diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 56ad3e4960..1a7b953b16 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ buildscript {
 
 ext {
     expectedGradleVersion = '2.2'
-    hibernateTargetVersion = '5.0.0.Beta1'
+    hibernateTargetVersion = '5.0.0-SNAPSHOT'
     javaLanguageLevel = '1.6'
 
     osgiExportVersion = hibernateTargetVersion.replaceAll( "-SNAPSHOT", ".SNAPSHOT" )