diff --git a/all/pom.xml b/all/pom.xml
index 4815115..4599148 100644
--- a/all/pom.xml
+++ b/all/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>        
-        <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
         <relativePath>../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>jclouds-all</artifactId>
diff --git a/allblobstore/pom.xml b/allblobstore/pom.xml
index 42485ce..33d8103 100644
--- a/allblobstore/pom.xml
+++ b/allblobstore/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>        
-        <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
         <relativePath>../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>jclouds-allblobstore</artifactId>
diff --git a/allcompute/pom.xml b/allcompute/pom.xml
index 907098c..1c3f435 100644
--- a/allcompute/pom.xml
+++ b/allcompute/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>        
-        <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
         <relativePath>../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>jclouds-allcompute</artifactId>
diff --git a/allloadbalancer/pom.xml b/allloadbalancer/pom.xml
index 8d1e2fa..3164525 100644
--- a/allloadbalancer/pom.xml
+++ b/allloadbalancer/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>        
-        <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
         <relativePath>../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>jclouds-allloadbalancer</artifactId>
diff --git a/antcontrib/pom.xml b/antcontrib/pom.xml
index 9d0a617..d076ebf 100644
--- a/antcontrib/pom.xml
+++ b/antcontrib/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
         <relativePath>../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>jclouds-antcontrib</artifactId>
diff --git a/apis/atmos/pom.xml b/apis/atmos/pom.xml
index 03e2d6e..f949c82 100644
--- a/apis/atmos/pom.xml
+++ b/apis/atmos/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
     <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/apis/byon/pom.xml b/apis/byon/pom.xml
index deb4c83..e492561 100644
--- a/apis/byon/pom.xml
+++ b/apis/byon/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
     <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/apis/cloudfiles/pom.xml b/apis/cloudfiles/pom.xml
index 65f0d61..a4983f9 100644
--- a/apis/cloudfiles/pom.xml
+++ b/apis/cloudfiles/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
     <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.jclouds.api</groupId>
diff --git a/apis/cloudloadbalancers/pom.xml b/apis/cloudloadbalancers/pom.xml
index f2aeeca..09d9a5b 100644
--- a/apis/cloudloadbalancers/pom.xml
+++ b/apis/cloudloadbalancers/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
     <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.jclouds.api</groupId>
diff --git a/apis/cloudservers/pom.xml b/apis/cloudservers/pom.xml
index 41a3c0a..9b5d151 100644
--- a/apis/cloudservers/pom.xml
+++ b/apis/cloudservers/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
     <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@
   <properties>
     <test.cloudservers.endpoint>https://auth.api.rackspacecloud.com</test.cloudservers.endpoint>
     <test.cloudservers.api-version>1.0</test.cloudservers.api-version>
-    <test.cloudservers.build-version></test.cloudservers.build-version>
+    <test.cloudservers.build-version />
     <test.cloudservers.identity>${test.rackspace.identity}</test.cloudservers.identity>
     <test.cloudservers.credential>${test.rackspace.credential}</test.cloudservers.credential>
-    <test.cloudservers.template></test.cloudservers.template>
+    <test.cloudservers.template />
     <jclouds.osgi.export>org.jclouds.cloudservers*;version="${project.version}"</jclouds.osgi.export>
     <jclouds.osgi.import>
       org.jclouds.compute.internal;version="${project.version}",
diff --git a/apis/cloudsigma/pom.xml b/apis/cloudsigma/pom.xml
index d36ea17..b484db5 100644
--- a/apis/cloudsigma/pom.xml
+++ b/apis/cloudsigma/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
     <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.jclouds.api</groupId>
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
