Releases, archetypes, and parent POMs

[Brinker, Don-NONEMP]

Hi all,

I'm running into a bit of an odd issue here with using the release plugin.  I 
have a multi-module project I'm trying to release that has two submodules.  One 
defines a "parent" subproject with a header like so:
        <project ...>
            ...
            <groupId>my.group</groupId>
            <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
            <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
            <packaging>pom</packaging>
             ...
        </project>

In a separate submodule, I have an archetype that generates projects that 
extend this parent.  In other words, I have the following in 
src/main/archetype-resources/pom.xml:
        <project>
            ...
            <parent>
                <groupId>my.group</groupId>
                <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
                <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
            </parent>

            <artifactId>${artifactId}</artifactId>
            <version>${version}</version>
            ...
        </project>

Now here's the question:  I'd like the parent version in the archetype to be 
changed when the multi-module project updates.  As is, that doesn't happen (the 
parent version in the archetype remains 1.0.0-SNAPSHOT even after I release the 
whole project).  Is there something I can do to make this work?  For that 
matter, is what I'm trying to do a bad idea for some reason?

Thanks

-          Don