diff --git a/plexus-containers/plexus-container-artifact/pom.xml b/plexus-containers/plexus-container-artifact/pom.xml
index 82cab8e..ebd67a6 100644
--- a/plexus-containers/plexus-container-artifact/pom.xml
+++ b/plexus-containers/plexus-container-artifact/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>plexus</groupId>
     <artifactId>plexus-containers</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0</version>
+    <version>1.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <groupId>plexus</groupId>
   <artifactId>plexus-container-artifact</artifactId>