org/home/projects/maven/repository-staging/snapshots/maven2</url>
+    </snapshotRepository>
+    <site>
+      <id>website</id>
+      <url>scp://minotaur.apache.org/www/maven.apache.org/maven2/plugins/maven-clean-plugin</url>
+    </site>
+  </distributionManagement>
+</project>
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