diff --git a/all/pom.xml b/all/pom.xml
index 404f75ca48..c7741f8f0b 100644
--- a/all/pom.xml
+++ b/all/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.0.Alpha3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.0.0.Alpha2</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
diff --git a/buffer/pom.xml b/buffer/pom.xml
index aa772a0d14..161b2e2a06 100644
--- a/buffer/pom.xml
+++ b/buffer/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.0.Alpha3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.0.0.Alpha2</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-buffer</artifactId>
diff --git a/codec-http/pom.xml b/codec-http/pom.xml
index 2399c664d6..5c0c59a663 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>4.0.0.Alpha3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.0.0.Alpha2</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-codec-http</artifactId>
diff --git a/codec/pom.xml b/codec/pom.xml
index 04abf6dfc5..2a2385de58 100644
--- a/codec/pom.xml
+++ b/codec/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.0.Alpha3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.0.0.Alpha2</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-codec</artifactId>
diff --git a/common/pom.xml b/common/pom.xml
index 3983b03c8f..1d4451afd7 100644
--- a/common/pom.xml
+++ b/common/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.0.Alpha3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.0.0.Alpha2</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-common</artifactId>
diff --git a/example/pom.xml b/example/pom.xml
index 9541337dcd..a52d720d3f 100644
--- a/example/pom.xml
+++ b/example/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.0.Alpha3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.0.0.Alpha2</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-example</artifactId>
diff --git a/handler/pom.xml b/handler/pom.xml
index 6f9fe55876..1ee9750a26 100644
--- a/handler/pom.xml
+++ b/handler/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.0.Alpha3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.0.0.Alpha2</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-handler</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c4e1dc2717..04aef92b7a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
   <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>4.0.0.Alpha3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>4.0.0.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-4.0.0.Alpha2</tag>
   </scm>
 
   <developers>
diff --git a/tarball/pom.xml b/tarball/pom.xml
index acb2f1cd0d..9cb7ca6715 100644
--- a/tarball/pom.xml
+++ b/tarball/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.0.Alpha3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.0.0.Alpha2</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-tarball</artifactId>
diff --git a/testsuite/pom.xml b/testsuite/pom.xml
index 9c0ed66dc2..d43a2e252f 100644
--- a/testsuite/pom.xml
+++ b/testsuite/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.0.Alpha3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.0.0.Alpha2</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-testsuite</artifactId>
diff --git a/transport/pom.xml b/transport/pom.xml
index 7d605d91dc..d6cc0851d5 100644
--- a/transport/pom.xml
+++ b/transport/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.0.Alpha3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.0.0.Alpha2</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-transport</artifactId>