diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cf66caa..aa89165 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -331,6 +331,20 @@
 									<value>${project.version}</value>
 									<regex>.*-SNAPSHOT$</regex>
 									<replacement>true</replacement>
+									<failIfNoMatch>false</failIfNoMatch>
+								</configuration>
+							</execution>
+							<execution>
+								<!--fails if SNAPSHOT was used-->
+								<id>fail-helper-regex-is-snapshot-used</id>
+								<phase>validate</phase>
+								<goals>
+									<goal>regex-property</goal>
+								</goals>
+								<configuration>
+									<name>fail.when.is.snapshot.used</name>
+									<value>${project.version}</value>
+									<regex>^((?!.*-SNAPSHOT).)*$</regex>
 									<failIfNoMatch>true</failIfNoMatch>
 								</configuration>
 							</execution>
@@ -440,6 +454,20 @@
 									<value>${project.version}</value>
 									<regex>.*-SNAPSHOT$</regex>
 									<replacement>true</replacement>
+									<failIfNoMatch>false</failIfNoMatch>
+								</configuration>
+							</execution>
+							<execution>
+								<!--fails if SNAPSHOT was used-->
+								<id>fail-helper-regex-is-snapshot-used</id>
+								<phase>validate</phase>
+								<goals>
+									<goal>regex-property</goal>
+								</goals>
+								<configuration>
+									<name>fail.when.is.snapshot.used</name>
+									<value>${project.version}</value>
+									<regex>^((?!.*-SNAPSHOT).)*$</regex>
 									<failIfNoMatch>true</failIfNoMatch>
 								</configuration>
 							</execution>