diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f0706098c7..f1ce2a930b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <groupId>com.ning</groupId>
     <artifactId>async-http-client</artifactId>
     <name>Asynchronous Http Client</name>
-    <version>1.9.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.9.0-BETA24</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <description>
         Async Http Client library purpose is to allow Java applications to easily execute HTTP requests and