diff --git a/src/main/resources/version.properties b/src/main/resources/version.properties
index 83fac11f..386abe38 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/version.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/version.properties
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-version.number=3.0.0
+version.number=3.0.0-beta1
 version.date=2015-07-21