diff --git a/apache-maven/pom.xml b/apache-maven/pom.xml
index 5d3eaff8c1..7acd55dddb 100644
--- a/apache-maven/pom.xml
+++ b/apache-maven/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ under the License.
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
     <artifactId>maven</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.0-alpha-2</version>
+    <version>4.0.0-alpha-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>apache-maven</artifactId>
diff --git a/api/maven-api-core/pom.xml b/api/maven-api-core/pom.xml
index f3d9c01741..fd78f534fe 100644
--- a/api/maven-api-core/pom.xml
+++ b/api/maven-api-core/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
     <artifactId>maven-api</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.0-alpha-2</version>
+    <version>4.0.0-alpha-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>maven-api-core</artifactId>
@@ -33,22 +33,22 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-api-meta</artifactId>
-      <version>4.0.0-alpha-2</version>
+      <version>4.0.0-alpha-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-api-model</artifactId>
-      <version>4.0.0-alpha-2</version>
+      <version>4.0.0-alpha-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-api-settings</artifactId>
-      <version>4.0.0-alpha-2</version>
+      <version>4.0.0-alpha-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-api-toolchain</artifactId>
-      <version>4.0.0-alpha-2</version>
+      <version>4.0.0-alpha-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/api/maven-api-meta/pom.xml b/api/maven-api-meta/pom.xml
index 0f2baaa5ef..1ceeefb755 100644
--- a/api/maven-api-meta/pom.xml
+++ b/api/maven-api-meta/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
     <artifactId>maven-api</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.0-alpha-2</version>
+    <version>4.0.0-alpha-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>maven-api-meta</artifactId>
diff --git a/api/maven-api-model/pom.xml b/api/maven-api-model/pom.xml
index f8f42785d3..4c7c1f0b14 100644
--- a/api/maven-api-model/pom.xml
+++ b/api/maven-api-model/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ under the License.
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
     <artifactId>maven-api</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.0-alpha-2</version>
+    <version>4.0.0-alpha-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>maven-api-model</artifactId>
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ under the License.
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-api-xml</artifactId>
-      <version>4.0.0-alpha-2</version>
+      <version>4.0.0-alpha-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/api/maven-api-settings/pom.xml b/api/maven-api-settings/pom.xml
index 07404af6dd..c3db8c37c6 100644
--- a/api/maven-api-settings/pom.xml
+++ b/api/maven-api-settings/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ under the License.
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
     <artifactId>maven-api</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.0-alpha-2</version>
+    <version>4.0.0-alpha-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>maven-api-settings</artifactId>
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ under the License.
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-api-xml</artifactId>
-      <version>4.0.0-alpha-2</version>
+      <version>4.0.0-alpha-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/api/maven-api-toolchain/pom.xml b/api/maven-api-toolchain/pom.xml
index 87742888b2..6b87b89cde 100644
--- a/api/maven-api-toolchain/pom.xml
+++ b/api/maven-api-toolchain/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ under the License.
     <parent>
         <artifactId>maven-api</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-        <version>4.0.0-alpha-2</version>
+        <version>4.0.0-alpha-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ under the License.
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-api-xml</artifactId>
-            <version>4.0.0-alpha-2</version>
+            <version>4.0.0-alpha-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/api/maven-api-xml/pom.xml b/api/maven-api-xml/pom.xml
index 1cf07c3d7f..b579eb3347 100644
--- a/api/maven-api-xml/pom.xml
+++ b/api/maven-api-xml/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
     <artifactId>maven-api</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.0-alpha-2</version>
+    <version>4.0.0-alpha-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>maven-api-xml</artifactId>
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-api-meta</artifactId>
-      <version>4.0.0-alpha-2</version>
+      <version>4.0.0-alpha-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/api/modello-plugin-velocity/pom.xml b/api/modello-plugin-velocity/pom.xml
index bb0dedd76b..b27baeccac 100644
--- a/api/modello-plugin-velocity/pom.xml
+++ b/api/modello-plugin-velocity/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
     <artifactId>maven-api</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.0-alpha-2</version>
+    <version>4.0.0-alpha-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>modello-plugin-velocity</artifactId>
diff --git a/api/pom.xml b/api/pom.xml
index 49fef33d5c..bb197162f4 100644
--- a/api/pom.xml
+++ b/api/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
     <artifactId>maven</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.0-alpha-2</version>
+    <version>4.0.0-alpha-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>maven-api</artifactId>
diff --git a/maven-artifact/pom.xml b/maven-artifact/pom.xml
index b5ff8d36b2..00ef60ee0f 100644
--- a/maven-artifact/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-artifact/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ under the License.
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
     <artifactId>maven</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.0-alpha-2</version>
+    <version>4.0.0-alpha-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>maven-artifact</artifactId>
diff --git a/maven-bom/pom.xml b/maven-bom/pom.xml
index 59e748e934..1a0180d7d6 100644
--- a/maven-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-bom/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ under the License.
