diff --git a/fluent-hc/pom.xml b/fluent-hc/pom.xml
index 88b06a9..b9f57ce 100644
--- a/fluent-hc/pom.xml
+++ b/fluent-hc/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
     <artifactId>httpcomponents-client</artifactId>
-    <version>4.4-alpha1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.4-alpha1</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>fluent-hc</artifactId>
   <name>Fluent API for Apache HttpClient</name>
diff --git a/httpclient-cache/pom.xml b/httpclient-cache/pom.xml
index 9b94af8..8007b5f 100644
--- a/httpclient-cache/pom.xml
+++ b/httpclient-cache/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
     <artifactId>httpcomponents-client</artifactId>
-    <version>4.4-alpha1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.4-alpha1</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>httpclient-cache</artifactId>
   <name>Apache HttpClient Cache</name>
diff --git a/httpclient-osgi/pom.xml b/httpclient-osgi/pom.xml
index 7730a48..9e797ac 100644
--- a/httpclient-osgi/pom.xml
+++ b/httpclient-osgi/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
     <artifactId>httpcomponents-client</artifactId>
-    <version>4.4-alpha1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.4-alpha1</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>httpclient-osgi</artifactId>
   <name>Apache HttpClient OSGi bundle</name>
diff --git a/httpclient-win/pom.xml b/httpclient-win/pom.xml
index 0381b9c..82ce493 100644
--- a/httpclient-win/pom.xml
+++ b/httpclient-win/pom.xml
@@ -23,14 +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</groupId>
     <artifactId>httpcomponents-client</artifactId>
-    <version>4.4-alpha1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.4-alpha1</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>httpclient-win</artifactId>
   <name>Windows features for Apache HttpClient</name>
diff --git a/httpclient/pom.xml b/httpclient/pom.xml
index ae6f183..66d5b39 100644
--- a/httpclient/pom.xml
+++ b/httpclient/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
     <artifactId>httpcomponents-client</artifactId>
-    <version>4.4-alpha1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.4-alpha1</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
   <name>Apache HttpClient</name>
diff --git a/httpmime/pom.xml b/httpmime/pom.xml
index 6989782..6e9ea03 100644
--- a/httpmime/pom.xml
+++ b/httpmime/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
     <artifactId>httpcomponents-client</artifactId>
-    <version>4.4-alpha1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.4-alpha1</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>httpmime</artifactId>
   <name>Apache HttpClient Mime</name>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index daa1ee0..5490bcf 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>httpcomponents-client</artifactId>
   <name>HttpComponents Client</name>
-  <version>4.4-alpha1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>4.4-alpha1</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>
@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@
   </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/4.4-alpha1</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpcomponents/httpclient/tags/4.4-alpha1</developerConnection>
+    <url>https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpcomponents/httpclient/tags/4.4-alpha1</url>
   </scm>
 
   <properties>