diff --git a/spring-cloud-release-tools-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/Releaser.java b/spring-cloud-release-tools-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/Releaser.java
index f3b02b6b..c1a16f36 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-release-tools-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/Releaser.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-release-tools-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/Releaser.java
@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@ public class Releaser {
 	}
 
 	public void rollbackReleaseVersion(File project, ProjectVersion originalVersion, ProjectVersion changedVersion) {
+		ProjectVersion version = new ProjectVersion(project);
+		if (version.isSnapshot()) {
+			log.info("\nCurrent pom contains snapshot version [{}]. Will not proceed with rollback", version.toString());
+			return;
+		}
 		this.projectGitUpdater.revertChangesIfApplicable(project, changedVersion);
 		if (changedVersion.isRelease()) {
 			this.projectBuilder.bumpVersions(originalVersion.bumpedVersion());
diff --git a/spring-cloud-release-tools-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/ReleaserTests.java b/spring-cloud-release-tools-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/ReleaserTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8983605a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-cloud-release-tools-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/ReleaserTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+package org.springframework.cloud.release.internal;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.mockito.InjectMocks;
+import org.mockito.Mock;
+import org.mockito.runners.MockitoJUnitRunner;
+import org.springframework.cloud.release.internal.git.ProjectGitUpdater;
+import org.springframework.cloud.release.internal.pom.ProjectPomUpdater;
+import org.springframework.cloud.release.internal.project.ProjectBuilder;
+
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verifyZeroInteractions;
+
+/**
+ * @author Marcin Grzejszczak
+ */
+@RunWith(MockitoJUnitRunner.class)
+public class ReleaserTests {
+
+	@Mock ProjectPomUpdater projectPomUpdater;
+	@Mock ProjectBuilder projectBuilder;
+	@Mock ProjectGitUpdater projectGitUpdater;
+	@InjectMocks Releaser releaser;
+	File pom;
+
+	@Before
+	public void setup() throws URISyntaxException {
+		URI pomUri = ReleaserTests.class.getResource("/projects/project/pom.xml").toURI();
+		this.pom = new File(pomUri);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void rollbackReleaseVersion() throws Exception {
+		this.releaser.rollbackReleaseVersion(this.pom, null, null);
+
+		verifyZeroInteractions(this.projectPomUpdater);
+		verifyZeroInteractions(this.projectBuilder);
+		verifyZeroInteractions(this.projectGitUpdater);
+	}
+
+}
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