diff --git a/continuum-api/pom.xml b/continuum-api/pom.xml
index e444f10..03021d4 100644
--- a/continuum-api/pom.xml
+++ b/continuum-api/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
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     <artifactId>continuum-parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven.continuum</groupId>
-    <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.1-beta-1</version>
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   <artifactId>continuum-api</artifactId>
diff --git a/continuum-configuration/pom.xml b/continuum-configuration/pom.xml
index 0ae8ea6..7871c2e 100644
--- a/continuum-configuration/pom.xml
+++ b/continuum-configuration/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
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     <artifactId>continuum-parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven.continuum</groupId>
-    <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.1-beta-1</version>
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   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>continuum-configuration</artifactId>
diff --git a/continuum-core/pom.xml b/continuum-core/pom.xml
index c6f0d26..ed9a721 100644
--- a/continuum-core/pom.xml
+++ b/continuum-core/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
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     <artifactId>continuum-parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven.continuum</groupId>
-    <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.1-beta-1</version>
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   <artifactId>continuum-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/continuum-model/pom.xml b/continuum-model/pom.xml
index 732ecef..e394dd9 100644
--- a/continuum-model/pom.xml
+++ b/continuum-model/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
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     <artifactId>continuum-parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven.continuum</groupId>
-    <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
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   <artifactId>continuum-model</artifactId>
diff --git a/continuum-notifiers/continuum-notifier-api/pom.xml b/continuum-notifiers/continuum-notifier-api/pom.xml
index bc3eccc..efeeaa4 100644
--- a/continuum-notifiers/continuum-notifier-api/pom.xml
+++ b/continuum-notifiers/continuum-notifier-api/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
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     <artifactId>continuum-notifiers</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven.continuum</groupId>
-    <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.1-beta-1</version>
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   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>continuum-notifier-api</artifactId>
diff --git a/continuum-notifiers/continuum-notifier-irc/pom.xml b/continuum-notifiers/continuum-notifier-irc/pom.xml
index c7ce20a..8b2f764 100644
--- a/continuum-notifiers/continuum-notifier-irc/pom.xml
+++ b/continuum-notifiers/continuum-notifier-irc/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
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     <artifactId>continuum-notifiers</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven.continuum</groupId>
-    <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.1-beta-1</version>
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   <artifactId>continuum-notifier-irc</artifactId>
diff --git a/continuum-notifiers/continuum-notifier-jabber/pom.xml b/continuum-notifiers/continuum-notifier-jabber/pom.xml
index 3d7d52d..64756c4 100644
--- a/continuum-notifiers/continuum-notifier-jabber/pom.xml
+++ b/continuum-notifiers/continuum-notifier-jabber/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
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     <artifactId>continuum-notifiers</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven.continuum</groupId>
-    <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.1-beta-1</version>
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   <artifactId>continuum-notifier-jabber</artifactId>
diff --git a/continuum-notifiers/continuum-notifier-msn/pom.xml b/continuum-notifiers/continuum-notifier-msn/pom.xml
index 6ea87e5..3022c58 100644
--- a/continuum-notifiers/continuum-notifier-msn/pom.xml
+++ b/continuum-notifiers/continuum-notifier-msn/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
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     <artifactId>continuum-notifiers</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven.continuum</groupId>
-    <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.1-beta-1</version>
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   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>continuum-notifier-msn</artifactId>
diff --git a/continuum-notifiers/continuum-notifier-wagon/pom.xml b/continuum-notifiers/continuum-notifier-wagon/pom.xml
index dc9c16f..77e7b62 100644
--- a/continuum-notifiers/continuum-notifier-wagon/pom.xml
+++ b/continuum-notifiers/continuum-notifier-wagon/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
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     <artifactId>continuum-notifiers</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven.continuum</groupId>
-    <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.1-beta-1</version>
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   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>continuum-notifier-wagon</artifactId>
diff --git a/continuum-notifiers/pom.xml b/continuum-notifiers/pom.xml
index 6393f7c..3faa71b 100644
--- a/continuum-notifiers/pom.xml
+++ b/continuum-notifiers/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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     <artifactId>continuum-parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven.continuum</groupId>
-    <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.1-beta-1</version>
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   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>continuum-notifiers</artifactId>
diff --git a/continuum-plexus-application/pom.xml b/continuum-plexus-application/pom.xml
index 4b8fde9..e71cc97 100644
--- a/continuum-plexus-application/pom.xml
+++ b/continuum-plexus-application/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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     <artifactId>continuum-parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven.continuum</groupId>
-    <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.1-beta-1</version>
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   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>continuum-plexus-application</artifactId>
diff --git a/continuum-plexus-runtime/pom.xml b/continuum-plexus-runtime/pom.xml
index 111324f..deb866a 100644
--- a/continuum-plexus-runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/continuum-plexus-runtime/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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     <artifactId>continuum-parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven.continuum</groupId>
-    <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.1-beta-1</version>
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   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>continuum-plexus-runtime</artifactId>
