diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cef9219a9..2e90a9ac2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   <artifactId>license-maven-plugin</artifactId>
   <packaging>maven-plugin</packaging>
   <name>License Maven Plugin</name>
-  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.0-beta-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <description>Maven plugin to download and collect license files from project dependencies.</description>
 
   <scm>