diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1c48bc7e1..8c125582f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
   <groupId>com.zendesk</groupId>
   <artifactId>maxwell</artifactId>
-  <version>0.9.4</version>
+  <version>0.10.0-RC1</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <name>maxwell</name>
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@
           <descriptors>
             <descriptor>src/main/assembly/assembly.xml</descriptor>
           </descriptors>
+          <appendAssemblyId>false</appendAssemblyId>
         </configuration>
         <executions>
           <execution>