diff --git a/spring-cloud-release-tools-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/PomUpdater.java b/spring-cloud-release-tools-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/PomUpdater.java
index 7aa46f62..34cc7785 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-release-tools-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/PomUpdater.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-release-tools-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/PomUpdater.java
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ class PomUpdater {
 		String rootProjectName = wrapper.projectName();
 		List<VersionChange> changes = new ArrayList<>(sourceChanges);
 		if (model.getParent() == null || StringUtils.isEmpty(model.getParent().getVersion())) {
+			log.debug("Can't set the value for parent... Will return {}", sourceChanges);
 			return changes;
 		}
 		String parentGroupId = model.getParent().getGroupId();
@@ -140,7 +141,7 @@ class PomUpdater {
 			}
 		}
 		if (oldVersion.equals(version)) {
-			log.debug("Won't update the version of [{}:{}] since you're already using the proper one", parentGroupId, parentArtifactId);
+			log.debug("Won't update the version of parent [{}:{}] since you're already using the proper one", parentGroupId, parentArtifactId);
 			return changes;
 		}
 		log.info("Setting version of parent [{}] to [{}] for module [{}]", parentArtifactId,
@@ -164,7 +165,7 @@ class PomUpdater {
 			return changes;
 		}
 		if (oldVersion.equals(version)) {
-			log.debug("Won't update the version of [{}]:[{}] since you're already using the proper one", groupId, artifactId);
+			log.debug("Won't update the version of module [{}]:[{}] since you're already using the proper one", groupId, artifactId);
 			return changes;
 		}
 		log.info("Setting [{}] version to [{}]", artifactId, version);
@@ -172,6 +173,14 @@ class PomUpdater {
 		return changes;
 	}
 
+	private boolean relativePathIsSet(Model model) {
+		return model.getParent() != null && StringUtils.hasText(model.getParent().getRelativePath());
+	}
+
+	private String parentName(Model model) {
+		return model.getParent() != null ? model.getParent().getArtifactId() : "";
+	}
+
 	private String groupId(Model model) {
 		if (StringUtils.hasText(model.getGroupId())) {
 			return model.getGroupId();
diff --git a/spring-cloud-release-tools-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/PomUpdaterTests.java b/spring-cloud-release-tools-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/PomUpdaterTests.java
index 17e48c2f..88f2f484 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-release-tools-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/PomUpdaterTests.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-release-tools-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/PomUpdaterTests.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.rules.TemporaryFolder;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.rule.OutputCapture;
 import org.springframework.util.FileSystemUtils;
 
 import static org.springframework.cloud.release.internal.VersionChangeAssertions.then;
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ public class PomUpdaterTests {
 	Versions versions = new Versions("0.0.1", "0.0.2", projects());
 	PomUpdater pomUpdater = new PomUpdater();
 	PomReader pomReader = new PomReader();
+	@Rule public OutputCapture capture = new OutputCapture();
 	@Rule public TemporaryFolder tmp = new TemporaryFolder();
 	File temporaryFolder;
 
@@ -86,7 +88,7 @@ public class PomUpdaterTests {
 
 		File storedPom = this.pomUpdater.overwritePomIfDirty(model, this.versions, pomInTemp);
 
-		then(asString(originalPom)).isEqualTo(asString(storedPom));
+		then(asString(storedPom)).isEqualTo(asString(originalPom));
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -98,7 +100,7 @@ public class PomUpdaterTests {
 
 		File storedPom = this.pomUpdater.overwritePomIfDirty(model, this.versions, pomInTemp);
 
-		then(asString(originalPom)).isNotEqualTo(asString(storedPom));
+		then(asString(storedPom)).isNotEqualTo(asString(originalPom));
 		Model overriddenPomModel = this.pomReader.readPom(storedPom);
 		then(overriddenPomModel.getVersion()).isEqualTo("0.0.3.BUILD-SNAPSHOT");
 	}
@@ -127,7 +129,7 @@ public class PomUpdaterTests {
 
 		File storedPom = this.pomUpdater.overwritePomIfDirty(model, this.versions, pomInTemp);
 
-		then(asString(originalPom)).isNotEqualTo(asString(storedPom));
+		then(asString(storedPom)).isNotEqualTo(asString(originalPom));
 		Model overriddenPomModel = this.pomReader.readPom(storedPom);
 		then(overriddenPomModel.getVersion()).isEqualTo("0.0.3.BUILD-SNAPSHOT");
 		then(overriddenPomModel.getParent().getVersion()).isEqualTo("0.0.2");
@@ -156,7 +158,7 @@ public class PomUpdaterTests {
 
 		File storedPom = this.pomUpdater.overwritePomIfDirty(model, this.versions, pomInTemp);
 
