diff --git a/project/Settings.scala b/project/Settings.scala
index 609cd546a..e3332289c 100644
--- a/project/Settings.scala
+++ b/project/Settings.scala
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ object Settings extends Build {
       "and executes CQL queries in Spark applications.",
     organization := "com.datastax.spark",
     organizationHomepage := Some(url("http://www.datastax.com/")),
-    version in ThisBuild := "1.1.0-SNAPSHOT",
+    version in ThisBuild := "1.1.0-alpha2",
     scalaVersion := Versions.Scala,
     homepage := Some(url("https://github.com/datastax/spark-cassandra-connector")),
     licenses := Seq(("Apache License, Version 2.0", url("http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0")))