diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 13600858d..ad2397485 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
   <groupId>org.obolibrary.robot</groupId>
   <artifactId>robot</artifactId>
-  <version>1.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.2.0-alpha-1</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <name>robot</name>
diff --git a/robot-command/pom.xml b/robot-command/pom.xml
index e777ab709..be3fbddad 100644
--- a/robot-command/pom.xml
+++ b/robot-command/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.obolibrary.robot</groupId>
     <artifactId>robot</artifactId>
-    <version>1.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.2.0-alpha-1</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>robot-command</artifactId>
   <name>robot-command</name>
diff --git a/robot-core/pom.xml b/robot-core/pom.xml
index 8dd814208..fd1332750 100644
--- a/robot-core/pom.xml
+++ b/robot-core/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.obolibrary.robot</groupId>
     <artifactId>robot</artifactId>
-    <version>1.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.2.0-alpha-1</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>robot-core</artifactId>
   <name>robot-core</name>