diff --git a/hbase-annotations/pom.xml b/hbase-annotations/pom.xml
index 6513163b2bcd..951561fe6dc2 100644
--- a/hbase-annotations/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-annotations/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hbase</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
-    <version>3.0.0-alpha-1</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/hbase-archetypes/hbase-archetype-builder/pom.xml b/hbase-archetypes/hbase-archetype-builder/pom.xml
index fdf908517746..06bbb4a49e1d 100644
--- a/hbase-archetypes/hbase-archetype-builder/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-archetypes/hbase-archetype-builder/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hbase-archetypes</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
-    <version>3.0.0-alpha-1</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/hbase-archetypes/hbase-client-project/pom.xml b/hbase-archetypes/hbase-client-project/pom.xml
index 52df93fa27ab..ac8bf0649e15 100644
--- a/hbase-archetypes/hbase-client-project/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-archetypes/hbase-client-project/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hbase-archetypes</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
-    <version>3.0.0-alpha-1</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>hbase-client-project</artifactId>
diff --git a/hbase-archetypes/hbase-shaded-client-project/pom.xml b/hbase-archetypes/hbase-shaded-client-project/pom.xml
index cb4cae26c277..6e30c9a197b0 100644
--- a/hbase-archetypes/hbase-shaded-client-project/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-archetypes/hbase-shaded-client-project/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hbase-archetypes</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
-    <version>3.0.0-alpha-1</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>hbase-shaded-client-project</artifactId>
diff --git a/hbase-archetypes/pom.xml b/hbase-archetypes/pom.xml
index 95724883896a..1ebeb259a4dc 100644
--- a/hbase-archetypes/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-archetypes/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hbase-build-configuration</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
-    <version>3.0.0-alpha-1</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../hbase-build-configuration</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/hbase-assembly/pom.xml b/hbase-assembly/pom.xml
index 5d7db1a0419c..ebd62daeb0c9 100644
--- a/hbase-assembly/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-assembly/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hbase-build-configuration</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
-    <version>3.0.0-alpha-1</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../hbase-build-configuration</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>hbase-assembly</artifactId>
diff --git a/hbase-asyncfs/pom.xml b/hbase-asyncfs/pom.xml
index d55c37d3e65e..3ea156e55b4e 100644
--- a/hbase-asyncfs/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-asyncfs/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hbase-build-configuration</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
-    <version>3.0.0-alpha-1</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../hbase-build-configuration</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/hbase-backup/pom.xml b/hbase-backup/pom.xml
index 27403bde4c2f..1e58197f51ee 100644
--- a/hbase-backup/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-backup/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hbase-build-configuration</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
-    <version>3.0.0-alpha-1</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../hbase-build-configuration</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>hbase-backup</artifactId>
diff --git a/hbase-balancer/pom.xml b/hbase-balancer/pom.xml
index 1def41119583..013c55863c2d 100644
--- a/hbase-balancer/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-balancer/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hbase-build-configuration</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
-    <version>3.0.0-alpha-1</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../hbase-build-configuration</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/hbase-build-configuration/pom.xml b/hbase-build-configuration/pom.xml
index 4be8b24e04b0..686ab7be4b45 100644
--- a/hbase-build-configuration/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-build-configuration/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hbase</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
-    <version>3.0.0-alpha-1</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/hbase-checkstyle/pom.xml b/hbase-checkstyle/pom.xml
index 243874ea2123..30a438f531f5 100644
--- a/hbase-checkstyle/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-checkstyle/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 -->
 <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 <artifactId>hbase-checkstyle</artifactId>
-<version>3.0.0-alpha-1</version>
+<version>3.0.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT</version>
 <name>Apache HBase - Checkstyle</name>
 <description>Module to hold Checkstyle properties for HBase.</description>
 <!--REMOVE-->
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hbase</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
-    <version>3.0.0-alpha-1</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/hbase-client/pom.xml b/hbase-client/pom.xml
index 0d0b171106e7..a5b3cdd6e0d3 100644
--- a/hbase-client/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-client/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hbase-build-configuration</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
-    <version>3.0.0-alpha-1</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../hbase-build-configuration</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/hbase-common/pom.xml b/hbase-common/pom.xml
index 87c8902b3706..581fbbaa44dd 100644
--- a/hbase-common/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-common/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hbase-build-configuration</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
-    <version>3.0.0-alpha-1</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../hbase-build-configuration</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/hbase-endpoint/pom.xml b/hbase-endpoint/pom.xml
index 20271fca1a2e..142a35076afa 100644
--- a/hbase-endpoint/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-endpoint/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hbase-build-configuration</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
-    <version>3.0.0-alpha-1</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../hbase-build-configuration</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>hbase-endpoint</artifactId>
diff --git a/hbase-examples/pom.xml b/hbase-examples/pom.xml
index d6acee75d692..702f4907f0d4 100644
--- a/hbase-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-examples/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hbase-build-configuration</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
