diff -up maven2-plugins/maven-project-info-reports-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/report/projectinfo/AbstractProjectInfoReport.java.sav maven2-plugins/maven-project-info-reports-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/report/projectinfo/AbstractProjectInfoReport.java
--- maven2-plugins/maven-project-info-reports-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/report/projectinfo/AbstractProjectInfoReport.java.sav	2007-05-18 09:25:57.000000000 -0400
+++ maven2-plugins/maven-project-info-reports-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/report/projectinfo/AbstractProjectInfoReport.java	2009-05-05 16:38:37.000000000 -0400
@@ -118,7 +118,11 @@ public abstract class AbstractProjectInf
         {
             if ( version == null )
             {
-                version = Artifact.RELEASE_VERSION;
+                if (System.getProperty("maven2.ignore.versions") != null) {
+                    version = "2.0.8";
+                } else {
+                    version = Artifact.RELEASE_VERSION;
+                }
             }
             VersionRange versionSpec = VersionRange.createFromVersionSpec( version );
             artifact = factory.createDependencyArtifact( skin.getGroupId(), skin.getArtifactId(), versionSpec, "jar",