diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 15f6acb..c9cb8ea 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>maven-verifier</artifactId>
-  <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>2.0.0-M1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
   <name>Apache Maven Verifier Component</name>
   <description>Provides a test harness for Maven integration tests.</description>