diff --git a/build-spring-ldap/project.properties b/build-spring-ldap/project.properties
index 21461363..2be9ee34 100644
--- a/build-spring-ldap/project.properties
+++ b/build-spring-ldap/project.properties
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # should be the upcoming version, ie same as project.base.version in spring-ldap
 # snapshot build uses this property to name snapshot files
-release.version=1.2
+release.version=1.2-SNAPSHOT
 
 # The location of the common build system
 common.build.dir=${basedir}/../common-build
diff --git a/sandbox/project.properties b/sandbox/project.properties
index 3358b5ec..7b2226c7 100644
--- a/sandbox/project.properties
+++ b/sandbox/project.properties
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # The location of the common build system
 common.build.dir=${basedir}/../common-build
 
-project.base.version=1.2-dev
+project.base.version=1.2-SNAPSHOT
 #project.version=${project.base.version}
 #ivy.status=release
 
diff --git a/spring-ldap-odm/project.properties b/spring-ldap-odm/project.properties
index 2c371cea..87d762b7 100644
--- a/spring-ldap-odm/project.properties
+++ b/spring-ldap-odm/project.properties
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # The location of the common build system
 common.build.dir=${basedir}/../common-build
 
-project.base.version=1.2-dev
+project.base.version=1.2-SNAPSHOT
 #project.version=${project.base.version}
 #ivy.status=release
 
diff --git a/spring-ldap-tiger/project.properties b/spring-ldap-tiger/project.properties
index b2aa8f52..87d762b7 100644
--- a/spring-ldap-tiger/project.properties
+++ b/spring-ldap-tiger/project.properties
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # The location of the common build system
 common.build.dir=${basedir}/../common-build
 
-project.base.version=1.2-RC2
+project.base.version=1.2-SNAPSHOT
 #project.version=${project.base.version}
 #ivy.status=release
 
diff --git a/spring-ldap/project.properties b/spring-ldap/project.properties
index 3f4b30d5..0cadc976 100644
--- a/spring-ldap/project.properties
+++ b/spring-ldap/project.properties
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ common.build.dir=${basedir}/../common-build
 src.javacc.dir=${basedir}/src/main/javacc
 javacc.home.dir=c:/java/javacc-4.0
 
-project.base.version=1.2
+project.base.version=1.2-SNAPSHOT
 #project.version=${project.base.version}
 #ivy.status=release