The other thing I don't understand is why it is resolving the versions to a suggestion rather than a hard constraint. e.g. My constraint | <dependency> | <groupId>test</groupId> | <artifactId>project1</artifactId> | <version>1.0.0-Beta-1</version> | <scope>compile</scope> | </dependency> | becomes in the release-pom.xml | <dependency> | <groupId>test</groupId> | <artifactId>project1</artifactId> | <version>1.0.0-Beta-1</version> | <scope>compile</scope> | </dependency> | why isn't this? | <dependency> | <groupId>test</groupId> | <artifactId>project1</artifactId> | <version>[1.0.0-Beta-1]</version> | <scope>compile</scope> | </dependency> | which is what would be required to properly reproduce the build. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4139827#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...