diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1dd1d1b3c16..c7eaff4560d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <lucene.version>4.10.0</lucene.version>
-        <elasticsearch.version>1.4.0-SNAPSHOT</elasticsearch.version>
+        <elasticsearch.version>1.4.0.Beta-SNAPSHOT</elasticsearch.version>
 
         <tests.jvms>auto</tests.jvms>
         <tests.shuffle>true</tests.shuffle>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/ShieldVersion.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/ShieldVersion.java
index 2507381f840..b5f5083a776 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/ShieldVersion.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/ShieldVersion.java
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ public class ShieldVersion implements Serializable {
     // the (internal) format of the id is there so we can easily do after/before checks on the id
 
     public static final int V_1_0_0_ID = /*00*/1000099;
-    public static final ShieldVersion V_1_0_0 = new ShieldVersion(V_1_0_0_ID, true, Version.V_1_4_0);
+    public static final ShieldVersion V_1_0_0 = new ShieldVersion(V_1_0_0_ID, true, Version.V_1_4_0_Beta);
 
     public static final ShieldVersion CURRENT = V_1_0_0;