diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index eda9551ba..69ee77682 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <artifactId>chronicle-map</artifactId>
-    <version>3.0.0a-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.0.0alpha-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <name>OpenHFT/Chronicle-Map</name>
     <description>Chronicle-Map</description>
     <packaging>bundle</packaging>