diff --git a/continuum-release/pom.xml b/continuum-release/pom.xml
index b996514..074f2b3 100644
--- a/continuum-release/pom.xml
+++ b/continuum-release/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
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     <artifactId>continuum-parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven.continuum</groupId>
-    <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.1-beta-1</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>continuum-release</artifactId>
   <name>Continuum Release System</name>
diff --git a/continuum-security/pom.xml b/continuum-security/pom.xml
index 6faa2de..42dc533 100644
--- a/continuum-security/pom.xml
+++ b/continuum-security/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
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     <artifactId>continuum-parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven.continuum</groupId>
-    <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.1-beta-1</version>
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   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>continuum-security</artifactId>
diff --git a/continuum-store/pom.xml b/continuum-store/pom.xml
index c128184..fddfb38 100644
--- a/continuum-store/pom.xml
+++ b/continuum-store/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>continuum-parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven.continuum</groupId>
-    <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.1-beta-1</version>
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   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>continuum-store</artifactId>
diff --git a/continuum-test/pom.xml b/continuum-test/pom.xml
index b8139c2..0d377fe 100644
--- a/continuum-test/pom.xml
+++ b/continuum-test/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>continuum-parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven.continuum</groupId>
-    <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.1-beta-1</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>continuum-test</artifactId>
diff --git a/continuum-webapp/pom.xml b/continuum-webapp/pom.xml
index cd3f6ce..69ae622 100644
--- a/continuum-webapp/pom.xml
+++ b/continuum-webapp/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
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     <artifactId>continuum-parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven.continuum</groupId>
-    <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.1-beta-1</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>continuum-webapp</artifactId>
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@
                   <fileset dir="src/appserver-base" />
                 </copy>
                 <copy todir="src/main/webapp/template">
-                  <fileset file="src/main/resources/template/default/validation.js"/>
+                  <fileset file="src/main/resources/template/default/validation.js" />
                 </copy>
               </tasks>
             </configuration>
diff --git a/continuum-xmlrpc/continuum-xmlrpc-api/pom.xml b/continuum-xmlrpc/continuum-xmlrpc-api/pom.xml
index bfd6faa..532876d 100644
--- a/continuum-xmlrpc/continuum-xmlrpc-api/pom.xml
+++ b/continuum-xmlrpc/continuum-xmlrpc-api/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven.continuum</groupId>
     <artifactId>continuum-xmlrpc</artifactId>
-    <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.1-beta-1</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>continuum-xmlrpc-api</artifactId>
diff --git a/continuum-xmlrpc/continuum-xmlrpc-client/pom.xml b/continuum-xmlrpc/continuum-xmlrpc-client/pom.xml
index 7d8456a..e7e1871 100644
--- a/continuum-xmlrpc/continuum-xmlrpc-client/pom.xml
+++ b/continuum-xmlrpc/continuum-xmlrpc-client/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven.continuum</groupId>
     <artifactId>continuum-xmlrpc</artifactId>
-    <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.1-beta-1</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>continuum-xmlrpc-client</artifactId>
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
             <argument>-classpath</argument>
             <!-- automatically creates the classpath using all project dependencies, 
                  also adding the project build directory -->
-            <classpath/>
+            <classpath />
             <argument>org.apache.maven.continuum.xmlrpc.client.SampleClient</argument>
           </arguments>
         </configuration>
diff --git a/continuum-xmlrpc/continuum-xmlrpc-server/pom.xml b/continuum-xmlrpc/continuum-xmlrpc-server/pom.xml
index 98c97b9..2f16bb2 100644
--- a/continuum-xmlrpc/continuum-xmlrpc-server/pom.xml
+++ b/continuum-xmlrpc/continuum-xmlrpc-server/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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     <groupId>org.apache.maven.continuum</groupId>
     <artifactId>continuum-xmlrpc</artifactId>
-    <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.1-beta-1</version>
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   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>continuum-xmlrpc-server</artifactId>
diff --git a/continuum-xmlrpc/pom.xml b/continuum-xmlrpc/pom.xml
index df6a42e..b35c433 100644
--- a/continuum-xmlrpc/pom.xml
+++ b/continuum-xmlrpc/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>continuum-parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven.continuum</groupId>
-    <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.1-beta-1</version>
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   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>continuum-xmlrpc</artifactId>
diff --git a/maven-continuum-plugin/pom.xml b/maven-continuum-plugin/pom.xml
index ef9fa75..8c71d8e 100644
--- a/maven-continuum-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-continuum-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>continuum-parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven.continuum</groupId>
-    <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.1-beta-1</version>
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   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6512acb..ee16cec 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
   <artifactId>continuum-parent</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>Continuum Project</name>
-  <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.1-beta-1</version>
   <url>http://maven.apache.org/continuum</url>
   <issueManagement>
     <system>jira</system>
@@ -57,9 +57,9 @@
     </mailingList>
   </mailingLists>
   <scm>
-    <connection>scm:svn:http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/maven/continuum/trunk/</connection>
-    <developerConnection>scm:svn:https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/maven/continuum/trunk/</developerConnection>
-    <url>http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/maven/continuum/trunk/</url>
+    <connection>scm:svn:https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/maven/continuum/tags/continuum-1.1-beta-1</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/maven/continuum/tags/continuum-1.1-beta-1</developerConnection>
+    <url>https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/maven/continuum/tags/continuum-1.1-beta-1</url>
   </scm>
   <build>
     <pluginManagement>