diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 53d2ea3..b759900 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@
 
   <target name="read-poms" depends="initTaskDefs,initLocalRepo" unless="pom.version">
     <copy file="pom.xml" tofile="dependencies.xml"/>
-    <replace file="${basedir}/dependencies.xml" token="&lt;!--start--&gt;" value="&lt;!--"/>
-    <replace file="${basedir}/dependencies.xml" token="&lt;!--end--&gt;" value="--&gt;"/>
+    <replace file="${basedir}/dependencies.xml" token="&lt;!--bootstrap-start-comment--&gt;" value="&lt;!--"/>
+    <replace file="${basedir}/dependencies.xml" token="&lt;!--bootstrap-end-comment--&gt;" value="--&gt;"/>
     <artifact:pom file="${basedir}/dependencies.xml" id="pom">
       <localRepository path="${maven.repo.local}"/>
     </artifact:pom>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8c19dd6..5827b06 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@
     <doxiaVersion>1.1</doxiaVersion>
   </properties>
 
-  <!--start-->
+  <!--bootstrap-start-comment-->
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
@@ -289,10 +289,10 @@
   </dependencies>
 
   <dependencyManagement>
-    <!--end-->
+    <!--bootstrap-end-comment-->
     <dependencies>
       <!-- Maven -->
-      <!--start-->
+      <!--bootstrap-start-comment-->
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-plugin-descriptor</artifactId>
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@
         <artifactId>maven-toolchain</artifactId>
         <version>${mavenVersion}</version>
       </dependency>
-      <!--end-->
+      <!--bootstrap-end-comment-->
       <dependency>
         <groupId>commons-cli</groupId>
         <artifactId>commons-cli</artifactId>
@@ -482,9 +482,9 @@
         <version>1.1</version>
       </dependency>
     </dependencies>
-    <!--start-->
+    <!--bootstrap-start-comment-->
   </dependencyManagement>
-  <!--end-->
+  <!--bootstrap-end-comment-->
 
   <distributionManagement>
     <site>