diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 20d0ded10..d5f92657b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
     <!-- When updating the version number here, also update the version number 
         in each module's pom.xml -->
-    <version>4.11-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.11.0-alpha2</version>
     
     <description>Virtual Language Observatory (VLO) parent project</description>
     <organization>
diff --git a/vlo-commons/pom.xml b/vlo-commons/pom.xml
index d0554c723..9c2794e33 100644
--- a/vlo-commons/pom.xml
+++ b/vlo-commons/pom.xml
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>eu.clarin.cmdi</groupId>
         <artifactId>vlo</artifactId>
-        <version>4.11-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.11.0-alpha2</version>
     </parent>
     <groupId>eu.clarin.cmdi</groupId>
     <artifactId>vlo-commons</artifactId>
-    <version>4.11-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.11.0-alpha2</version>
     <name>VLO Commons</name>
     <properties>
         <jackson.version>2.13.3</jackson.version>
diff --git a/vlo-distribution/pom.xml b/vlo-distribution/pom.xml
index 1c8e30e57..3ea8f9d23 100644
--- a/vlo-distribution/pom.xml
+++ b/vlo-distribution/pom.xml
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>eu.clarin.cmdi</groupId>
         <artifactId>vlo</artifactId>
-        <version>4.11-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.11.0-alpha2</version>
     </parent>
     
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>eu.clarin.cmdi</groupId>
     <artifactId>vlo-distribution</artifactId>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
-    <version>4.11-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.11.0-alpha2</version>
     <name>VLO Distribution</name>
     <description>
         Creates a package for server distribution of the VLO. It includes WAR
diff --git a/vlo-exposure-frontend/pom.xml b/vlo-exposure-frontend/pom.xml
index 196525f41..02fba3e82 100644
--- a/vlo-exposure-frontend/pom.xml
+++ b/vlo-exposure-frontend/pom.xml
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@ language governing permissions and limitations under the License. -->
     <parent>
         <artifactId>vlo</artifactId>
         <groupId>eu.clarin.cmdi</groupId>
-        <version>4.11-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.11.0-alpha2</version>
     </parent>
     <groupId>eu.clarin.cmdi</groupId>
     <artifactId>vlo-exposure-frontend</artifactId>
     <packaging>war</packaging>
-    <version>4.11-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.11.0-alpha2</version>
     <!-- TODO project name -->
     <name>VLO Exposure Frontend</name>
     <licenses>
diff --git a/vlo-exposure/pom.xml b/vlo-exposure/pom.xml
index 912ab1ca2..85fc6e173 100644
--- a/vlo-exposure/pom.xml
+++ b/vlo-exposure/pom.xml
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>eu.clarin.cmdi</groupId>
         <artifactId>vlo</artifactId>
-        <version>4.11-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.11.0-alpha2</version>
     </parent>
 
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>eu.clarin.cmdi</groupId>
     <artifactId>vlo-exposure</artifactId>
-    <version>4.11-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.11.0-alpha2</version>
     <name>vlo-exposure</name>
     <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
     <properties>
diff --git a/vlo-importer/pom.xml b/vlo-importer/pom.xml
index 85bb0bb3f..d40c80dca 100644
--- a/vlo-importer/pom.xml
+++ b/vlo-importer/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>eu.clarin.cmdi</groupId>
         <artifactId>vlo</artifactId>
-        <version>4.11-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.11.0-alpha2</version>
     </parent>
 
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>eu.clarin.cmdi</groupId>
     <artifactId>vlo-importer</artifactId>
-    <version>4.11-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.11.0-alpha2</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <name>VLO Importer</name>
diff --git a/vlo-monitor/pom.xml b/vlo-monitor/pom.xml
index f34dcbbe5..c87119f0f 100644
--- a/vlo-monitor/pom.xml
+++ b/vlo-monitor/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>eu.clarin.cmdi</groupId>
             <artifactId>vlo-commons</artifactId>
-            <version>4.11-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>4.11.0-alpha2</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
diff --git a/vlo-sitemap/pom.xml b/vlo-sitemap/pom.xml
index 1ce5aff86..ccf8ad23b 100644
--- a/vlo-sitemap/pom.xml
+++ b/vlo-sitemap/pom.xml
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>eu.clarin.cmdi</groupId>
     <artifactId>vlo-sitemap</artifactId>
-    <version>4.11-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.11.0-alpha2</version>
     <name>VLO Sitemap Generator</name>
     
     <parent>
         <groupId>eu.clarin.cmdi</groupId>
         <artifactId>vlo</artifactId>
-        <version>4.11-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.11.0-alpha2</version>
     </parent>
     
     <properties>
diff --git a/vlo-solr/pom.xml b/vlo-solr/pom.xml
index 69ef54867..bef14ec9a 100644
--- a/vlo-solr/pom.xml
+++ b/vlo-solr/pom.xml
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>eu.clarin.cmdi</groupId>
         <artifactId>vlo</artifactId>
-        <version>4.11-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.11.0-alpha2</version>
     </parent>
     
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>eu.clarin.cmdi</groupId>
     <artifactId>vlo-solr</artifactId>
-    <version>4.11-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.11.0-alpha2</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     
     <name>VLO Solr</name>
diff --git a/vlo-statistics/pom.xml b/vlo-statistics/pom.xml
index 5e383a2a7..a3260b675 100644
--- a/vlo-statistics/pom.xml
+++ b/vlo-statistics/pom.xml
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>eu.clarin.cmdi</groupId>
     <artifactId>vlo-statistics</artifactId>
-    <version>4.11-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.11.0-alpha2</version>
     <name>VLO Report Generator</name>
     
     <parent>
         <groupId>eu.clarin.cmdi</groupId>
         <artifactId>vlo</artifactId>
-        <version>4.11-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.11.0-alpha2</version>
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/vlo-vocabularies/pom.xml b/vlo-vocabularies/pom.xml
index 7401e32f7..1d242c152 100644
--- a/vlo-vocabularies/pom.xml
+++ b/vlo-vocabularies/pom.xml
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>eu.clarin.cmdi</groupId>
     <artifactId>vlo-vocabularies</artifactId>
-    <version>4.11-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.11.0-alpha2</version>
     <name>VLO Vocabularies</name>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <parent>
         <groupId>eu.clarin.cmdi</groupId>
         <artifactId>vlo</artifactId>
-        <version>4.11-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.11.0-alpha2</version>
     </parent>
 
 
diff --git a/vlo-web-app/pom.xml b/vlo-web-app/pom.xml
index 20dfc24c5..6f6203180 100644
--- a/vlo-web-app/pom.xml
+++ b/vlo-web-app/pom.xml
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>eu.clarin.cmdi</groupId>
         <artifactId>vlo</artifactId>
-        <version>4.11-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.11.0-alpha2</version>
     </parent>
 
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>eu.clarin.cmdi</groupId>
     <artifactId>vlo-web-app</artifactId>
     <packaging>war</packaging>
-    <version>4.11-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.11.0-alpha2</version>
     <name>VLO Web Application</name>
     <description></description>