I'm using the following composer version, composer -V
Composer version @package_branch_alias_version@ (1.0.0-beta2) 2016-03-27 16:00:34
I tried to do a "composer install" and I get the following error.
Drupal-project requires Composer version 1.0.0 or higher. Please update your Composer before continuing.
I don't know what should be checked differently on this project to be able to use a development version of composer.