diff --git a/maven-settings/pom.xml b/maven-settings/pom.xml
index 65b10a5b4b..3b75818345 100644
--- a/maven-settings/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-settings/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.modello</groupId>
         <artifactId>modello-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-alpha-2</version>
+        <version>1.0-alpha-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <goals>
           <goal>
             <id>xpp3-writer</id>