diff --git a/buildfile b/buildfile
index 82da2b70..117df5e6 100644
--- a/buildfile
+++ b/buildfile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ JCRAFT = 'com.jcraft:jzlib:jar:1.0.7'
 BC = 'org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15:jar:1.45'
 
 desc 'SSHv2 library for Java'
-define 'sshj', :version=>'0.1a', :group=>'sshj' do
+define 'sshj', :version=>'0.1alpha', :group=>'sshj' do
     
     compile.with(SLF4J, BC, JCRAFT).using(:target=>'1.5')
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index df211489..639d67d4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <groupId>sshj</groupId>
     <artifactId>sshj</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
-    <version>0.1-alpha</version>
+    <version>0.1alpha</version>
 
     <name>sshj</name>
     <description>SSHv2 library for Java</description>