diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f633bc5f51471209c8742c0c66471f9601d31602..07f8b3c48178e6e65b5986aabd2cc4899c734826 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
     <!-- Project Information -->
     <artifactId>apache-commons-io</artifactId>
-    <version>2.0.0.a.1</version>
+    <version>2.0.0-a.1</version>
 
     <name>Apache Commons IO</name>
     <description>