diff --git a/artifact/project.xml b/artifact/project.xml
index d75e7322..ff8f3893 100644
--- a/artifact/project.xml
+++ b/artifact/project.xml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-beta-10</version>
+      <version>1.0-rc2</version>
       <type>jar</type>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/changelog/project.xml b/changelog/project.xml
index f6903aaa..79a22bd3 100644
--- a/changelog/project.xml
+++ b/changelog/project.xml
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-beta-10</version>
+      <version>1.0-rc2</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- Required to build under for JDK 1.3 because we fork junit -->
diff --git a/linkcheck/project.xml b/linkcheck/project.xml
index 0e24cc44..dd457385 100644
--- a/linkcheck/project.xml
+++ b/linkcheck/project.xml
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-beta-10</version>
+      <version>1.0-rc2</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <jar>js-1.5R4-RC3.jar</jar>
diff --git a/multiproject/project.xml b/multiproject/project.xml
index 300c40e8..fcf7d391 100644
--- a/multiproject/project.xml
+++ b/multiproject/project.xml
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
       <groupId>maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven</artifactId>
       <type>jar</type>
-      <version>1.0-beta-10</version>
+      <version>1.0-rc2</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/pom/project.xml b/pom/project.xml
index 23b94695..63aac75a 100644
--- a/pom/project.xml
+++ b/pom/project.xml
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
       <jar>maven.jar</jar>
       <groupId>maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-beta-10</version>
+      <version>1.0-rc2</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>isorelax</groupId>
diff --git a/release/project.xml b/release/project.xml
index e2d0f725..20a74899 100644
--- a/release/project.xml
+++ b/release/project.xml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
       <jar>maven.jar</jar>
       <groupId>maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-beta-10</version>
+      <version>1.0-rc2</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
diff --git a/xdoc/project.xml b/xdoc/project.xml
index 0b680635..de1ddb58 100644
--- a/xdoc/project.xml
+++ b/xdoc/project.xml
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-beta-10</version>
+      <version>1.0-rc2</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>velocity</groupId>