diff --git a/extensions/database/pom.xml b/extensions/database/pom.xml
index 709dbfab3..47196a00a 100644
--- a/extensions/database/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/database/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.openrefine</groupId>
     <artifactId>extensions</artifactId>
-    <version>3.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.4-beta</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/extensions/gdata/pom.xml b/extensions/gdata/pom.xml
index 9a0ef3c64..00e4888ed 100644
--- a/extensions/gdata/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/gdata/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.openrefine</groupId>
     <artifactId>extensions</artifactId>
-    <version>3.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.4-beta</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/extensions/jython/pom.xml b/extensions/jython/pom.xml
index 1399693fa..2d24e43d9 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>3.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>3.4-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>3.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.4-beta</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/extensions/pc-axis/pom.xml b/extensions/pc-axis/pom.xml
index 90d01ce27..66d83f7a3 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>3.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.4-beta</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/extensions/phonetic/pom.xml b/extensions/phonetic/pom.xml
index f7c3a5a74..88361fbe0 100644
--- a/extensions/phonetic/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/phonetic/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <groupId>org.openrefine</groupId>
   <artifactId>phonetic</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <version>3.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>3.4-beta</version>
 
   <name>OpenRefine - Phonetic clustering extension</name>
   <description>Adds a few advanced phonetic clustering methods</description>
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.openrefine</groupId>
     <artifactId>extensions</artifactId>
-    <version>3.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.4-beta</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/extensions/pom.xml b/extensions/pom.xml
index 8825ae0b8..2aafaaef0 100644
--- a/extensions/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <groupId>org.openrefine</groupId>
   <artifactId>extensions</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>3.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>3.4-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>3.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.4-beta</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modules>
diff --git a/extensions/wikidata/pom.xml b/extensions/wikidata/pom.xml
index 90e487b17..d71fd3be0 100644
--- a/extensions/wikidata/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/wikidata/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.openrefine</groupId>
     <artifactId>extensions</artifactId>
-    <version>3.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.4-beta</version>
   </parent>
 
   <properties>
diff --git a/main/pom.xml b/main/pom.xml
index 2eacfb70a..1d1929087 100644
--- a/main/pom.xml
+++ b/main/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.openrefine</groupId>
     <artifactId>openrefine</artifactId>
-    <version>3.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.4-beta</version>
   </parent>
 
   <properties>
diff --git a/main/src/com/google/refine/RefineServlet.java b/main/src/com/google/refine/RefineServlet.java
index 1575b111b..8db7bcaf0 100644
--- a/main/src/com/google/refine/RefineServlet.java
+++ b/main/src/com/google/refine/RefineServlet.java
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ import edu.mit.simile.butterfly.Butterfly;
 import edu.mit.simile.butterfly.ButterflyModule;
 
 public class RefineServlet extends Butterfly {
-    static private String ASSIGNED_VERSION = "3.4-SNAPSHOT";
+    static private String ASSIGNED_VERSION = "3.4-beta";
     
     static public String VERSION = "";
     static public String REVISION = "";
diff --git a/packaging/pom.xml b/packaging/pom.xml
index 80dcf789c..257a2fc2e 100644
--- a/packaging/pom.xml
+++ b/packaging/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.openrefine</groupId>
     <artifactId>openrefine</artifactId>
-    <version>3.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.4-beta</version>
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <rootdir>${basedir}/..</rootdir>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c9107b449..77ef48e39 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <groupId>org.openrefine</groupId>
   <artifactId>openrefine</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>3.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>3.4-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 17ce539a7..8cbdddebd 100644
--- a/server/pom.xml
+++ b/server/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.openrefine</groupId>
     <artifactId>openrefine</artifactId>
-    <version>3.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.4-beta</version>
   </parent>
 
   <properties>