more samples build tweaking
diff --git a/buildtools/update-platform-poms.sh b/buildtools/update-platform-poms.sh
index 07cbc53..56cf1bb 100755
--- a/buildtools/update-platform-poms.sh
+++ b/buildtools/update-platform-poms.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 for p in ${PLATFORMS}; do
   for proj in ${J8_PROJECTS}; do
+    echo Updating platforms/${p}/${proj}/pom.xml...
     if [ ! -d platforms/${p}/${proj} ]; then
         mkdir -p platforms/${p}/${proj}
     fi
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d63493a..8bb8727 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@
   <properties>
     <samples.projname.platform> (Java 8)</samples.projname.platform>  <!--  tweaked by -Pplatform-* -->
     <edgent.base.groupId>org.apache.edgent</edgent.base.groupId>
-    <edgent.core.version>1.2.0-SNAPSHOT</edgent.core.version>
+    <!--  at least for now, the samples version is lockstep with the core -->
+    <edgent.core.version>${project.version}</edgent.core.version>
 
     <java.version>1.8</java.version>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>