diff --git a/maven-plugins/maven-surefire-plugin/pom.xml b/maven-plugins/maven-surefire-plugin/pom.xml
index a159ec2b3c..635f396704 100644
--- a/maven-plugins/maven-surefire-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugins/maven-surefire-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<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">
+<project>
   <parent>
     <artifactId>maven-plugin-parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -9,18 +8,24 @@
   <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
   <packaging>maven-plugin</packaging>
   <name>Maven Surefire Plugin</name>
-  <version>2.0-beta-1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>2.0-beta-1</version>
+  <contributors>
+    <contributor>
+      <name>Joakim Erdfelt</name>
+      <email>joakim@erdfelt.com</email>
+    </contributor>
+  </contributors>
   <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <version>3.8.1</version>
+      <scope>runtime</scope>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-project</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>surefire</groupId>
-      <artifactId>surefire-booter</artifactId>
-      <version>1.3</version>
-    </dependency>
-    <!-- Specified for mboot -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>surefire</groupId>
       <artifactId>surefire</artifactId>
@@ -28,16 +33,9 @@
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>3.8.1</version>
-      <scope>runtime</scope>
+      <groupId>surefire</groupId>
+      <artifactId>surefire-booter</artifactId>
+      <version>1.3</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
-  <contributors>
-    <contributor>
-      <name>Joakim Erdfelt</name>
-      <email>joakim@erdfelt.com</email>
-    </contributor>
-  </contributors>
-</project>
+</project>
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diff --git a/maven-plugins/maven-surefire-plugin/release-pom.xml b/maven-plugins/maven-surefire-plugin/release-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..068b3e8af2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-plugins/maven-surefire-plugin/release-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+<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-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+  <packaging>maven-plugin</packaging>
+  <name>Maven Surefire Plugin</name>
+  <version>2.0-beta-1</version>
+  <contributors>
+    <contributor>
+      <name>Joakim Erdfelt</name>
+      <email>joakim@erdfelt.com</email>
+    </contributor>
+  </contributors>
+  <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>surefire</groupId>
+      <artifactId>surefire</artifactId>
+      <version>1.3</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-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>
+    <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</artifactId>
+      <version>2.0-beta-1</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>surefire</groupId>
+      <artifactId>surefire-booter</artifactId>
+      <version>1.3</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
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