diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a9f0e77bf2..098198a45b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 	<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 	<artifactId>spring-data-mongodb-parent</artifactId>
-	<version>2.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>2.0.0.DATAMONGO-1756-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 
 	<name>Spring Data MongoDB</name>
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb-benchmarks/pom.xml b/spring-data-mongodb-benchmarks/pom.xml
index 494925fb63..b09b1da5f1 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb-benchmarks/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb-benchmarks/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-data-mongodb-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.0.0.DATAMONGO-1756-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb-cross-store/pom.xml b/spring-data-mongodb-cross-store/pom.xml
index adb390d10a..4afd250c8b 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb-cross-store/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb-cross-store/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-data-mongodb-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.0.0.DATAMONGO-1756-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-data-mongodb</artifactId>
-			<version>2.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>2.0.0.DATAMONGO-1756-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- reactive -->
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb-distribution/pom.xml b/spring-data-mongodb-distribution/pom.xml
index 750ed23aa8..eca76cc80d 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb-distribution/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb-distribution/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-data-mongodb-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.0.0.DATAMONGO-1756-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/pom.xml b/spring-data-mongodb/pom.xml
index 9e52cbe397..1277893040 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-data-mongodb-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.0.0.DATAMONGO-1756-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/aggregation/ProjectionOperation.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/aggregation/ProjectionOperation.java
index 91fbf5b9e3..f5d512131c 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/aggregation/ProjectionOperation.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/aggregation/ProjectionOperation.java
@@ -1407,7 +1407,7 @@ public Document toDocument(AggregationOperationContext context) {
 			protected List<Object> getOperationArguments(AggregationOperationContext context) {
 
 				List<Object> result = new ArrayList<Object>(values.size());
-				result.add(context.getReference(getField().getName()).toString());
+				result.add(context.getReference(getField()).toString());
 
 				for (Object element : values) {
 
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/aggregation/AggregationUnitTests.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/aggregation/AggregationUnitTests.java
index ba36ee7606..e6f6d378a5 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/aggregation/AggregationUnitTests.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/aggregation/AggregationUnitTests.java
@@ -559,6 +559,16 @@ public void groupOperationShouldAllowUsageOfDerivedSpELAggregationExpression() {
 		assertThat(getAsDocument(fields, "foosum"), isBsonObject().containing("$first.$cond.else", "no-answer"));
 	}
 
+	@Test // DATAMONGO-1756
+	public void projectOperationShouldRenderNestedFieldNamesCorrectly() {
+
+		Document agg = newAggregation(project().and("value1.value").plus("value2.value").as("val")).toDocument("collection",
+				Aggregation.DEFAULT_CONTEXT);
+
+		assertThat(extractPipelineElement(agg, 0, "$project"),
+				is(equalTo(new Document("val", new Document("$add", Arrays.asList("$value1.value", "$value2.value"))))));
+	}
+
 	private Document extractPipelineElement(Document agg, int index, String operation) {
 
 		List<Document> pipeline = (List<Document>) agg.get("pipeline");
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/aggregation/TypeBasedAggregationOperationContextUnitTests.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/aggregation/TypeBasedAggregationOperationContextUnitTests.java
index f1d415e6a9..7b73edfcfd 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/aggregation/TypeBasedAggregationOperationContextUnitTests.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/aggregation/TypeBasedAggregationOperationContextUnitTests.java
@@ -338,6 +338,18 @@ public void rendersAggregationIfNullInTypedAggregationContextCorrectly() {
 		assertThat(age, isBsonObject().containing("$ifNull.[1]._class", Age.class.getName()));
 	}
 
+	@Test // DATAMONGO-1756
+	public void projectOperationShouldRenderNestedFieldNamesCorrectlyForTypedAggregation() {
+
+		AggregationOperationContext context = getContext(Wrapper.class);
+
+		Document agg = newAggregation(Wrapper.class, project().and("nested1.value1").plus("nested2.value2").as("val"))
+				.toDocument("collection", context);
+
+		assertThat(getPipelineElementFromAggregationAt(agg, 0).get("$project"), is(
+				equalTo(new Document("val", new Document("$add", Arrays.asList("$nested1.value1", "$field2.nestedValue2"))))));
+	}
+
 	@org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.Document(collection = "person")
 	public static class FooPerson {
 
@@ -408,4 +420,15 @@ static class Bar {
 
 		String name;
 	}
+
+	static class Wrapper {
+
+		Nested nested1;
+		@org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.Field("field2") Nested nested2;
+	}
+
+	static class Nested {
+		String value1;
+		@org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.Field("nestedValue2") String value2;
+	}
 }