diff --git a/all/pom.xml b/all/pom.xml
index 1fba5c5164..deb54f06b3 100644
--- a/all/pom.xml
+++ b/all/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>5.0.0.Alpha2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>5.0.0.Alpha2</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-all</artifactId>
diff --git a/buffer/pom.xml b/buffer/pom.xml
index caf69a05be..6527b5b676 100644
--- a/buffer/pom.xml
+++ b/buffer/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>5.0.0.Alpha2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>5.0.0.Alpha2</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-buffer</artifactId>
diff --git a/codec-dns/pom.xml b/codec-dns/pom.xml
index 734c791a75..3ff9877da5 100644
--- a/codec-dns/pom.xml
+++ b/codec-dns/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>5.0.0.Alpha2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>5.0.0.Alpha2</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-codec-dns</artifactId>
diff --git a/codec-haproxy/pom.xml b/codec-haproxy/pom.xml
index 0d1c876a14..efd61383fc 100644
--- a/codec-haproxy/pom.xml
+++ b/codec-haproxy/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>5.0.0.Alpha2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>5.0.0.Alpha2</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-codec-haproxy</artifactId>
diff --git a/codec-http/pom.xml b/codec-http/pom.xml
index 56b62f0fb4..f3e2e0b962 100644
--- a/codec-http/pom.xml
+++ b/codec-http/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>5.0.0.Alpha2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>5.0.0.Alpha2</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-codec-http</artifactId>
diff --git a/codec-http2/pom.xml b/codec-http2/pom.xml
index d18d0cda7c..dadd1b2bf1 100644
--- a/codec-http2/pom.xml
+++ b/codec-http2/pom.xml
@@ -14,14 +14,13 @@
   ~ License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
   ~ under the License.
   -->
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>5.0.0.Alpha2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>5.0.0.Alpha2</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-codec-http2</artifactId>
diff --git a/codec-memcache/pom.xml b/codec-memcache/pom.xml
index 170e905a32..ce030f02e3 100644
--- a/codec-memcache/pom.xml
+++ b/codec-memcache/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>5.0.0.Alpha2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>5.0.0.Alpha2</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-codec-memcache</artifactId>
diff --git a/codec-mqtt/pom.xml b/codec-mqtt/pom.xml
index aa7dfd261a..92ec8a3412 100644
--- a/codec-mqtt/pom.xml
+++ b/codec-mqtt/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>5.0.0.Alpha2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>5.0.0.Alpha2</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-codec-mqtt</artifactId>
diff --git a/codec-socks/pom.xml b/codec-socks/pom.xml
index 36136b9baa..e5bc238049 100644
--- a/codec-socks/pom.xml
+++ b/codec-socks/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>5.0.0.Alpha2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>5.0.0.Alpha2</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-codec-socks</artifactId>
diff --git a/codec-stomp/pom.xml b/codec-stomp/pom.xml
index 99d550eed8..438f076d21 100644
--- a/codec-stomp/pom.xml
+++ b/codec-stomp/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>5.0.0.Alpha2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>5.0.0.Alpha2</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-codec-stomp</artifactId>
diff --git a/codec-xml/pom.xml b/codec-xml/pom.xml
index fc255cfb77..0c2f543e1e 100644
--- a/codec-xml/pom.xml
+++ b/codec-xml/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>5.0.0.Alpha2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>5.0.0.Alpha2</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-codec-xml</artifactId>
diff --git a/codec/pom.xml b/codec/pom.xml
index aae6ef7b84..cedefebe60 100644
--- a/codec/pom.xml
+++ b/codec/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>5.0.0.Alpha2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>5.0.0.Alpha2</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-codec</artifactId>
diff --git a/common/pom.xml b/common/pom.xml
index c3095069b6..aef538381b 100644
--- a/common/pom.xml
+++ b/common/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>5.0.0.Alpha2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>5.0.0.Alpha2</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-common</artifactId>
diff --git a/example/pom.xml b/example/pom.xml
index 8415509fb3..21c872c6b7 100644
--- a/example/pom.xml
+++ b/example/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>5.0.0.Alpha2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>5.0.0.Alpha2</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-example</artifactId>
diff --git a/handler-proxy/pom.xml b/handler-proxy/pom.xml
index e87b26f598..68c61d791e 100644
--- a/handler-proxy/pom.xml
+++ b/handler-proxy/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>5.0.0.Alpha2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>5.0.0.Alpha2</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-handler-proxy</artifactId>
diff --git a/handler/pom.xml b/handler/pom.xml
index 44b6fcf1d0..b34235167f 100644
--- a/handler/pom.xml
+++ b/handler/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>5.0.0.Alpha2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>5.0.0.Alpha2</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-handler</artifactId>
diff --git a/microbench/pom.xml b/microbench/pom.xml
index 8cbd30173a..8f2cefa3e2 100644
--- a/microbench/pom.xml
+++ b/microbench/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>5.0.0.Alpha2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>5.0.0.Alpha2</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-microbench</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index da760f9c25..8bf27846a5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
   <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>5.0.0.Alpha2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>5.0.0.Alpha2</version>
 