   <properties>
     <test.cloudsigma.endpoint>https://api.cloudsigma.com</test.cloudsigma.endpoint>
     <test.cloudsigma.api-version>1.0</test.cloudsigma.api-version>
-    <test.cloudsigma.build-version></test.cloudsigma.build-version>
+    <test.cloudsigma.build-version />
     <test.cloudsigma.identity>FIXME</test.cloudsigma.identity>
     <test.cloudsigma.credential>FIXME</test.cloudsigma.credential>
     <test.cloudsigma.template>imageId=f3c7c665-cd54-4a78-8fd2-7ec2f028cf29</test.cloudsigma.template>
diff --git a/apis/cloudstack/pom.xml b/apis/cloudstack/pom.xml
index c711e8d..9b710fa 100644
--- a/apis/cloudstack/pom.xml
+++ b/apis/cloudstack/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
     <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.jclouds.api</groupId>
@@ -50,14 +50,14 @@
   <properties>
     <test.cloudstack.endpoint>http://localhost:8080/client/api</test.cloudstack.endpoint>
     <test.cloudstack.api-version>3.0.3</test.cloudstack.api-version>
-    <test.cloudstack.build-version></test.cloudstack.build-version>
+    <test.cloudstack.build-version />
     <test.cloudstack.identity>FIXME_apiKey</test.cloudstack.identity>
     <test.cloudstack.credential>FIXME_secretKey</test.cloudstack.credential>
-    <test.cloudstack.domainAdminIdentity></test.cloudstack.domainAdminIdentity>
-    <test.cloudstack.domainAdminCredential></test.cloudstack.domainAdminCredential>
-    <test.cloudstack.globalAdminIdentity></test.cloudstack.globalAdminIdentity>
-    <test.cloudstack.globalAdminCredential></test.cloudstack.globalAdminCredential>
-    <test.cloudstack.template></test.cloudstack.template>
+    <test.cloudstack.domainAdminIdentity />
+    <test.cloudstack.domainAdminCredential />
+    <test.cloudstack.globalAdminIdentity />
+    <test.cloudstack.globalAdminCredential />
+    <test.cloudstack.template />
     <jclouds.osgi.export>org.jclouds.cloudstack*;version="${project.version}"</jclouds.osgi.export>
     <jclouds.osgi.import>
       org.jclouds.compute.internal;version="${project.version}",
diff --git a/apis/cloudwatch/pom.xml b/apis/cloudwatch/pom.xml
index 567ed96..5340855 100644
--- a/apis/cloudwatch/pom.xml
+++ b/apis/cloudwatch/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
     <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.jclouds.api</groupId>
diff --git a/apis/deltacloud/pom.xml b/apis/deltacloud/pom.xml
index bfef9b8..faff61b 100644
--- a/apis/deltacloud/pom.xml
+++ b/apis/deltacloud/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
     <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.jclouds.api</groupId>
@@ -50,10 +50,10 @@
   <properties>
     <test.deltacloud.endpoint>http://localhost:3001/api</test.deltacloud.endpoint>
     <test.deltacloud.api-version>0.3.0</test.deltacloud.api-version>
-    <test.deltacloud.build-version></test.deltacloud.build-version>
+    <test.deltacloud.build-version />
     <test.deltacloud.identity>mockuser</test.deltacloud.identity>
     <test.deltacloud.credential>mockpassword</test.deltacloud.credential>
-    <test.deltacloud.template></test.deltacloud.template>
+    <test.deltacloud.template />
     <jclouds.osgi.export>org.jclouds.deltacloud*;version="${project.version}"</jclouds.osgi.export>
     <jclouds.osgi.import>
       org.jclouds.compute.internal;version="${project.version}",
diff --git a/apis/ec2/pom.xml b/apis/ec2/pom.xml
index d7d6073..9e5da57 100644
--- a/apis/ec2/pom.xml
+++ b/apis/ec2/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
     <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.jclouds.api</groupId>
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@
   <properties>
     <test.ec2.endpoint>https://ec2.us-east-1.amazonaws.com</test.ec2.endpoint>
     <test.ec2.api-version>2010-06-15</test.ec2.api-version>
-    <test.ec2.build-version></test.ec2.build-version>
+    <test.ec2.build-version />
     <test.ec2.identity>${test.aws.identity}</test.ec2.identity>
     <test.ec2.credential>${test.aws.credential}</test.ec2.credential>
-    <test.ec2.template></test.ec2.template>
+    <test.ec2.template />
