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Karl Heinz Marbaise commented on MRELEASE-1119: ----------------------------------------------- Ah great [~rhpatrick00] thanks for those detailed information that helps a lot to understand your problem. The issue was that your {{release.properties}} did not contained the correct information... if you create a {{release.properties}} file like this: {code:text} scm.tag=release-3.0.4 project.dev.org.apache.maven.plugin.release.its\:mrelease-1119=3.1.0-SNAPSHOT project.rel.org.apache.maven.plugin.release.its\:mrelease-1119=3.0.4 {code} where the part: {{org.apache.maven.plugin.release.its}} represents the groupId of your project and the {{mrelease-1119}} is the artifactId of your project. The prefixing part {{project.dev.}} is the development version and the {{project.rel.}} is the project release version. By using that it creates the correct results. By using the wrong {{release.properties}} the integration tests exactly shows the described (from your point of view) wrong behaviour. Using the correct content it behaves exactly as it should... So the {{release.properties}} file for your test project (mrpm-test) should look like this:(assumed your starting version in your project is {{3.0.4-SNAPSHOT}}): {code} scm.tag=release-3.0.4 project.dev.io.rhpatrick.test\:mrp-test=3.1.0-SNAPSHOT project.rel.io.rhpatrick.test\:mrp-test=3.0.4 {code} This is also documented here: https://maven.apache.org/maven-release/maven-release-plugin/usage/non-interactive-release.html#using-a-properties-file It might be easier to just define the new development version via command like this: {{mvn -B -DdevelopmentVersion=3.1.0-SNAPSHOT release:prepare release:perform}} and the rest will be taken from the {{pom.xml}} and the increment will be done by default on the patch level... > release plugin ignores developmentVersion > ----------------------------------------- > > Key: MRELEASE-1119 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MRELEASE-1119 > Project: Maven Release Plugin > Issue Type: Bug > Affects Versions: 3.0.0 > Reporter: Robert Patrick > Assignee: Karl Heinz Marbaise > Priority: Major > > I just ran a release process using the 3.0.0 version of the > maven-release-plugin with a release.properties file like this: > {{tag=release-3.0.4}} > {{releaseVersion=3.0.4}} > {{developmentVersion=3.1.0-SNAPSHOT}} > After running {{mvn -B release:prepare release:perform}}, the pom.xml version > is 3.0.5-SNAPSHOT. -- This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v8.20.10#820010)