diff --git a/fluent-hc/pom.xml b/fluent-hc/pom.xml
index b928d7b09..79c1ee737 100644
--- a/fluent-hc/pom.xml
+++ b/fluent-hc/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
     <artifactId>httpcomponents-client</artifactId>
-    <version>4.2-alpha2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.2-beta2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>fluent-hc</artifactId>
   <name>Fluent HttpClient</name>
diff --git a/httpclient-benchmark/pom.xml b/httpclient-benchmark/pom.xml
index f08f94e7c..2a935fd6c 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>4.2-alpha2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.2-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 60267fad5..ee136357c 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>4.2-alpha2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.2-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 60cb3f20a..ea39864dc 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>4.2-alpha2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.2-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 7c6a50340..daa53274f 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>4.2-alpha2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.2-beta2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>httpclient-osgi</artifactId>
   <name>HttpClient OSGi bundle</name>
diff --git a/httpclient/pom.xml b/httpclient/pom.xml
index b80dc1c9a..8c7ca6c1d 100644
--- a/httpclient/pom.xml
+++ b/httpclient/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
     <artifactId>httpcomponents-client</artifactId>
-    <version>4.2-alpha2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.2-beta2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
   <name>HttpClient</name>
diff --git a/httpmime/pom.xml b/httpmime/pom.xml
index 78f292d7a..a7297100c 100644
--- a/httpmime/pom.xml
+++ b/httpmime/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
     <artifactId>httpcomponents-client</artifactId>
-    <version>4.2-alpha2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.2-beta2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>httpmime</artifactId>
   <name>HttpMime</name>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cab28a15c..08883cda8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>httpcomponents-client</artifactId>
   <name>HttpComponents Client</name>
-  <version>4.2-alpha2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>4.2-beta2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <description>Apache HttpComponents Client is a library of components for building client side HTTP services</description>
   <url>http://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-client</url>
   <inceptionYear>1999</inceptionYear>