diff --git a/extensions/database/pom.xml b/extensions/database/pom.xml
index b4d6ea0d3..1b6d5f0b3 100644
--- a/extensions/database/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/database/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.openrefine</groupId>
     <artifactId>extensions</artifactId>
-    <version>3.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.1-beta</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/extensions/gdata/pom.xml b/extensions/gdata/pom.xml
index fa89a2737..31edf1563 100644
--- a/extensions/gdata/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/gdata/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.openrefine</groupId>
     <artifactId>extensions</artifactId>
-    <version>3.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.1-beta</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/extensions/jython/pom.xml b/extensions/jython/pom.xml
index 4915e3781..9d5e2679c 100644
--- a/extensions/jython/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/jython/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <groupId>org.openrefine</groupId>
   <artifactId>jython</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <version>3.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>3.1-beta</version>
 
   <name>OpenRefine - Jython extension</name>
   <description>OpenRefine integration of Python as an expression language</description>
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.openrefine</groupId>
     <artifactId>extensions</artifactId>
-    <version>3.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.1-beta</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/extensions/pc-axis/pom.xml b/extensions/pc-axis/pom.xml
index 31e04695e..bc7d943e9 100644
--- a/extensions/pc-axis/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/pc-axis/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.openrefine</groupId>
     <artifactId>extensions</artifactId>
-    <version>3.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.1-beta</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/extensions/pom.xml b/extensions/pom.xml
index f5d2c1670..64c657536 100644
--- a/extensions/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <groupId>org.openrefine</groupId>
   <artifactId>extensions</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>3.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>3.1-beta</version>
 
   <name>OpenRefine - extensions</name>
   <description>Extensions add importers, exporters and other sorts of features to OpenRefine</description>
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.openrefine</groupId>
     <artifactId>openrefine</artifactId>
-    <version>3.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.1-beta</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modules>
diff --git a/extensions/wikidata/pom.xml b/extensions/wikidata/pom.xml
index 250fffe4b..8f933c4fc 100644
--- a/extensions/wikidata/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/wikidata/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.openrefine</groupId>
     <artifactId>extensions</artifactId>
-    <version>3.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.1-beta</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/main/pom.xml b/main/pom.xml
index 720b0f64b..beb0e1157 100644
--- a/main/pom.xml
+++ b/main/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.openrefine</groupId>
     <artifactId>openrefine</artifactId>
-    <version>3.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.1-beta</version>
   </parent>
 
   <properties>
diff --git a/main/src/com/google/refine/RefineServlet.java b/main/src/com/google/refine/RefineServlet.java
index e757e440b..5597aab83 100644
--- a/main/src/com/google/refine/RefineServlet.java
+++ b/main/src/com/google/refine/RefineServlet.java
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ import edu.mit.simile.butterfly.Butterfly;
 import edu.mit.simile.butterfly.ButterflyModule;
 
 public class RefineServlet extends Butterfly {
-    static private String ASSIGNED_VERSION = "3.0";
+    static private String ASSIGNED_VERSION = "3.1-beta";
     
     static public String VERSION = "";
     static public String REVISION = "";
diff --git a/packaging/pom.xml b/packaging/pom.xml
index 33c2d7348..c3878a38a 100644
--- a/packaging/pom.xml
+++ b/packaging/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.openrefine</groupId>
     <artifactId>openrefine</artifactId>
-    <version>3.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.1-beta</version>
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <rootdir>${basedir}/..</rootdir>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0fc5e3c6f..46fc8e369 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <groupId>org.openrefine</groupId>
   <artifactId>openrefine</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>3.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>3.1-beta</version>
 
   <name>OpenRefine</name>
   <description>OpenRefine is a free, open source power tool for working with messy data and improving it</description>
diff --git a/server/pom.xml b/server/pom.xml
index 3410c2c7b..8e861d7f7 100644
--- a/server/pom.xml
+++ b/server/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.openrefine</groupId>
     <artifactId>openrefine</artifactId>
-    <version>3.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.1-beta</version>
   </parent>
 
   <properties>