diff --git a/release/plugin.jelly b/release/plugin.jelly
index 32ce77b8..13e858ff 100644
--- a/release/plugin.jelly
+++ b/release/plugin.jelly
@@ -105,8 +105,7 @@
 
   </goal>
 
-  <goal name="convert-snapshots-auto">
-
+  <goal name="increment-snapshot-version">
     <r:increment-snapshot-version
       transformer="transformer"
       transformations="transformations"/>
diff --git a/release/src/main/org/apache/maven/release/SnapshotVersionTransformer.java b/release/src/main/org/apache/maven/release/SnapshotVersionTransformer.java
index edcc8a48..949332f9 100644
--- a/release/src/main/org/apache/maven/release/SnapshotVersionTransformer.java
+++ b/release/src/main/org/apache/maven/release/SnapshotVersionTransformer.java
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ import org.dom4j.Node;
  *
  * @author <a href="mailto:jason@zenplex.com">Jason van Zyl</a>
  *
- * @version $Id: SnapshotVersionTransformer.java,v 1.1 2003/02/11 22:01:12 jvanzyl Exp $
+ * @version $Id: SnapshotVersionTransformer.java,v 1.2 2003/02/11 22:10:43 jvanzyl Exp $
  */
 public class SnapshotVersionTransformer
     extends AbstractPomTransformer
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ public class SnapshotVersionTransformer
         int i = currentVersion.indexOf( "-SNAPSHOT" );
         if ( i > 0 )
         {
-            currentVersion = currentVersion.substring( 0, i - 1 );
+            currentVersion = currentVersion.substring( 0, i );
         }
 
         return currentVersion;