diff --git a/maven-core-it-plugin/pom.xml b/maven-core-it-plugin/pom.xml
index b92ae4e83c..f6552e62fa 100644
--- a/maven-core-it-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-core-it-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>maven-plugin-parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-    <version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.0-alpha-3</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>maven-core-it-plugin</artifactId>