     <test.ec2.ebs-template>hardwareId=m1.small,imageId=us-west-2/ami-38c64a08</test.ec2.ebs-template>
     <jclouds.osgi.export>org.jclouds.ec2*;version="${project.version}"</jclouds.osgi.export>
     <jclouds.osgi.import>
diff --git a/apis/elasticstack/pom.xml b/apis/elasticstack/pom.xml
index c2e8d7e..56dde25 100644
--- a/apis/elasticstack/pom.xml
+++ b/apis/elasticstack/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
     <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.jclouds.api</groupId>
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
   <properties>
     <test.elasticstack.endpoint>https://api.lon-p.elastichosts.com</test.elasticstack.endpoint>
     <test.elasticstack.api-version>1.0</test.elasticstack.api-version>
-    <test.elasticstack.build-version></test.elasticstack.build-version>
+    <test.elasticstack.build-version />
     <test.elasticstack.identity>FIXME</test.elasticstack.identity>
     <test.elasticstack.credential>FIXME</test.elasticstack.credential>
     <test.elasticstack.template>imageId=38df0986-4d85-4b76-b502-3878ffc80161</test.elasticstack.template>
diff --git a/apis/eucalyptus/pom.xml b/apis/eucalyptus/pom.xml
index 67848f5..8dacf72 100644
--- a/apis/eucalyptus/pom.xml
+++ b/apis/eucalyptus/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
     <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.jclouds.api</groupId>
@@ -36,11 +36,11 @@
   <properties>
     <test.eucalyptus.endpoint>http://ecc.eucalyptus.com:8773/services/Eucalyptus</test.eucalyptus.endpoint>
     <test.eucalyptus.api-version>2010-06-15</test.eucalyptus.api-version>
-    <test.eucalyptus.build-version></test.eucalyptus.build-version>
+    <test.eucalyptus.build-version />
     <test.eucalyptus.identity>FIXME_IDENTITY</test.eucalyptus.identity>
     <test.eucalyptus.credential>FIXME_CREDENTIAL</test.eucalyptus.credential>
-    <test.eucalyptus.template></test.eucalyptus.template>
-    <test.eucalyptus.ebs-template></test.eucalyptus.ebs-template>
+    <test.eucalyptus.template />
+    <test.eucalyptus.ebs-template />
     <jclouds.osgi.export>org.jclouds.eucalyptus*;version="${project.version}"</jclouds.osgi.export>
     <jclouds.osgi.import>
       org.jclouds.compute.internal;version="${project.version}",
diff --git a/apis/filesystem/pom.xml b/apis/filesystem/pom.xml
index 6e130e1..cf5603a 100644
--- a/apis/filesystem/pom.xml
+++ b/apis/filesystem/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
         <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds.api</groupId>
diff --git a/apis/nova/pom.xml b/apis/nova/pom.xml
index 5d6ac6c..8795aed 100644
--- a/apis/nova/pom.xml
+++ b/apis/nova/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
     <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.jclouds.api</groupId>
@@ -36,12 +36,12 @@
   <properties>
     <test.nova.endpoint>http://localhost:8773/services/Cloud</test.nova.endpoint>
     <test.nova.api-version>1.1</test.nova.api-version>
-    <test.nova.build-version></test.nova.build-version>
+    <test.nova.build-version />
     <test.nova.identity>FIXME_IDENTITY</test.nova.identity>
     <test.nova.credential>FIXME_CREDENTIALS</test.nova.credential>
-    <test.nova.template></test.nova.template>
-    <test.ssh.keyfile.public></test.ssh.keyfile.public>
-    <test.ssh.keyfile.private></test.ssh.keyfile.private>
+    <test.nova.template />
+    <test.ssh.keyfile.public />
+    <test.ssh.keyfile.private />
 
     <jclouds.osgi.export>org.jclouds.openstack.nova*;version="${project.version}"</jclouds.osgi.export>
     <jclouds.osgi.import>
diff --git a/apis/openstack-keystone/pom.xml b/apis/openstack-keystone/pom.xml
index 3107a62..9a85d4f 100644
--- a/apis/openstack-keystone/pom.xml
+++ b/apis/openstack-keystone/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
     <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.jclouds.api</groupId>
diff --git a/apis/openstack-nova-ec2/pom.xml b/apis/openstack-nova-ec2/pom.xml
index 94fba78..a1801ea 100644
--- a/apis/openstack-nova-ec2/pom.xml
+++ b/apis/openstack-nova-ec2/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
     <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.jclouds.api</groupId>