   <name>Netty</name>
   <url>http://netty.io/</url>
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
     <url>https://github.com/netty/netty</url>
     <connection>scm:git:git://github.com/netty/netty.git</connection>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:ssh://git@github.com/netty/netty.git</developerConnection>
-    <tag>HEAD</tag>
+    <tag>netty-5.0.0.Alpha2</tag>
   </scm>
 
   <developers>
@@ -1130,31 +1130,18 @@
                 <taskdef resource="net/sf/antcontrib/antlib.xml" />
 
                 <!-- Get the information about the latest commit -->
-                <exec
-                  executable="git" outputproperty="gitOutput.lastCommit" resultproperty="gitExitCode.lastCommit"
-                  failonerror="false" failifexecutionfails="false">
+                <exec executable="git" outputproperty="gitOutput.lastCommit" resultproperty="gitExitCode.lastCommit" failonerror="false" failifexecutionfails="false">
                   <arg value="log" />
                   <arg value="-1" />
                   <arg value="--format=format:%h %H %cd" />
                   <arg value="--date=iso" />
                 </exec>
-                <propertyregex
-                  property="shortCommitHash" input="${gitOutput.lastCommit}"
-                  regexp="^([0-9a-f]+) .*$" select="\1" casesensitive="true"
-                  defaultValue="0" />
-                <propertyregex
-                  property="longCommitHash" input="${gitOutput.lastCommit}"
-                  regexp="^[0-9a-f]+ ([0-9a-f]{40}) .*$" select="\1" casesensitive="true"
-                  defaultValue="0000000000000000000000000000000000000000" />
-                <propertyregex
-                  property="commitDate" input="${gitOutput.lastCommit}"
-                  regexp="^[0-9a-f]+ [0-9a-f]{40} (.*)$" select="\1" casesensitive="true"
-                  defaultValue="1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000" />
+                <propertyregex property="shortCommitHash" input="${gitOutput.lastCommit}" regexp="^([0-9a-f]+) .*$" select="\1" casesensitive="true" defaultValue="0" />
+                <propertyregex property="longCommitHash" input="${gitOutput.lastCommit}" regexp="^[0-9a-f]+ ([0-9a-f]{40}) .*$" select="\1" casesensitive="true" defaultValue="0000000000000000000000000000000000000000" />
+                <propertyregex property="commitDate" input="${gitOutput.lastCommit}" regexp="^[0-9a-f]+ [0-9a-f]{40} (.*)$" select="\1" casesensitive="true" defaultValue="1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000" />
 
