diff --git a/httpclient-benchmark/pom.xml b/httpclient-benchmark/pom.xml
index a5d37a6ab..eea3e7bb7 100644
--- a/httpclient-benchmark/pom.xml
+++ b/httpclient-benchmark/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
     <artifactId>httpcomponents-client</artifactId>
-    <version>4.1-alpha3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.1-beta2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>httpclient-benchmark</artifactId>
   <name>HttpClient Benchmarks</name>
diff --git a/httpclient-cache/pom.xml b/httpclient-cache/pom.xml
index 3fa1f5fba..45ef4f096 100644
--- a/httpclient-cache/pom.xml
+++ b/httpclient-cache/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
     <artifactId>httpcomponents-client</artifactId>
-    <version>4.1-alpha3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.1-beta2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>httpclient-cache</artifactId>
   <name>HttpClient Cache</name>
diff --git a/httpclient-contrib/pom.xml b/httpclient-contrib/pom.xml
index 73c1223d6..46debb55a 100644
--- a/httpclient-contrib/pom.xml
+++ b/httpclient-contrib/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
     <artifactId>httpcomponents-client</artifactId>
-    <version>4.1-alpha3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.1-beta2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>httpclient-contrib</artifactId>
   <name>HttpClient Contrib</name>
diff --git a/httpclient-osgi/pom.xml b/httpclient-osgi/pom.xml
index ff0aa3a7a..200377b2a 100644
--- a/httpclient-osgi/pom.xml
+++ b/httpclient-osgi/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
     <artifactId>httpcomponents-client</artifactId>
-    <version>4.1-alpha3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.1-beta2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>httpclient-osgi</artifactId>
   <name>HttpClient OSGi bundle</name>
diff --git a/httpclient/pom.xml b/httpclient/pom.xml
index b4a7cc4aa..3d8417f66 100644
--- a/httpclient/pom.xml
+++ b/httpclient/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
     <artifactId>httpcomponents-client</artifactId>
-    <version>4.1-alpha3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.1-beta2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
   <name>HttpClient</name>
diff --git a/httpmime/pom.xml b/httpmime/pom.xml
index dde260922..e73720f1a 100644
--- a/httpmime/pom.xml
+++ b/httpmime/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
     <artifactId>httpcomponents-client</artifactId>
-    <version>4.1-alpha3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.1-beta2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>httpmime</artifactId>
   <name>HttpMime</name>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b49380498..4dbe58243 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
   <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
   <artifactId>httpcomponents-client</artifactId>
   <name>HttpComponents Client</name>
-  <version>4.1-alpha3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>4.1-beta2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <description>Components to build client side HTTP services</description>
   <url>http://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-client</url>
   <inceptionYear>1999</inceptionYear>