diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bb6ac30..6a5605d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ build
 dist
 target/
 .flattened-pom.xml
+*.versionsBackup
diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 055edd7..aa0b63e 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.dogtagpki.tomcatjss</groupId>
         <artifactId>tomcatjss-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>${revision}</version>
+        <version>8.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>tomcatjss-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/main/pom.xml b/main/pom.xml
index 859feda..267b1bf 100644
--- a/main/pom.xml
+++ b/main/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.dogtagpki.tomcatjss</groupId>
         <artifactId>tomcatjss-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>${revision}</version>
+        <version>8.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>tomcatjss-main</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 289a9b4..a515791 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,11 +6,10 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>org.dogtagpki.tomcatjss</groupId>
     <artifactId>tomcatjss-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>${revision}</version>
+    <version>8.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
     <properties>
-        <revision>8.5.0-SNAPSHOT</revision>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/tomcat-9.0/pom.xml b/tomcat-9.0/pom.xml
index 96c11ad..fc20ee3 100644
--- a/tomcat-9.0/pom.xml
+++ b/tomcat-9.0/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.dogtagpki.tomcatjss</groupId>
         <artifactId>tomcatjss-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>${revision}</version>
+        <version>8.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>tomcatjss-tomcat-9.0</artifactId>