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>maven-bom</artifactId>
-  <version>4.0.0-alpha-2</version>
+  <version>4.0.0-alpha-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <name>Maven Dependencies BOM</name>
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ under the License.
     <connection>scm:git:https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/maven.git</connection>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/maven.git</developerConnection>
     <url>https://github.com/apache/maven/tree/${project.scm.tag}/${project.artifactId}</url>
-    <tag>maven-4.0.0-alpha-2</tag>
+    <tag>maven-4.0.0-alpha-1</tag>
   </scm>
   <issueManagement>
     <system>jira</system>
diff --git a/maven-builder-support/pom.xml b/maven-builder-support/pom.xml
index 98947f0b55..807451e526 100644
--- a/maven-builder-support/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-builder-support/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ under the License.
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
     <artifactId>maven</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.0-alpha-2</version>
+    <version>4.0.0-alpha-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>maven-builder-support</artifactId>
diff --git a/maven-compat/pom.xml b/maven-compat/pom.xml
index 816ead72eb..298207f750 100644
--- a/maven-compat/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-compat/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ under the License.
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
     <artifactId>maven</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.0-alpha-2</version>
+    <version>4.0.0-alpha-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>maven-compat</artifactId>
diff --git a/maven-core/pom.xml b/maven-core/pom.xml
index 996c82e8ba..fabf87ee13 100644
--- a/maven-core/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-core/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ under the License.
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
     <artifactId>maven</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.0-alpha-2</version>
+    <version>4.0.0-alpha-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>maven-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/maven-embedder/pom.xml b/maven-embedder/pom.xml
index 00426aafc7..1e6c98968e 100644
--- a/maven-embedder/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-embedder/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ under the License.
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
     <artifactId>maven</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.0-alpha-2</version>
+    <version>4.0.0-alpha-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>maven-embedder</artifactId>
diff --git a/maven-model-builder/pom.xml b/maven-model-builder/pom.xml
index 5010da9c0a..afdad4735e 100644
--- a/maven-model-builder/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-model-builder/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ under the License.
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
     <artifactId>maven</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.0-alpha-2</version>
+    <version>4.0.0-alpha-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>maven-model-builder</artifactId>
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ under the License.
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-xml-impl</artifactId>
-      <version>4.0.0-alpha-2</version>
+      <version>4.0.0-alpha-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
diff --git a/maven-model-transform/pom.xml b/maven-model-transform/pom.xml
index a94d08f5aa..3e07228dab 100644
--- a/maven-model-transform/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-model-transform/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ under the License.
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
     <artifactId>maven</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.0-alpha-2</version>
+    <version>4.0.0-alpha-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>maven-model-transform</artifactId>
   <name>Maven Model XML Transform</name>
diff --git a/maven-model/pom.xml b/maven-model/pom.xml
index 3f8ced9ad6..a61771f424 100644
--- a/maven-model/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-model/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ under the License.
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
     <artifactId>maven</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.0-alpha-2</version>
+    <version>4.0.0-alpha-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>maven-model</artifactId>
@@ -37,12 +37,12 @@ under the License.
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-api-model</artifactId>
-      <version>4.0.0-alpha-2</version>
+      <version>4.0.0-alpha-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-xml-impl</artifactId>
-      <version>4.0.0-alpha-2</version>
+      <version>4.0.0-alpha-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/maven-plugin-api/pom.xml b/maven-plugin-api/pom.xml
index 2eac626c6f..de118e4e08 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-api/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugin-api/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ under the License.
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
     <artifactId>maven</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.0-alpha-2</version>
+    <version>4.0.0-alpha-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>maven-plugin-api</artifactId>
diff --git a/maven-repository-metadata/pom.xml b/maven-repository-metadata/pom.xml
index 3f15ca414e..2beca29653 100644
--- a/maven-repository-metadata/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-repository-metadata/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ under the License.
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
     <artifactId>maven</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.0-alpha-2</version>
+    <version>4.0.0-alpha-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>maven-repository-metadata</artifactId>
diff --git a/maven-resolver-provider/pom.xml b/maven-resolver-provider/pom.xml
index 31254a7478..2919f6f669 100644
--- a/maven-resolver-provider/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-resolver-provider/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ under the License.
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
     <artifactId>maven</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.0-alpha-2</version>
+    <version>4.0.0-alpha-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>maven-resolver-provider</artifactId>
diff --git a/maven-settings-builder/pom.xml b/maven-settings-builder/pom.xml
index 07a84204d2..9264cd2dec 100644
--- a/maven-settings-builder/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-settings-builder/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ under the License.
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
     <artifactId>maven</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.0-alpha-2</version>
+    <version>4.0.0-alpha-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>maven-settings-builder</artifactId>
diff --git a/maven-settings/pom.xml b/maven-settings/pom.xml
index e7c164b245..0286d1fed4 100644
--- a/maven-settings/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-settings/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ under the License.
