diff --git a/core/core-java6/pom.xml b/core/core-java6/pom.xml
index 0ffb97a..ccd8383 100644
--- a/core/core-java6/pom.xml
+++ b/core/core-java6/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <artifactId>core-java6</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <name>core java6 part</name>
-    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.0-ALPHA-1</version>
 
     <description>
         myfaces extension core java6 lib
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.myfaces.extension-scripting</groupId>
         <artifactId>core-root</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-ALPHA-1</version>
     </parent>
     <repositories>
         <repository>
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.myfaces.extension-scripting</groupId>
             <artifactId>core</artifactId>
-            <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>1.0-ALPHA-1</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-beanutils</groupId>
diff --git a/core/core/pom.xml b/core/core/pom.xml
index f5b864c..7414c0b 100644
--- a/core/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/core/pom.xml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
     <artifactId>core</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <name>groovy core</name>
+    <version>1.0-ALPHA-1</version>
 
     <description>
         groovy myfaces core lib
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.myfaces.extension-scripting</groupId>
         <artifactId>core-root</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-ALPHA-1</version>
     </parent>
     <repositories>
         <repository>
diff --git a/core/myfaces12-extensions/pom.xml b/core/myfaces12-extensions/pom.xml
index 79a9c05..61d520b 100644
--- a/core/myfaces12-extensions/pom.xml
+++ b/core/myfaces12-extensions/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.myfaces.extension-scripting</groupId>
         <artifactId>core-root</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-ALPHA-1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.myfaces.extension-scripting</groupId>
             <artifactId>core</artifactId>
-            <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>1.0-ALPHA-1</version>
         </dependency>
 
 
diff --git a/core/myfaces2-extensions/pom.xml b/core/myfaces2-extensions/pom.xml
index 168f567..4deb3cd 100644
--- a/core/myfaces2-extensions/pom.xml
+++ b/core/myfaces2-extensions/pom.xml
@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.myfaces.extension-scripting</groupId>
         <artifactId>core-root</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-ALPHA-1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.myfaces.extension-scripting</groupId>
             <artifactId>core</artifactId>
-            <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>1.0-ALPHA-1</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 9ba5410..713e5d4 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <artifactId>core-root</artifactId>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <name>groovy core engine</name>
-    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.0-ALPHA-1</version>
 
     <description>
         groovy myfaces core engine meta project
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.myfaces.extension-scripting</groupId>
         <artifactId>root</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-ALPHA-1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <modules>
diff --git a/examples/myfaces12-example/pom.xml b/examples/myfaces12-example/pom.xml
index 0915c81..7276dbe 100644
--- a/examples/myfaces12-example/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/myfaces12-example/pom.xml
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>examples</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.apache.myfaces.extension-scripting</groupId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-ALPHA-1</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>org.apache.myfaces.extension-scripting</groupId>
     <artifactId>myfaces12-example</artifactId>
     <packaging>war</packaging>
     <name>A custom project using myfaces 1.2</name>
-    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.0-ALPHA-1</version>
     <url>http://www.apache.org</url>
 
 
@@ -27,19 +27,19 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.myfaces.extension-scripting</groupId>
             <artifactId>core</artifactId>
-            <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>1.0-ALPHA-1</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.myfaces.extension-scripting</groupId>
             <artifactId>core-java6</artifactId>
-            <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>1.0-ALPHA-1</version>
         </dependency>
 
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.myfaces.extension-scripting</groupId>
             <artifactId>myfaces12-extensions</artifactId>
-            <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>1.0-ALPHA-1</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
diff --git a/examples/myfaces20-example/pom.xml b/examples/myfaces20-example/pom.xml
index 069678c..89b5276 100644
--- a/examples/myfaces20-example/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/myfaces20-example/pom.xml
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>examples</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.apache.myfaces.extension-scripting</groupId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-ALPHA-1</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>org.apache.myfaces.extension-scripting</groupId>
     <artifactId>myfaces20-example</artifactId>
     <packaging>war</packaging>
     <name>A custom project using myfaces 2.0</name>
-    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.0-ALPHA-1</version>
     <url>http://www.apache.org</url>
 
     <repositories>
@@ -47,19 +47,19 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.myfaces.extension-scripting</groupId>
             <artifactId>core</artifactId>
-            <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>1.0-ALPHA-1</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.myfaces.extension-scripting</groupId>
             <artifactId>myfaces2-extensions</artifactId>
-            <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>1.0-ALPHA-1</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.myfaces.extension-scripting</groupId>
             <artifactId>core-java6</artifactId>
-            <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>1.0-ALPHA-1</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
diff --git a/examples/pom.xml b/examples/pom.xml
index 645c943..e6f303d 100644
--- a/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <artifactId>examples</artifactId>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <name>examples submodule</name>
-    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.0-ALPHA-1</version>
 
     <description>
         groovy myfaces core engine meta project
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.myfaces.extension-scripting</groupId>
         <artifactId>root</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-ALPHA-1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/examples/spring-example/pom.xml b/examples/spring-example/pom.xml
index e63e3dd..17f57b5 100644
--- a/examples/spring-example/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/spring-example/pom.xml
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>examples</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.apache.myfaces.extension-scripting</groupId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-ALPHA-1</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>org.apache.myfaces.extension-scripting</groupId>
     <artifactId>spring-example</artifactId>
     <packaging>war</packaging>
     <name>A custom project using myfaces and spring</name>
-    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.0-ALPHA-1</version>
     <url>http://www.apache.org</url>
    
 
@@ -24,19 +24,19 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.myfaces.extension-scripting</groupId>
             <artifactId>core</artifactId>
-            <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>1.0-ALPHA-1</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.myfaces.extension-scripting</groupId>
             <artifactId>core-java6</artifactId>
-            <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>1.0-ALPHA-1</version>
         </dependency>
 
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.myfaces.extension-scripting</groupId>
             <artifactId>myfaces12-extensions</artifactId>
-            <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>1.0-ALPHA-1</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 39c0df0..652e1d2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <artifactId>root</artifactId>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <name>Myfaces groovy binding project</name>
-    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.0-ALPHA-1</version>
 
     <description>
         This project provides the myfaces groovy bindings