diff --git a/setVersion.sh b/setVersion.sh
index 27b38e207..0803478fe 100755
--- a/setVersion.sh
+++ b/setVersion.sh
@@ -3,4 +3,13 @@ if [ "$#" != "1" ] ; then
     echo "ERROR: Version missing or wrong arguments!"
     exit 1
 fi
-mvn versions:set -DnewVersion="${1}" -DallowSnapshots=true -DgenerateBackupPoms=false
+
+if ! mvn -f pom.xml versions:set -DnewVersion="${1}" -DallowSnapshots=true -DgenerateBackupPoms=false ; then
+    echo "ERROR: Failed to change version in root!"
+    exit 1
+fi
+if ! mvn -f versioning_eitchnet_pom.xml versions:set -DnewVersion="${1}" -DallowSnapshots=true -DgenerateBackupPoms=false ; then
+    echo "ERROR: Failed to change version in submodule!"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
diff --git a/versioning_eitchnet_pom.xml b/versioning_eitchnet_pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0f2ed4767
--- /dev/null
+++ b/versioning_eitchnet_pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+	<properties>
+		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+		<maven.build.timestamp.format>yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss</maven.build.timestamp.format>
+		<buildTimestamp>${maven.build.timestamp}</buildTimestamp>
+	</properties>
+
+	<groupId>ch.eitchnet</groupId>
+	<artifactId>ch.eitchnet</artifactId>
+	<version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<name>ch.eitchnet</name>
+	<description>Module build for ch.eitchnet</description>
+	<packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+	<scm>
+		<connection>scm:git:https://github.com/eitchnet/strolch.git</connection>
+		<developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:eitch/strolch.git</developerConnection>
+		<url>https://github.com/eitchnet/strolch</url>
+	</scm>
+
+	<modules>
+		<module>../ch.eitchnet.privilege</module>
+		<module>../ch.eitchnet.utils</module>
+		<module>../ch.eitchnet.xmlpers</module>
+		<module>ch.eitchnet.parent</module>
+	</modules>
+</project>