diff --git a/gradle/version.properties b/gradle/version.properties
index 9c324ce7ee..17618fcbb2 100644
--- a/gradle/version.properties
+++ b/gradle/version.properties
@@ -1 +1 @@
-hibernateVersion=7.0.0.Beta2
\ No newline at end of file
+hibernateVersion=7.0.0-SNAPSHOT
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/sqm/internal/SqmUtil.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/sqm/internal/SqmUtil.java
index caa5dfe6a8..cf5bbb6cd6 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/sqm/internal/SqmUtil.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/sqm/internal/SqmUtil.java
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ import org.hibernate.metamodel.model.domain.ManagedDomainType;
 import org.hibernate.metamodel.model.domain.SingularPersistentAttribute;
 import org.hibernate.metamodel.model.domain.internal.EntitySqmPathSource;
 import org.hibernate.metamodel.spi.MappingMetamodelImplementor;
-import org.hibernate.persister.entity.EntityPersister;
 import org.hibernate.query.IllegalQueryOperationException;
 import org.hibernate.query.IllegalSelectQueryException;
 import org.hibernate.query.Order;