diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e70120fd33..545b52325d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
         <artifactId>hibernate-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>3.5.0.Beta-1</version>
+        <version>3.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
@@ -45,7 +45,10 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+<!--
                 <version>2.0-beta-7</version>
+-->
+                <version>2.0-beta-9</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <autoVersionSubmodules>true</autoVersionSubmodules>
                 </configuration>
@@ -83,4 +86,4 @@
         </profile>
     </profiles>
 
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>