diff --git a/tools/build/build_asf.sh b/tools/build/build_asf.sh
index 6a9ae560452..c2a817a8ffd 100755
--- a/tools/build/build_asf.sh
+++ b/tools/build/build_asf.sh
@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ echo "found $currentversion"
 echo 'setting version numbers'
 mvn versions:set -DnewVersion=$version -P vmware -P developer -P systemvm -P simulator -P baremetal -P ucs -Dnonoss
 mv deps/XenServerJava/pom.xml.versionsBackup deps/XenServerJava/pom.xml
-perl -pi -e "s/$currentversion/$version/" deps/XenServerJava/pom.xml
-perl -pi -e "s/$currentversion/$version/" tools/apidoc/pom.xml
+perl -pi -e "s/-SNAPSHOT//" deps/XenServerJava/pom.xml
+perl -pi -e "s/-SNAPSHOT//" tools/apidoc/pom.xml
 case "$currentversion" in 
   *-SNAPSHOT*)
     perl -pi -e 's/-SNAPSHOT//' debian/rules