diff --git a/maven-core-it/it0006/pom.xml b/maven-core-it/it0006/pom.xml
index d1f0c3ef02..b0d6161cd9 100644
--- a/maven-core-it/it0006/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-core-it/it0006/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
              in the remote repo. If I don't specify a version, it fails... 
              Now, even if I have built the verifier plugin locally m2 insist for downloading it
              from the remote repo. Why is that? -->
-        <version>1.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT</version>       
+        <version>1.0-alpha-1-SNAPSHOT</version>       
         <goals>
           <goal>
             <id>verify</id>
diff --git a/maven-core-it/it0016/pom.xml b/maven-core-it/it0016/pom.xml
index 0cf54633e4..809c84cc04 100644
--- a/maven-core-it/it0016/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-core-it/it0016/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT</version>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
diff --git a/maven-core-it/it0017/pom.xml b/maven-core-it/it0017/pom.xml
index ba7d5b6576..65b574af6f 100644
--- a/maven-core-it/it0017/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-core-it/it0017/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-ejb-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT</version>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>