diff --git a/module-client/pom.xml b/module-client/pom.xml
index 25d6ace22..52aeb6a5a 100644
--- a/module-client/pom.xml
+++ b/module-client/pom.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
     <artifactId>httpcomponents-client</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0-beta2</version>
+    <version>4.0-beta3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
   <name>HttpClient</name>
diff --git a/module-httpmime/pom.xml b/module-httpmime/pom.xml
index dfbdd7bde..2e8304a86 100644
--- a/module-httpmime/pom.xml
+++ b/module-httpmime/pom.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
     <artifactId>httpcomponents-client</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0-beta2</version>
+    <version>4.0-beta3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>httpmime</artifactId>
   <name>HttpMime</name>
diff --git a/module-osgi-bundle/pom.xml b/module-osgi-bundle/pom.xml
index fde0ac175..c93d15bc1 100644
--- a/module-osgi-bundle/pom.xml
+++ b/module-osgi-bundle/pom.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
     <artifactId>httpcomponents-client</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0-beta2</version>
+    <version>4.0-beta3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>httpclient-osgi</artifactId>
   <name>HttpClient OSGi bundle</name>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0a9968993..a2801d328 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
   <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
   <artifactId>httpcomponents-client</artifactId>
   <name>HttpComponents Client</name>
-  <version>4.0-beta2</version>
+  <version>4.0-beta3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <description>Components to build client side HTTP services</description>
   <url>http://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-client</url>
   <inceptionYear>1999</inceptionYear>