-    <version>3.0.0-alpha-1</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../hbase-build-configuration</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>hbase-examples</artifactId>
diff --git a/hbase-external-blockcache/pom.xml b/hbase-external-blockcache/pom.xml
index 044c5965868c..d4bc6fe8144b 100644
--- a/hbase-external-blockcache/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-external-blockcache/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hbase-build-configuration</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
-    <version>3.0.0-alpha-1</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../hbase-build-configuration</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>hbase-external-blockcache</artifactId>
diff --git a/hbase-hadoop-compat/pom.xml b/hbase-hadoop-compat/pom.xml
index 15dc9bde3376..d9684ac932c5 100644
--- a/hbase-hadoop-compat/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-hadoop-compat/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hbase-build-configuration</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
-    <version>3.0.0-alpha-1</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../hbase-build-configuration</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/hbase-hbtop/pom.xml b/hbase-hbtop/pom.xml
index 0023737d2d43..977e0133d7ad 100644
--- a/hbase-hbtop/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-hbtop/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hbase-build-configuration</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
-    <version>3.0.0-alpha-1</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../hbase-build-configuration</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>hbase-hbtop</artifactId>
diff --git a/hbase-http/pom.xml b/hbase-http/pom.xml
index 96e2ddf32e0a..6033d5c1019b 100644
--- a/hbase-http/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-http/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hbase-build-configuration</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
-    <version>3.0.0-alpha-1</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../hbase-build-configuration</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>hbase-http</artifactId>
diff --git a/hbase-it/pom.xml b/hbase-it/pom.xml
index 8dbfc68c03b2..6841681121e9 100644
--- a/hbase-it/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-it/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hbase-build-configuration</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
-    <version>3.0.0-alpha-1</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../hbase-build-configuration</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/hbase-logging/pom.xml b/hbase-logging/pom.xml
index 8cf01161f4c2..cdc8e0f06125 100644
--- a/hbase-logging/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-logging/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hbase-build-configuration</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
-    <version>3.0.0-alpha-1</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../hbase-build-configuration</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/hbase-mapreduce/pom.xml b/hbase-mapreduce/pom.xml
index 9fc3658350df..571e96e16e9d 100644
--- a/hbase-mapreduce/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-mapreduce/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hbase-build-configuration</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
-    <version>3.0.0-alpha-1</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../hbase-build-configuration</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>hbase-mapreduce</artifactId>
diff --git a/hbase-metrics-api/pom.xml b/hbase-metrics-api/pom.xml
index 36a08ebf07be..a5dcb882ea13 100644
--- a/hbase-metrics-api/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-metrics-api/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hbase-build-configuration</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
-    <version>3.0.0-alpha-1</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../hbase-build-configuration</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/hbase-metrics/pom.xml b/hbase-metrics/pom.xml
index 40962b51b5c2..b45ac991bcaf 100644
--- a/hbase-metrics/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-metrics/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hbase-build-configuration</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
-    <version>3.0.0-alpha-1</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../hbase-build-configuration</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/hbase-procedure/pom.xml b/hbase-procedure/pom.xml
index 0a93303289e8..212a85b6c8bc 100644
--- a/hbase-procedure/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-procedure/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hbase-build-configuration</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
-    <version>3.0.0-alpha-1</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../hbase-build-configuration</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/hbase-protocol-shaded/pom.xml b/hbase-protocol-shaded/pom.xml
index c5894b21b6a0..d3ddecd01c15 100644
--- a/hbase-protocol-shaded/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-protocol-shaded/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hbase-build-configuration</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
-    <version>3.0.0-alpha-1</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../hbase-build-configuration</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>hbase-protocol-shaded</artifactId>
diff --git a/hbase-replication/pom.xml b/hbase-replication/pom.xml
index 9a3c20994f8f..4a960b495859 100644
--- a/hbase-replication/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-replication/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hbase-build-configuration</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
-    <version>3.0.0-alpha-1</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../hbase-build-configuration</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>hbase-replication</artifactId>
diff --git a/hbase-resource-bundle/pom.xml b/hbase-resource-bundle/pom.xml
index 5ebd5e584aa0..d47858683f7a 100644
--- a/hbase-resource-bundle/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-resource-bundle/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hbase-build-configuration</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
-    <version>3.0.0-alpha-1</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../hbase-build-configuration</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/hbase-rest/pom.xml b/hbase-rest/pom.xml
index b8c6c3483ffd..8642cd8bcfe5 100644
--- a/hbase-rest/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-rest/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hbase-build-configuration</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
-    <version>3.0.0-alpha-1</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../hbase-build-configuration</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>hbase-rest</artifactId>
