diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 029240d6ad..a27dcdb44e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>sonia.scm.maven</groupId>
           <artifactId>smp-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+          <version>1.0.0-rc1</version>
         </plugin>
 
         <plugin>