diff --git a/dspace-oai/pom.xml b/dspace-oai/pom.xml
index 7246e20a47..91928f65d6 100644
--- a/dspace-oai/pom.xml
+++ b/dspace-oai/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
    <parent>
       <groupId>org.dspace</groupId>
       <artifactId>dspace</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.5-alpha</version>
       <relativePath>../dspace</relativePath>
    </parent>