@@ -36,11 +36,11 @@
   <properties>
     <test.openstack-nova-ec2.endpoint>http://localhost:8773/services/Cloud</test.openstack-nova-ec2.endpoint>
     <test.openstack-nova-ec2.api-version>2010-06-15</test.openstack-nova-ec2.api-version>
-    <test.openstack-nova-ec2.build-version></test.openstack-nova-ec2.build-version>
+    <test.openstack-nova-ec2.build-version />
     <test.openstack-nova-ec2.identity>FIXME_IDENTITY</test.openstack-nova-ec2.identity>
     <test.openstack-nova-ec2.credential>FIXME_CREDENTIAL</test.openstack-nova-ec2.credential>
-    <test.openstack-nova-ec2.template></test.openstack-nova-ec2.template>
-    <test.openstack-nova-ec2.ebs-template></test.openstack-nova-ec2.ebs-template>
+    <test.openstack-nova-ec2.template />
+    <test.openstack-nova-ec2.ebs-template />
     <jclouds.osgi.export>org.jclouds.openstack.nova.ec2*;version="${project.version}"</jclouds.osgi.export>
     <jclouds.osgi.import>
       org.jclouds.compute.internal;version="${project.version}",
diff --git a/apis/openstack-nova/pom.xml b/apis/openstack-nova/pom.xml
index 44935e3..2581592 100644
--- a/apis/openstack-nova/pom.xml
+++ b/apis/openstack-nova/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
     <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.jclouds.api</groupId>
@@ -38,10 +38,10 @@
     <test.openstack-nova.endpoint>http://localhost:5000</test.openstack-nova.endpoint>
     <!-- keystone version -->
     <test.openstack-nova.api-version>1.1</test.openstack-nova.api-version>
-    <test.openstack-nova.build-version></test.openstack-nova.build-version>
+    <test.openstack-nova.build-version />
     <test.openstack-nova.identity>FIXME_IDENTITY</test.openstack-nova.identity>
     <test.openstack-nova.credential>FIXME_CREDENTIALS</test.openstack-nova.credential>
-    <test.openstack-nova.template></test.openstack-nova.template>
+    <test.openstack-nova.template />
     <test.jclouds.openstack-nova.auto-allocate-floating-ips>false</test.jclouds.openstack-nova.auto-allocate-floating-ips>
     <test.jclouds.keystone.credential-type>passwordCredentials</test.jclouds.keystone.credential-type>
 
diff --git a/apis/pom.xml b/apis/pom.xml
index c8aa8f1..7fff417 100644
--- a/apis/pom.xml
+++ b/apis/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
-        <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
         <relativePath>../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds.api</groupId>
diff --git a/apis/s3/pom.xml b/apis/s3/pom.xml
index 8ca746f..c3aa2d2 100644
--- a/apis/s3/pom.xml
+++ b/apis/s3/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
     <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.jclouds.api</groupId>
diff --git a/apis/swift/pom.xml b/apis/swift/pom.xml
index 27137a8..e5e094f 100644
--- a/apis/swift/pom.xml
+++ b/apis/swift/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
     <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.jclouds.api</groupId>
diff --git a/apis/vcloud/pom.xml b/apis/vcloud/pom.xml
index 4f23e0f..4220dd7 100644
--- a/apis/vcloud/pom.xml
+++ b/apis/vcloud/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
     <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.jclouds.api</groupId>
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@
   <properties>
     <test.vcloud.endpoint>FIXME</test.vcloud.endpoint>
     <test.vcloud.api-version>1.0</test.vcloud.api-version>
-    <test.vcloud.build-version></test.vcloud.build-version>
+    <test.vcloud.build-version />
     <test.vcloud.identity>FIXME</test.vcloud.identity>
     <test.vcloud.credential>FIXME</test.vcloud.credential>
-    <test.vcloud.template></test.vcloud.template>
+    <test.vcloud.template />
     <jclouds.osgi.export>org.jclouds.vcloud*;version="${project.version}"</jclouds.osgi.export>
     <jclouds.osgi.import>
       org.jclouds.compute.internal;version="${project.version}",
diff --git a/apis/walrus/pom.xml b/apis/walrus/pom.xml
index 203e206..3c2eb7b 100644
--- a/apis/walrus/pom.xml
+++ b/apis/walrus/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
     <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.jclouds.api</groupId>
