diff --git a/release/src/main/org/apache/maven/release/SnapshotResolver.java b/release/src/main/org/apache/maven/release/SnapshotResolver.java
index f76e6d71..6a9c006a 100644
--- a/release/src/main/org/apache/maven/release/SnapshotResolver.java
+++ b/release/src/main/org/apache/maven/release/SnapshotResolver.java
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ import java.io.File;
  *
  * @author <a href="mailto:jason@zenplex.com">Jason van Zyl</a>
  *
- * @version $Id: SnapshotResolver.java,v 1.8 2003/02/11 03:44:26 jvanzyl Exp $
+ * @version $Id: SnapshotResolver.java,v 1.9 2003/02/11 03:49:38 jvanzyl Exp $
  */
 public class SnapshotResolver
     extends AbstractPomTransformer
@@ -166,9 +166,9 @@ public class SnapshotResolver
     public Node getTransformedNode( Node node )
         throws Exception
     {
-        Node version = node.selectSingleNode( selectNodeXPath() );
-        Node transformedNode = (Node) version.clone();
-        transformedNode.setText( getNodeContent( node ) );
+        Node transformedNode = (Node) node.clone();
+        Node version = transformedNode.selectSingleNode( selectNodeXPath() );
+        version.setText( getNodeContent( transformedNode ) );
 
         return transformedNode;
     }