diff --git a/maven-plugins/maven-ant-plugin/pom.xml b/maven-plugins/maven-ant-plugin/pom.xml
index a8ded67ee8..14bd4cffd6 100644
--- a/maven-plugins/maven-ant-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugins/maven-ant-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -1,19 +1,18 @@
-<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>
+<project>
   <parent>
     <artifactId>maven-plugin-parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
     <version>2.0-beta-1</version>
   </parent>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>maven-ant-plugin</artifactId>
-  <version>2.0-beta-1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>maven-plugin</packaging>
   <name>Maven Ant Plugin</name>
+  <version>2.0-beta-1</version>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-project</artifactId>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
-</project>
+</project>
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diff --git a/maven-plugins/maven-ant-plugin/release-pom.xml b/maven-plugins/maven-ant-plugin/release-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..172f13ce54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-plugins/maven-ant-plugin/release-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+<project>
+  <parent>
+    <artifactId>maven-plugin-parent</artifactId>
+    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+    <version>2.0-beta-1</version>
+  </parent>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <artifactId>maven-ant-plugin</artifactId>
+  <packaging>maven-plugin</packaging>
+  <name>Maven Ant Plugin</name>
+  <version>2.0-beta-1</version>
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
+      <artifactId>wagon-provider-api</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0-alpha-4</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <version>3.8.1</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>plexus</groupId>
+      <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0.3</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-project</artifactId>
+      <version>2.0-beta-1</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-artifact-manager</artifactId>
+      <version>2.0-beta-1</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-model</artifactId>
+      <version>2.0-beta-1</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>classworlds</groupId>
+      <artifactId>classworlds</artifactId>
+      <version>1.1-alpha-2</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-artifact</artifactId>
+      <version>2.0-beta-1</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-repository-metadata</artifactId>
+      <version>2.0-beta-1</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>plexus</groupId>
+      <artifactId>plexus-container-default</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0-alpha-6</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-profile</artifactId>
+      <version>2.0-beta-1</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-plugin-api</artifactId>
+      <version>2.0-beta-1</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
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