diff --git a/archetypes/compute-service-archetype/pom.xml b/archetypes/compute-service-archetype/pom.xml
index 112c7cf..18a1618 100644
--- a/archetypes/compute-service-archetype/pom.xml
+++ b/archetypes/compute-service-archetype/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
         <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>jclouds-compute-service-archetype</artifactId>
diff --git a/archetypes/pom.xml b/archetypes/pom.xml
index ca59786..5d8b069 100644
--- a/archetypes/pom.xml
+++ b/archetypes/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
-        <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
         <relativePath>../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>jclouds-archetypes</artifactId>
diff --git a/archetypes/rest-client-archetype/pom.xml b/archetypes/rest-client-archetype/pom.xml
index 4942c86..52bbb4b 100644
--- a/archetypes/rest-client-archetype/pom.xml
+++ b/archetypes/rest-client-archetype/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
         <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>jclouds-rest-client-archetype</artifactId>
diff --git a/assemblies/pom.xml b/assemblies/pom.xml
index c575dfb..926983e 100644
--- a/assemblies/pom.xml
+++ b/assemblies/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
-        <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
         <relativePath>../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>    
     <artifactId>jclouds-assemblies</artifactId>
diff --git a/blobstore/pom.xml b/blobstore/pom.xml
index f5c847b..474dcb1 100644
--- a/blobstore/pom.xml
+++ b/blobstore/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
         <relativePath>../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>jclouds-blobstore</artifactId>
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
         <connection>scm:svn:http://jclouds.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/blobstore</connection>
         <developerConnection>scm:svn:https://jclouds.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/blobstore</developerConnection>
         <url>http://jclouds.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/blobstore</url>
-      <tag>HEAD</tag>
+      <tag>jclouds-1.5.0-beta.3</tag>
   </scm>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/common/aws/pom.xml b/common/aws/pom.xml
index a17ed98..1a7d541 100644
--- a/common/aws/pom.xml
+++ b/common/aws/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
         <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds.common</groupId>
diff --git a/common/azure/pom.xml b/common/azure/pom.xml
index de82407..bbe7bf9 100644
--- a/common/azure/pom.xml
+++ b/common/azure/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
         <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds.common</groupId>
diff --git a/common/openstack/pom.xml b/common/openstack/pom.xml
index af8aa2a..ab80da5 100644
--- a/common/openstack/pom.xml
+++ b/common/openstack/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
         <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/common/pom.xml b/common/pom.xml
index 9d13aa5..4e8956c 100644
--- a/common/pom.xml
+++ b/common/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
-        <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
         <relativePath>../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds.common</groupId>
diff --git a/common/trmk/pom.xml b/common/trmk/pom.xml
index cd96a8d..14569cf 100644
--- a/common/trmk/pom.xml
+++ b/common/trmk/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
         <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/compute/pom.xml b/compute/pom.xml
index 0a3b34c..f5c30fb 100644
--- a/compute/pom.xml
+++ b/compute/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
         <relativePath>../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 95eb57d..8d22e95 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
-        <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
         <relativePath>../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>jclouds-core</artifactId>
