diff --git a/release/src/main/org/apache/maven/release/SnapshotResolver.java b/release/src/main/org/apache/maven/release/SnapshotResolver.java
index b7188e85..1bd400da 100644
--- a/release/src/main/org/apache/maven/release/SnapshotResolver.java
+++ b/release/src/main/org/apache/maven/release/SnapshotResolver.java
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ import java.util.Iterator;
  *
  * @author <a href="mailto:jason@zenplex.com">Jason van Zyl</a>
  *
- * @version $Id: SnapshotResolver.java,v 1.13 2003/09/29 23:52:00 jvanzyl Exp $
+ * @version $Id: SnapshotResolver.java,v 1.14 2003/09/30 07:58:00 dion Exp $
  */
 public class SnapshotResolver
     extends AbstractPomTransformer
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ public class SnapshotResolver
     public String getNodeContent( Node node )
         throws Exception
     {
-        String timestampVersion = null;
+        String timestampVersion = "SNAPSHOT";
 
         Node idNode = node.selectSingleNode( "id" );
 
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ public class SnapshotResolver
             artifactId = artifactIdNode.getText();
         }
 
-        Node typeIdNode = node.selectSingleNode( "groupId" );
+        Node typeIdNode = node.selectSingleNode( "type" );
 
         if ( typeIdNode != null )
         {
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ public class SnapshotResolver
         {
             String remoteRepo = (String) i.next();
             String url = remoteRepo + "/" + groupId + "/" + artifactType + "s/" + artifactId + "-snapshot-version";
-
+           
             try
             {
                 HttpUtils.getFile( url,
@@ -157,10 +157,6 @@ public class SnapshotResolver
             {
                 timestampVersion = FileUtils.fileRead( snapshotVersionFile.getPath() );
             }
-            else
-            {
-                timestampVersion = "SNAPSHOT";
-            }
         }
 
         return timestampVersion;