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
     <artifactId>maven</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.0-alpha-2</version>
+    <version>4.0.0-alpha-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>maven-settings</artifactId>
@@ -37,12 +37,12 @@ under the License.
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-api-settings</artifactId>
-      <version>4.0.0-alpha-2</version>
+      <version>4.0.0-alpha-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-xml-impl</artifactId>
-      <version>4.0.0-alpha-2</version>
+      <version>4.0.0-alpha-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
diff --git a/maven-slf4j-provider/pom.xml b/maven-slf4j-provider/pom.xml
index b0ea42fcce..ae497842ce 100644
--- a/maven-slf4j-provider/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-slf4j-provider/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ under the License.
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
     <artifactId>maven</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.0-alpha-2</version>
+    <version>4.0.0-alpha-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>maven-slf4j-provider</artifactId>
diff --git a/maven-slf4j-wrapper/pom.xml b/maven-slf4j-wrapper/pom.xml
index 7e87d207e9..0f314d6d21 100644
--- a/maven-slf4j-wrapper/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-slf4j-wrapper/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ under the License.
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
     <artifactId>maven</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.0-alpha-2</version>
+    <version>4.0.0-alpha-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>maven-slf4j-wrapper</artifactId>
diff --git a/maven-toolchain-builder/pom.xml b/maven-toolchain-builder/pom.xml
index 430756e3d9..d0e5d624ff 100644
--- a/maven-toolchain-builder/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-toolchain-builder/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ under the License.
   <parent>
     <artifactId>maven</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-    <version>4.0.0-alpha-2</version>
+    <version>4.0.0-alpha-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/maven-toolchain-model/pom.xml b/maven-toolchain-model/pom.xml
index bbf2aa9192..bef586cd4c 100644
--- a/maven-toolchain-model/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-toolchain-model/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ under the License.
     <parent>
         <artifactId>maven</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-        <version>4.0.0-alpha-2</version>
+        <version>4.0.0-alpha-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
@@ -36,12 +36,12 @@ under the License.
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-api-toolchain</artifactId>
-            <version>4.0.0-alpha-2</version>
+            <version>4.0.0-alpha-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-xml-impl</artifactId>
-            <version>4.0.0-alpha-2</version>
+            <version>4.0.0-alpha-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
diff --git a/maven-xml-impl/pom.xml b/maven-xml-impl/pom.xml
index 650c0f96ec..87f7570321 100644
--- a/maven-xml-impl/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-xml-impl/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ under the License.
     <parent>
         <artifactId>maven</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-        <version>4.0.0-alpha-2</version>
+        <version>4.0.0-alpha-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ under the License.
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-api-xml</artifactId>
-            <version>4.0.0-alpha-2</version>
+            <version>4.0.0-alpha-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.eclipse.sisu</groupId>
diff --git a/plexus-utils/pom.xml b/plexus-utils/pom.xml
index 3d3c394847..5af776796f 100644
--- a/plexus-utils/pom.xml
+++ b/plexus-utils/pom.xml
@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@ under the License.
     <parent>
         <artifactId>maven</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-        <version>4.0.0-alpha-2</version>
+        <version>4.0.0-alpha-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
     <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
     <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.0-alpha-2</version>
+    <version>4.0.0-alpha-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index db6c2c03fa..2ccd6b9c65 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ under the License.
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>maven</artifactId>
-  <version>4.0.0-alpha-2</version>
+  <version>4.0.0-alpha-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <name>Apache Maven</name>
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ under the License.
     <mockitoVersion>3.2.0</mockitoVersion>
     <plexusVersion>2.1.0</plexusVersion>
     <plexusInterpolationVersion>1.26</plexusInterpolationVersion>
-    <plexusUtilsVersion>4.0.0-alpha-2</plexusUtilsVersion>
+    <plexusUtilsVersion>4.0.0-alpha-3-SNAPSHOT</plexusUtilsVersion>
     <plexusUtilsVersionEmbedded>3.4.2</plexusUtilsVersionEmbedded>
     <guiceVersion>5.1.0</guiceVersion>
     <guavaVersion>30.1-jre</guavaVersion>
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ under the License.
     <distributionShortName>Maven</distributionShortName>
     <distributionName>Apache Maven</distributionName>
     <maven.site.path>ref/4-LATEST</maven.site.path>
-    <project.build.outputTimestamp>2022-10-14T23:39:57Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
+    <project.build.outputTimestamp>2022-10-14T23:41:39Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
   </properties>
 
   <modules>
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ under the License.
     <connection>scm:git:https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/maven.git</connection>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/maven.git</developerConnection>
     <url>https://github.com/apache/maven/tree/${project.scm.tag}</url>
-    <tag>maven-4.0.0-alpha-2</tag>
+    <tag>maven-4.0.0-alpha-1</tag>
   </scm>
   <issueManagement>
     <system>jira</system>