diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d588d2eea..c32e64183 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
   <artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
-  <version>3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>3.0-beta</version>
   <name>Commons Lang</name>
 
   <inceptionYear>2001</inceptionYear>