diff --git a/httpcore-ab/pom.xml b/httpcore-ab/pom.xml
index 7f5dff1..d92ed4a 100644
--- a/httpcore-ab/pom.xml
+++ b/httpcore-ab/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
     <artifactId>httpcomponents-core</artifactId>
-    <version>4.2-alpha1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.2-alpha1</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>httpcore-ab</artifactId>
   <name>HttpCore AB clone</name>
diff --git a/httpcore-benchmark/pom.xml b/httpcore-benchmark/pom.xml
index fb066de..3b778f5 100644
--- a/httpcore-benchmark/pom.xml
+++ b/httpcore-benchmark/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
     <artifactId>httpcomponents-core</artifactId>
-    <version>4.2-alpha1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.2-alpha1</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>httpcore-benchmark</artifactId>
   <name>HttpCore Benchmarks</name>
diff --git a/httpcore-contrib/pom.xml b/httpcore-contrib/pom.xml
index 43b6f83..11b061c 100644
--- a/httpcore-contrib/pom.xml
+++ b/httpcore-contrib/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
     <artifactId>httpcomponents-core</artifactId>
-    <version>4.2-alpha1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.2-alpha1</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>httpcore-contrib</artifactId>
   <name>HttpCore Contrib</name>
diff --git a/httpcore-nio/pom.xml b/httpcore-nio/pom.xml
index 4e77206..faa47ca 100644
--- a/httpcore-nio/pom.xml
+++ b/httpcore-nio/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
     <artifactId>httpcomponents-core</artifactId>
-    <version>4.2-alpha1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.2-alpha1</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>httpcore-nio</artifactId>
   <name>HttpCore NIO</name>
diff --git a/httpcore-osgi/pom.xml b/httpcore-osgi/pom.xml
index 1b0ad73..dea7905 100644
--- a/httpcore-osgi/pom.xml
+++ b/httpcore-osgi/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
     <artifactId>httpcomponents-core</artifactId>
-    <version>4.2-alpha1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.2-alpha1</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>httpcore-osgi</artifactId>
   <name>HttpCore OSGi bundle</name>
diff --git a/httpcore/pom.xml b/httpcore/pom.xml
index 142e593..b0cfdbb 100644
--- a/httpcore/pom.xml
+++ b/httpcore/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
     <artifactId>httpcomponents-core</artifactId>
-    <version>4.2-alpha1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.2-alpha1</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>httpcore</artifactId>
   <name>HttpCore</name>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 52c72e5..df7e5e5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>httpcomponents-core</artifactId>
   <name>HttpComponents Core</name>
-  <version>4.2-alpha1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>4.2-alpha1</version>
   <description>Core components to build HTTP enabled services</description>
   <url>http://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-core</url>
   <inceptionYear>2005</inceptionYear>
@@ -59,9 +59,9 @@
   </issueManagement>
 
   <scm>
-    <connection>scm:svn:http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpcomponents/httpcore/trunk</connection>
-    <developerConnection>scm:svn:https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpcomponents/httpcore/trunk</developerConnection>
-    <url>http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpcomponents/httpcore/trunk</url>
+    <connection>scm:svn:http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpcomponents/httpcore/tags/4.2-alpha1</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpcomponents/httpcore/tags/4.2-alpha1</developerConnection>
+    <url>http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpcomponents/httpcore/tags/4.2-alpha1</url>
   </scm>
 
   <modules>