diff --git a/bump-version.sh b/bump-version.sh
index 0b410ff9dd06b2a295039da89666ebafa47e2a59..22c51842c98ec6e21402de6c58436ca5aefc1b8b 100755
--- a/bump-version.sh
+++ b/bump-version.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,5 @@
 
 DIR=`readlink -f \`dirname $0\``
 
-
-mvn -f $DIR/pom.xml versions:set -DnewVersion=$1
-mvn -f $DIR/biopet-framework/pom.xml versions:set -DnewVersion=$1
+mvn -f $DIR/pom.xml versions:set -DnewVersion=$1 -DgenerateBackupPoms=false
+mvn -f $DIR/biopet-framework/pom.xml versions:set -DnewVersion=$1 -DgenerateBackupPoms=false