diff --git a/releaser-core/pom.xml b/releaser-core/pom.xml
index 7040c0d4..b0477972 100644
--- a/releaser-core/pom.xml
+++ b/releaser-core/pom.xml
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@
 					<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
 					<artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
 				</exclusion>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+					<artifactId>slf4j-nop</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
 			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/releaser-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/PomUpdater.java b/releaser-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/PomUpdater.java
index 8d062e12..934ab8c2 100644
--- a/releaser-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/PomUpdater.java
+++ b/releaser-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/PomUpdater.java
@@ -57,9 +57,10 @@ class PomUpdater {
 	 * @return {@code true} if the project is on the list of projects to be updated
 	 */
 	boolean shouldProjectBeUpdated(File rootFolder, Versions versions) {
-		File rootPom = new File(rootFolder, "pom.xml");
+		File rootPom = rootPom(rootFolder);
 		Model model = this.pomReader.readPom(rootPom);
-		if (!versions.shouldBeUpdated(model.getArtifactId())) {
+		String artifactId =  artifactId(model);
+		if (!versions.shouldBeUpdated(artifactId)) {
 			log.info("Skipping project [{}] since it's not on the list of projects to update", model.getArtifactId());
 			return false;
 		}
@@ -67,6 +68,21 @@ class PomUpdater {
 		return true;
 	}
 
+	private File rootPom(File rootFolder) {
+		if (rootFolder.getName().endsWith(".xml")) {
+			return rootFolder;
+		}
+		return new File(rootFolder, "pom.xml");
+	}
+
+	private String artifactId(Model model) {
+		boolean parent = model.getArtifactId().endsWith("-parent");
+		if (!parent) {
+			return model.getArtifactId();
+		}
+		return model.getArtifactId().substring(0, model.getArtifactId().indexOf("-parent"));
+	}
+
 	ModelWrapper readModel(File pom) {
 		return new ModelWrapper(this.pomReader.readPom(pom));
 	}
diff --git a/releaser-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/PomUpdaterTests.java b/releaser-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/PomUpdaterTests.java
index 2bd74fdb..2b928408 100644
--- a/releaser-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/PomUpdaterTests.java
+++ b/releaser-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/PomUpdaterTests.java
@@ -54,6 +54,20 @@ public class PomUpdaterTests {
 		then(this.pomUpdater.shouldProjectBeUpdated(springCloudReleasePom, this.versions)).isFalse();
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void should_not_update_pom_when_project_with_parent_suffix_is_not_on_the_versions_list() throws Exception {
+		File springCloud = pom("/projects/project", "pom_with_parent_suffix.xml");
+
+		then(this.pomUpdater.shouldProjectBeUpdated(springCloud, this.versions)).isFalse();
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void should_update_pom_for_project_with_suffix_when_project_is_on_the_versions_list() throws Exception {
+		File springCloud = pom("/projects/project", "pom_matching_with_parent_suffix.xml");
+
+		then(this.pomUpdater.shouldProjectBeUpdated(springCloud, this.versions)).isTrue();
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void should_update_pom_when_project_is_not_on_the_versions_list() throws Exception {
 		File springCloudSleuthPom = file("/projects/spring-cloud-sleuth");
diff --git a/releaser-core/src/test/resources/projects/project/pom_matching_with_parent_suffix.xml b/releaser-core/src/test/resources/projects/project/pom_matching_with_parent_suffix.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d6f6628f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releaser-core/src/test/resources/projects/project/pom_matching_with_parent_suffix.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+<?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-parent</artifactId>
+	<version>1.2.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<packaging>pom</packaging>
+	<name>foo</name>
+	<description>foo</description>
+
+	<parent>
+		<groupId>parentGroup</groupId>
+		<artifactId>parentArtifactId</artifactId>
+		<version>1.3.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<relativePath/>
+		<!-- lookup parent from repository -->
+	</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>
diff --git a/releaser-core/src/test/resources/projects/project/pom_with_parent_suffix.xml b/releaser-core/src/test/resources/projects/project/pom_with_parent_suffix.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8a4f9248
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releaser-core/src/test/resources/projects/project/pom_with_parent_suffix.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+<?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>foo-parent</artifactId>
+	<version>1.2.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<packaging>pom</packaging>
+	<name>foo</name>
+	<description>foo</description>
+
+	<parent>
+		<groupId>parentGroup</groupId>
+		<artifactId>parentArtifactId</artifactId>
+		<version>1.3.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<relativePath/>
+		<!-- lookup parent from repository -->
+	</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>