diff --git a/apps/pom.xml b/apps/pom.xml
index 77974bf..4a51152 100644
--- a/apps/pom.xml
+++ b/apps/pom.xml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
             </snapshots>
             <releases>
                 <enabled>true</enabled>
-                <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
+                <updatePolicy>always</updatePolicy>
                 <checksumPolicy>fail</checksumPolicy>
             </releases>
         </repository>
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
             <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
             <snapshots>
                 <enabled>true</enabled>
-                <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
+                <updatePolicy>always</updatePolicy>
                 <checksumPolicy>fail</checksumPolicy>
             </snapshots>
         </repository>
diff --git a/update-versions b/update-versions
index 159eb99..280f350 100755
--- a/update-versions
+++ b/update-versions
@@ -6,12 +6,16 @@
 
 APP_VERSION=$1
 ONOS_VERSION=$2
+APPS="aaa config igmp mcast olt vtn"
 
 cd apps
 
 mvn -U versions:set -DallowSnapshots=true -DnewVersion=$APP_VERSION versions:commit
-git submodule foreach mvn -U versions:set -DallowSnapshots=true -DnewVersion=$APP_VERSION versions:commit
 
-
-git submodule foreach mvn -U versions:update-parent -DallowSnapshots=true -DparentVersion=[$ONOS_VERSION] versions:commit
-git submodule foreach mvn -U versions:update-property -Dproperty=onos.version -DnewVersion=[$ONOS_VERSION] -DallowSnapshots=true versions:commit
+for app in $APPS; do
+    cd $app
+    mvn -U versions:set -DallowSnapshots=true -DnewVersion=$APP_VERSION versions:commit
+    mvn -U versions:update-parent -DallowSnapshots=true -DparentVersion=[$ONOS_VERSION] versions:commit
+    mvn -U versions:update-property -Dproperty=onos.version -DnewVersion=[$ONOS_VERSION] -DallowSnapshots=true versions:commit
+    cd ..
+done