-		then(asString(originalPom)).isNotEqualTo(asString(storedPom));
+		then(asString(storedPom)).isNotEqualTo(asString(originalPom));
 		Model overriddenPomModel = this.pomReader.readPom(storedPom);
 		then(overriddenPomModel.getVersion()).isEqualTo("0.0.3.BUILD-SNAPSHOT");
 		then(overriddenPomModel.getParent().getVersion()).isEqualTo("0.0.3.BUILD-SNAPSHOT");
@@ -175,7 +177,7 @@ public class PomUpdaterTests {
 
 		File storedPom = this.pomUpdater.overwritePomIfDirty(model, this.versions, pomInTemp);
 
-		then(asString(originalPom)).isNotEqualTo(asString(storedPom));
+		then(asString(storedPom)).isNotEqualTo(asString(originalPom));
 		Model overriddenPomModel = this.pomReader.readPom(storedPom);
 		then(overriddenPomModel.getVersion()).isEqualTo("0.0.3.BUILD-SNAPSHOT");
 		then(overriddenPomModel.getParent().getVersion()).isEqualTo("0.0.3.BUILD-SNAPSHOT");
@@ -194,7 +196,7 @@ public class PomUpdaterTests {
 
 		File storedPom = this.pomUpdater.overwritePomIfDirty(model, this.versions, pomInTemp);
 
-		then(asString(originalPom)).isNotEqualTo(asString(storedPom));
+		then(asString(storedPom)).isNotEqualTo(asString(originalPom));
 		Model overriddenPomModel = this.pomReader.readPom(storedPom);
 		then(overriddenPomModel.getVersion()).isEqualTo("0.0.3.BUILD-SNAPSHOT");
 		then(overriddenPomModel.getParent().getVersion()).isEqualTo("0.0.3.BUILD-SNAPSHOT");
@@ -211,7 +213,6 @@ public class PomUpdaterTests {
 
 		File processedPom = this.pomUpdater.overwritePomIfDirty(model, Versions.EMPTY_VERSION, afterProcessing);
 
-		then(processedPom).isSameAs(afterProcessing);
 		String processedPomText = asString(processedPom);
 		String beforeProcessingText = asString(beforeProcessing);
 		then(processedPomText).isNotEqualTo(beforeProcessingText);
@@ -225,7 +226,6 @@ public class PomUpdaterTests {
 
 		File processedPom = this.pomUpdater.overwritePomIfDirty(model, Versions.EMPTY_VERSION, afterProcessing);
 
-		then(processedPom).isSameAs(afterProcessing);
 		then(asString(processedPom)).isEqualTo(asString(beforeProcessing));
 	}
 
@@ -238,12 +238,27 @@ public class PomUpdaterTests {
 
 		File storedPom = this.pomUpdater.overwritePomIfDirty(model, this.versions, pomInTemp);
 
-		then(asString(originalPom)).isNotEqualTo(asString(storedPom));
+		then(asString(storedPom)).isNotEqualTo(asString(originalPom));
 		Model overriddenPomModel = this.pomReader.readPom(storedPom);
 		then(overriddenPomModel.getVersion()).isEqualTo("0.0.2.BUILD-SNAPSHOT");
 		then(overriddenPomModel.getParent().getVersion()).isEqualTo("0.0.2");
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void should_not_update_the_model_when_project_uses_same_version_for_artifact() throws Exception {
+		File originalPom = pom("/projects/project/", "pom_matching_artifact_same_version.xml");
+		File pomInTemp = tmpFile("/project/pom_matching_artifact_same_version.xml");
+		ModelWrapper rootPom = model("spring-cloud-sleuth");
+		ModelWrapper model = this.pomUpdater.updateModel(rootPom, pomInTemp, this.versions);
+
+		File storedPom = this.pomUpdater.overwritePomIfDirty(model, this.versions, pomInTemp);
+
+		then(asString(storedPom)).isEqualTo(asString(originalPom));
+		then(this.capture.toString())
+				.contains("Won't update the version of parent")
+				.contains("Won't update the version of module");
+	}
+
 	Set<Project> projects() {
 		Set<Project> projects = new HashSet<>();
 		projects.add(new Project("spring-cloud-contract", "0.0.2.BUILD-SNAPSHOT"));
diff --git a/spring-cloud-release-tools-core/src/test/resources/projects/project/pom_matching_artifact_same_version.xml b/spring-cloud-release-tools-core/src/test/resources/projects/project/pom_matching_artifact_same_version.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7e097d58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-cloud-release-tools-core/src/test/resources/projects/project/pom_matching_artifact_same_version.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~  Copyright 2013-2017 the original author or authors.
+  ~
+  ~  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~  limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+		 xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+		 xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+	<artifactId>spring-cloud-sleuth</artifactId>
+	<version>0.0.3.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<packaging>pom</packaging>
+	<name>foo</name>
+	<description>foo</description>
+
+	<parent>
+		<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+		<artifactId>spring-cloud-sleuth</artifactId>
+		<version>0.0.3.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	</parent>
+
+	<properties>
+		<spring-cloud-foo.version>1.3.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</spring-cloud-foo.version>
+		<foo.version>1.2.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</foo.version>
+	</properties>
+</project>