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
         <connection>scm:svn:http://jclouds.googlecode.com/svn/trunk</connection>
         <developerConnection>scm:svn:https://jclouds.googlecode.com/svn/trunk</developerConnection>
         <url>http://jclouds.googlecode.com/svn/trunk</url>
-      <tag>HEAD</tag>
+      <tag>jclouds-1.5.0-beta.3</tag>
   </scm>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/drivers/apachehc/pom.xml b/drivers/apachehc/pom.xml
index 9806b48..746a112 100644
--- a/drivers/apachehc/pom.xml
+++ b/drivers/apachehc/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
         <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds.driver</groupId>
diff --git a/drivers/bouncycastle/pom.xml b/drivers/bouncycastle/pom.xml
index e2abd25..68afe72 100644
--- a/drivers/bouncycastle/pom.xml
+++ b/drivers/bouncycastle/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
         <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds.driver</groupId>
diff --git a/drivers/enterprise/pom.xml b/drivers/enterprise/pom.xml
index 9915f43..5b1ff74 100644
--- a/drivers/enterprise/pom.xml
+++ b/drivers/enterprise/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
         <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds.driver</groupId>
diff --git a/drivers/gae/pom.xml b/drivers/gae/pom.xml
index 7d3eabc..2641206 100644
--- a/drivers/gae/pom.xml
+++ b/drivers/gae/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
         <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds.driver</groupId>
diff --git a/drivers/joda/pom.xml b/drivers/joda/pom.xml
index 68e5fe5..8ed114c 100644
--- a/drivers/joda/pom.xml
+++ b/drivers/joda/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
         <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds.driver</groupId>
diff --git a/drivers/jsch/pom.xml b/drivers/jsch/pom.xml
index d584683..751aea3 100644
--- a/drivers/jsch/pom.xml
+++ b/drivers/jsch/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
         <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds.driver</groupId>
diff --git a/drivers/log4j/pom.xml b/drivers/log4j/pom.xml
index 748c504..e82c037 100644
--- a/drivers/log4j/pom.xml
+++ b/drivers/log4j/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
         <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds.driver</groupId>
diff --git a/drivers/netty/pom.xml b/drivers/netty/pom.xml
index f79f463..62b1f45 100644
--- a/drivers/netty/pom.xml
+++ b/drivers/netty/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
         <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds.driver</groupId>
diff --git a/drivers/pom.xml b/drivers/pom.xml
index 3589a87..518325a 100644
--- a/drivers/pom.xml
+++ b/drivers/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
-        <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
         <relativePath>../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>jclouds-drivers-project</artifactId>
diff --git a/drivers/slf4j/pom.xml b/drivers/slf4j/pom.xml
index 905683c..81e78ca 100644
--- a/drivers/slf4j/pom.xml
+++ b/drivers/slf4j/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
         <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds.driver</groupId>
diff --git a/drivers/sshj/pom.xml b/drivers/sshj/pom.xml
index e762305..a235491 100644
--- a/drivers/sshj/pom.xml
+++ b/drivers/sshj/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
         <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds.driver</groupId>
diff --git a/labs/aws-elb/pom.xml b/labs/aws-elb/pom.xml
index faf1732..ad7f8ea 100644
--- a/labs/aws-elb/pom.xml
+++ b/labs/aws-elb/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
         <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds.labs</groupId>
@@ -36,16 +36,16 @@
     <properties>
         <test.aws-elb.endpoint>https://elasticloadbalancing.us-east-1.amazonaws.com</test.aws-elb.endpoint>
         <test.aws-elb.api-version>2010-07-01</test.aws-elb.api-version>
-        <test.aws-elb.build-version></test.aws-elb.build-version>
+        <test.aws-elb.build-version />
