diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 27d2f5c4e82..e026d004fd4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@
   </prerequisites>
 
   <properties>
-    <sonarJava.version>1.2-SNAPSHOT</sonarJava.version>
+    <sonarUpdateCenter.version>1.5-RC1</sonarUpdateCenter.version>
+    <sonarJava.version>1.2-M3</sonarJava.version>
     <sonarGwt.version>3.3.1</sonarGwt.version>
     <h2.version>1.3.167</h2.version>
     <jetty.version>6.1.25</jetty.version>
@@ -265,7 +266,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.codehaus.sonar</groupId>
           <artifactId>sonar-packaging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>1.1</version>
+          <version>${sonarUpdateCenter.version}</version>
         </plugin>
       </plugins>
     </pluginManagement>
@@ -580,7 +581,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.sonar</groupId>
         <artifactId>sonar-update-center-common</artifactId>
-        <version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>${sonarUpdateCenter.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.sonar</groupId>