diff --git a/hbase-server/pom.xml b/hbase-server/pom.xml
index 333a8c6ee6d5..3920fea1f188 100644
--- a/hbase-server/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-server/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hbase-build-configuration</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
-    <version>3.0.0-alpha-1</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../hbase-build-configuration</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>hbase-server</artifactId>
diff --git a/hbase-shaded/hbase-shaded-check-invariants/pom.xml b/hbase-shaded/hbase-shaded-check-invariants/pom.xml
index e304c25bec6b..f6cfc651db67 100644
--- a/hbase-shaded/hbase-shaded-check-invariants/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-shaded/hbase-shaded-check-invariants/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hbase</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
-    <version>3.0.0-alpha-1</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>hbase-shaded-check-invariants</artifactId>
diff --git a/hbase-shaded/hbase-shaded-client-byo-hadoop/pom.xml b/hbase-shaded/hbase-shaded-client-byo-hadoop/pom.xml
index 18a8bb9a4621..4c4aed0fc893 100644
--- a/hbase-shaded/hbase-shaded-client-byo-hadoop/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-shaded/hbase-shaded-client-byo-hadoop/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hbase-shaded</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
-    <version>3.0.0-alpha-1</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>hbase-shaded-client-byo-hadoop</artifactId>
diff --git a/hbase-shaded/hbase-shaded-client/pom.xml b/hbase-shaded/hbase-shaded-client/pom.xml
index b7337459f33c..438913fcadc7 100644
--- a/hbase-shaded/hbase-shaded-client/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-shaded/hbase-shaded-client/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hbase-shaded</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
-    <version>3.0.0-alpha-1</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>hbase-shaded-client</artifactId>
diff --git a/hbase-shaded/hbase-shaded-mapreduce/pom.xml b/hbase-shaded/hbase-shaded-mapreduce/pom.xml
index 187604ca3d7c..adbeca63e9c4 100644
--- a/hbase-shaded/hbase-shaded-mapreduce/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-shaded/hbase-shaded-mapreduce/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hbase-shaded</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
-    <version>3.0.0-alpha-1</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>hbase-shaded-mapreduce</artifactId>
diff --git a/hbase-shaded/hbase-shaded-testing-util-tester/pom.xml b/hbase-shaded/hbase-shaded-testing-util-tester/pom.xml
index 348be54957e8..936bd7f21730 100644
--- a/hbase-shaded/hbase-shaded-testing-util-tester/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-shaded/hbase-shaded-testing-util-tester/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
     <artifactId>hbase-build-configuration</artifactId>
-    <version>3.0.0-alpha-1</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../../hbase-build-configuration</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/hbase-shaded/hbase-shaded-testing-util/pom.xml b/hbase-shaded/hbase-shaded-testing-util/pom.xml
index b3be9a3125d6..c269c0c7afb7 100644
--- a/hbase-shaded/hbase-shaded-testing-util/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-shaded/hbase-shaded-testing-util/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hbase-shaded</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
-    <version>3.0.0-alpha-1</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/hbase-shaded/hbase-shaded-with-hadoop-check-invariants/pom.xml b/hbase-shaded/hbase-shaded-with-hadoop-check-invariants/pom.xml
index d64b1760d34d..01ed532c75eb 100644
--- a/hbase-shaded/hbase-shaded-with-hadoop-check-invariants/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-shaded/hbase-shaded-with-hadoop-check-invariants/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hbase</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
-    <version>3.0.0-alpha-1</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>hbase-shaded-with-hadoop-check-invariants</artifactId>
diff --git a/hbase-shaded/pom.xml b/hbase-shaded/pom.xml
index 7018bec488f1..6105fbc9bff7 100644
--- a/hbase-shaded/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-shaded/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hbase-build-configuration</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
-    <version>3.0.0-alpha-1</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../hbase-build-configuration</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>hbase-shaded</artifactId>
diff --git a/hbase-shell/pom.xml b/hbase-shell/pom.xml
index 655095e7b09a..a9980f15a75f 100644
--- a/hbase-shell/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-shell/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hbase-build-configuration</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
-    <version>3.0.0-alpha-1</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../hbase-build-configuration</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>hbase-shell</artifactId>
diff --git a/hbase-testing-util/pom.xml b/hbase-testing-util/pom.xml
index 304d7b8e69ed..90c528b8cb68 100644
--- a/hbase-testing-util/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-testing-util/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hbase-build-configuration</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
-    <version>3.0.0-alpha-1</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../hbase-build-configuration</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>hbase-testing-util</artifactId>
diff --git a/hbase-thrift/pom.xml b/hbase-thrift/pom.xml
index 3b844f7d3cfd..a08555047ba2 100644
--- a/hbase-thrift/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-thrift/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hbase-build-configuration</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
-    <version>3.0.0-alpha-1</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../hbase-build-configuration</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>hbase-thrift</artifactId>
diff --git a/hbase-zookeeper/pom.xml b/hbase-zookeeper/pom.xml
index 170209a3a2d5..ddfdb462418a 100644
--- a/hbase-zookeeper/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-zookeeper/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hbase-build-configuration</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
-    <version>3.0.0-alpha-1</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../hbase-build-configuration</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>hbase-zookeeper</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fbc273635745..3d24d9da6cc4 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
   <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
   <artifactId>hbase</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>3.0.0-alpha-1</version>
+  <version>3.0.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>Apache HBase</name>
   <description>
     Apache HBase™ is the Hadoop database. Use it when you need