         <test.aws-elb.identity>${test.aws.identity}</test.aws-elb.identity>
         <test.aws-elb.credential>${test.aws.credential}</test.aws-elb.credential>
         <test.aws-elb.compute.provider>aws-ec2</test.aws-elb.compute.provider>
         <test.aws-elb.compute.endpoint>https://ec2.us-east-1.amazonaws.com</test.aws-elb.compute.endpoint>
         <test.aws-elb.compute.api-version>2010-06-15</test.aws-elb.compute.api-version>
-        <test.aws-elb.compute.build-version></test.aws-elb.compute.build-version>
+        <test.aws-elb.compute.build-version />
         <test.aws-elb.compute.identity>${test.aws.identity}</test.aws-elb.compute.identity>
         <test.aws-elb.compute.credential>${test.aws.credential}</test.aws-elb.compute.credential>
-        <test.aws-elb.compute.template></test.aws-elb.compute.template>
+        <test.aws-elb.compute.template />
 
       <jclouds.osgi.export>org.jclouds.aws.elb*;version="${project.version}"</jclouds.osgi.export>
       <jclouds.osgi.import>org.jclouds*;version="${project.version}",*</jclouds.osgi.import>
diff --git a/labs/carrenza-vcloud-director/pom.xml b/labs/carrenza-vcloud-director/pom.xml
index 490dd0f..20fe192 100644
--- a/labs/carrenza-vcloud-director/pom.xml
+++ b/labs/carrenza-vcloud-director/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
         <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds.labs</groupId>
@@ -39,13 +39,13 @@
         <test.carrenza-vcloud-director.build-version>464915</test.carrenza-vcloud-director.build-version>
         <test.carrenza-vcloud-director.identity>FIXME_IDENTITY</test.carrenza-vcloud-director.identity>
         <test.carrenza-vcloud-director.credential>FIXME_CREDENTIAL</test.carrenza-vcloud-director.credential>
-        <test.carrenza-vcloud-director.template></test.carrenza-vcloud-director.template>
-        <test.carrenza-vcloud-director.catalog-id></test.carrenza-vcloud-director.catalog-id>
-        <test.carrenza-vcloud-director.media-id></test.carrenza-vcloud-director.media-id>
-        <test.carrenza-vcloud-director.vapptemplate-id></test.carrenza-vcloud-director.vapptemplate-id>
-        <test.carrenza-vcloud-director.network-name></test.carrenza-vcloud-director.network-name>
-        <test.carrenza-vcloud-director.network-id></test.carrenza-vcloud-director.network-id>
-        <test.carrenza-vcloud-director.vdc-id></test.carrenza-vcloud-director.vdc-id>
+        <test.carrenza-vcloud-director.template />
+        <test.carrenza-vcloud-director.catalog-id />
+        <test.carrenza-vcloud-director.media-id />
+        <test.carrenza-vcloud-director.vapptemplate-id />
+        <test.carrenza-vcloud-director.network-name />
+        <test.carrenza-vcloud-director.network-id />
+        <test.carrenza-vcloud-director.vdc-id />
 
       <jclouds.osgi.export>org.jclouds.carrenza.vcloud.director*;version="${project.version}"</jclouds.osgi.export>
       <jclouds.osgi.import>
diff --git a/labs/cdmi/pom.xml b/labs/cdmi/pom.xml
index 3c91514..083b9cd 100644
--- a/labs/cdmi/pom.xml
+++ b/labs/cdmi/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
     <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.jclouds.labs</groupId>
diff --git a/labs/dmtf/pom.xml b/labs/dmtf/pom.xml
index 996c936..81400b4 100644
--- a/labs/dmtf/pom.xml
+++ b/labs/dmtf/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
     <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.jclouds.labs</groupId>
diff --git a/labs/elb/pom.xml b/labs/elb/pom.xml
index 48649e2..9528941 100644
--- a/labs/elb/pom.xml
+++ b/labs/elb/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
         <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds.labs</groupId>
@@ -37,16 +37,16 @@
         <test.elb.zone>us-east-1a</test.elb.zone>
         <test.elb.endpoint>https://elasticloadbalancing.us-east-1.amazonaws.com</test.elb.endpoint>
         <test.elb.api-version>2010-07-01</test.elb.api-version>
-        <test.elb.build-version></test.elb.build-version>
+        <test.elb.build-version />
         <test.elb.identity>${test.aws.identity}</test.elb.identity>