                 <!-- Get the information abount whether the repository is clean or dirty -->
-                <exec
-                  executable="git" outputproperty="gitOutput.repoStatus" resultproperty="gitExitCode.repoStatus"
-                  failonerror="false" failifexecutionfails="false">
+                <exec executable="git" outputproperty="gitOutput.repoStatus" resultproperty="gitExitCode.repoStatus" failonerror="false" failifexecutionfails="false">
                   <arg value="status" />
                   <arg value="--porcelain" />
                 </exec>
@@ -1341,7 +1328,7 @@
                     </goals>
                   </pluginExecutionFilter>
                   <action>
-                    <ignore/>
+                    <ignore />
                   </action>
                 </pluginExecution>
                 <pluginExecution>
@@ -1354,7 +1341,7 @@
                     </goals>
                   </pluginExecutionFilter>
                   <action>
-                    <ignore/>
+                    <ignore />
                   </action>
                 </pluginExecution>
                 <pluginExecution>
@@ -1367,7 +1354,7 @@
                     </goals>
                   </pluginExecutionFilter>
                   <action>
-                    <ignore/>
+                    <ignore />
                   </action>
                 </pluginExecution>
                 <pluginExecution>
@@ -1380,7 +1367,7 @@
                     </goals>
                   </pluginExecutionFilter>
                   <action>
-                    <ignore/>
+                    <ignore />
                   </action>
                 </pluginExecution>
                 <pluginExecution>
@@ -1393,7 +1380,7 @@
                     </goals>
                   </pluginExecutionFilter>
                   <action>
-                    <ignore/>
+                    <ignore />
                   </action>
                 </pluginExecution>
                 <pluginExecution>
@@ -1407,7 +1394,7 @@
                     </goals>
                   </pluginExecutionFilter>
                   <action>
-                    <ignore/>
+                    <ignore />
                   </action>
                 </pluginExecution>
                 <pluginExecution>
@@ -1422,7 +1409,7 @@
                     </goals>
                   </pluginExecutionFilter>
                   <action>
-                    <ignore/>
+                    <ignore />
                   </action>
                 </pluginExecution>
               </pluginExecutions>
diff --git a/resolver-dns/pom.xml b/resolver-dns/pom.xml
index f16439b194..d80de38547 100644
--- a/resolver-dns/pom.xml
+++ b/resolver-dns/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>5.0.0.Alpha2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>5.0.0.Alpha2</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-resolver-dns</artifactId>
diff --git a/resolver/pom.xml b/resolver/pom.xml
index 4b7a31eb49..639fb2efa0 100644
--- a/resolver/pom.xml
+++ b/resolver/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>5.0.0.Alpha2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>5.0.0.Alpha2</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-resolver</artifactId>
diff --git a/tarball/pom.xml b/tarball/pom.xml
index 5d7327e6c9..1708d4e188 100644
--- a/tarball/pom.xml
+++ b/tarball/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>5.0.0.Alpha2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>5.0.0.Alpha2</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-tarball</artifactId>
diff --git a/testsuite-osgi/pom.xml b/testsuite-osgi/pom.xml
index 86d3f1d33c..a22d35871d 100644
--- a/testsuite-osgi/pom.xml
+++ b/testsuite-osgi/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>5.0.0.Alpha2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>5.0.0.Alpha2</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-testsuite-osgi</artifactId>
diff --git a/testsuite/pom.xml b/testsuite/pom.xml
index f8fc88ab65..a5b153c847 100644
--- a/testsuite/pom.xml
+++ b/testsuite/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>5.0.0.Alpha2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>5.0.0.Alpha2</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-testsuite</artifactId>
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
           <cases>
             <case>*</case>
           </cases>
-          <excludeCases/>
+          <excludeCases />
           <failOnNonStrict>false</failOnNonStrict>
           <skip>${skipAutobahnTestsuite}</skip>
         </configuration>
diff --git a/transport-native-epoll/pom.xml b/transport-native-epoll/pom.xml
index f35fb4e2fc..5d1af747bd 100644
--- a/transport-native-epoll/pom.xml
+++ b/transport-native-epoll/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>5.0.0.Alpha2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>5.0.0.Alpha2</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>netty-transport-native-epoll</artifactId>
 
@@ -126,11 +126,11 @@
               <exportAntProperties>true</exportAntProperties>
               <tasks>
                 <exec executable="sh" outputproperty="ldd_version">
-                  <arg value="-c"/>
-                  <arg value="ldd --version | head -1"/>
+                  <arg value="-c" />
+                  <arg value="ldd --version | head -1" />
                 </exec>
                 <exec executable="uname" outputproperty="uname_os_version">
-                  <arg value="-r"/>
+                  <arg value="-r" />
                 </exec>
               </tasks>
             </configuration>
diff --git a/transport-rxtx/pom.xml b/transport-rxtx/pom.xml
index 19cf590fc3..00e13443c8 100644
--- a/transport-rxtx/pom.xml
+++ b/transport-rxtx/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>5.0.0.Alpha2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>5.0.0.Alpha2</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-transport-rxtx</artifactId>
diff --git a/transport-sctp/pom.xml b/transport-sctp/pom.xml
index 437a3fa27e..c37a77773f 100644
--- a/transport-sctp/pom.xml
+++ b/transport-sctp/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>5.0.0.Alpha2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>5.0.0.Alpha2</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-transport-sctp</artifactId>
diff --git a/transport-udt/pom.xml b/transport-udt/pom.xml
index a5f62d0f50..a89d0b1261 100644
--- a/transport-udt/pom.xml
+++ b/transport-udt/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>5.0.0.Alpha2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>5.0.0.Alpha2</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-transport-udt</artifactId>
diff --git a/transport/pom.xml b/transport/pom.xml
index 57b412b8de..982d63e892 100644
--- a/transport/pom.xml
+++ b/transport/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>5.0.0.Alpha2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>5.0.0.Alpha2</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-transport</artifactId>