diff --git a/httpclient5-cache/pom.xml b/httpclient5-cache/pom.xml
index f8e9e00..39a7b33 100644
--- a/httpclient5-cache/pom.xml
+++ b/httpclient5-cache/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents.client5</groupId>
     <artifactId>httpclient5-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>5.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>5.0-alpha2</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>httpclient5-cache</artifactId>
   <name>Apache HttpClient Cache</name>
diff --git a/httpclient5-fluent/pom.xml b/httpclient5-fluent/pom.xml
index 8e49a87..0b69f8e 100644
--- a/httpclient5-fluent/pom.xml
+++ b/httpclient5-fluent/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents.client5</groupId>
     <artifactId>httpclient5-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>5.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>5.0-alpha2</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>httpclient5-fluent</artifactId>
   <name>Apache HttpClient Fluent</name>
diff --git a/httpclient5-osgi/pom.xml b/httpclient5-osgi/pom.xml
index e3f0afb..3bdbe37 100644
--- a/httpclient5-osgi/pom.xml
+++ b/httpclient5-osgi/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   <parent>
       <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents.client5</groupId>
       <artifactId>httpclient5-parent</artifactId>
-      <version>5.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>5.0-alpha2</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>httpclient5-osgi</artifactId>
   <name>Apache HttpClient OSGi bundle</name>
diff --git a/httpclient5-testing/pom.xml b/httpclient5-testing/pom.xml
index 62965dd..22d62b4 100644
--- a/httpclient5-testing/pom.xml
+++ b/httpclient5-testing/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents.client5</groupId>
     <artifactId>httpclient5-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>5.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>5.0-alpha2</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>httpclient5-testing</artifactId>
   <name>Apache HttpClient Integration Tests</name>
diff --git a/httpclient5-win/pom.xml b/httpclient5-win/pom.xml
index 00baa7f..d5f9816 100644
--- a/httpclient5-win/pom.xml
+++ b/httpclient5-win/pom.xml
@@ -23,13 +23,12 @@
    individuals on behalf of the Apache Software Foundation.  For more
    information on the Apache Software Foundation, please see
    <http://www.apache.org />.
- -->
- <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+ --><project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents.client5</groupId>
     <artifactId>httpclient5-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>5.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>5.0-alpha2</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>httpclient5-win</artifactId>
   <name>Apache HttpClient Windows features</name>
diff --git a/httpclient5/pom.xml b/httpclient5/pom.xml
index 97c5620..d97360b 100644
--- a/httpclient5/pom.xml
+++ b/httpclient5/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents.client5</groupId>
     <artifactId>httpclient5-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>5.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>5.0-alpha2</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>httpclient5</artifactId>
   <name>Apache HttpClient</name>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 140fc21..61ce637 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
   <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents.client5</groupId>
   <artifactId>httpclient5-parent</artifactId>
   <name>Apache HttpComponents Client Parent</name>
-  <version>5.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>5.0-alpha2</version>
   <description>Apache HttpComponents Client is a library of components for building client side HTTP services</description>
   <url>http://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-client</url>
   <inceptionYear>1999</inceptionYear>
@@ -59,9 +59,9 @@
   </issueManagement>
 
   <scm>
-    <connection>scm:svn:https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpcomponents/httpclient/trunk</connection>
-    <developerConnection>scm:svn:https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpcomponents/httpclient/trunk</developerConnection>
-    <url>https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpcomponents/httpclient/trunk</url>
+    <connection>scm:svn:https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpcomponents/httpclient/tags/5.0-alpha2</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpcomponents/httpclient/tags/5.0-alpha2</developerConnection>
+    <url>https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpcomponents/httpclient/tags/5.0-alpha2</url>
   </scm>
 
   <properties>