diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8b38b1a965..c3f8d2d590 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@
     <module>maven-toolchain</module>
   </modules>
   <properties>
-    <artifactVersion>3.0-SNAPSHOT</artifactVersion>
+    <artifactVersion>3.0-alpha-1</artifactVersion>
     <aspectjVersion>1.5.3</aspectjVersion>
     <classWorldsVersion>1.2-alpha-13</classWorldsVersion>
     <commonsCliVersion>1.0</commonsCliVersion>