         <test.elb.credential>${test.aws.credential}</test.elb.credential>
         <test.elb.compute.provider>aws-ec2</test.elb.compute.provider>
         <test.elb.compute.endpoint>https://ec2.us-east-1.amazonaws.com</test.elb.compute.endpoint>
         <test.elb.compute.api-version>2010-06-15</test.elb.compute.api-version>
-        <test.elb.compute.build-version></test.elb.compute.build-version>
+        <test.elb.compute.build-version />
         <test.elb.compute.identity>${test.aws.identity}</test.elb.compute.identity>
         <test.elb.compute.credential>${test.aws.credential}</test.elb.compute.credential>
-        <test.elb.compute.template></test.elb.compute.template>
+        <test.elb.compute.template />
 
       <jclouds.osgi.export>org.jclouds.elb*;version="${project.version}"</jclouds.osgi.export>
       <jclouds.osgi.import>org.jclouds*;version="${project.version}",*</jclouds.osgi.import>
diff --git a/labs/glesys/pom.xml b/labs/glesys/pom.xml
index bc2b677..28db812 100644
--- a/labs/glesys/pom.xml
+++ b/labs/glesys/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
     <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.jclouds.labs</groupId>
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@
   <properties>
     <test.glesys.endpoint>https://api.glesys.com</test.glesys.endpoint>
     <test.glesys.api-version>1</test.glesys.api-version>
-    <test.glesys.build-version></test.glesys.build-version>
+    <test.glesys.build-version />
     <test.glesys.identity>FIXME</test.glesys.identity>
     <test.glesys.credential>FIXME</test.glesys.credential>
-    <test.glesys.template></test.glesys.template>
+    <test.glesys.template />
     <jclouds.osgi.export>org.jclouds.glesys*;version="${project.version}"</jclouds.osgi.export>
     <jclouds.osgi.import>org.jclouds*;version="${project.version}",*</jclouds.osgi.import>
   </properties>
diff --git a/labs/greenqloud-compute/pom.xml b/labs/greenqloud-compute/pom.xml
index 698f58e..6e17906 100644
--- a/labs/greenqloud-compute/pom.xml
+++ b/labs/greenqloud-compute/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
         <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds.labs</groupId>
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@
     <properties>
         <test.greenqloud-compute.endpoint>https://api.greenqloud.com</test.greenqloud-compute.endpoint>
         <test.greenqloud-compute.api-version>2010-06-15</test.greenqloud-compute.api-version>
-        <test.greenqloud-compute.build-version></test.greenqloud-compute.build-version>
+        <test.greenqloud-compute.build-version />
         <test.greenqloud-compute.identity>${test.greenqloud.identity}</test.greenqloud-compute.identity>
         <test.greenqloud-compute.credential>${test.greenqloud.credential}</test.greenqloud-compute.credential>
-        <test.greenqloud-compute.template></test.greenqloud-compute.template>
+        <test.greenqloud-compute.template />
         <test.greenqloud-compute.ebs-template>osFamily=UBUNTU,osVersionMatches=1[012].[01][04],os64Bit=true</test.greenqloud-compute.ebs-template>
 
         <jclouds.osgi.export>org.jclouds.greenqloud.compute*;version="${project.version}"</jclouds.osgi.export>
diff --git a/labs/greenqloud-storage/pom.xml b/labs/greenqloud-storage/pom.xml
index f9e9759..b235c9c 100644
--- a/labs/greenqloud-storage/pom.xml
+++ b/labs/greenqloud-storage/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
         <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds.labs</groupId>
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     <properties>
         <test.greenqloud-storage.endpoint>https://s.greenqloud.com</test.greenqloud-storage.endpoint>
         <test.greenqloud-storage.api-version>2006-03-01</test.greenqloud-storage.api-version>
-        <test.greenqloud-storage.build-version></test.greenqloud-storage.build-version>
+        <test.greenqloud-storage.build-version />
         <test.greenqloud-storage.identity>${test.greenqloud.identity}</test.greenqloud-storage.identity>
         <test.greenqloud-storage.credential>${test.greenqloud.credential}</test.greenqloud-storage.credential>
         <jclouds.osgi.export>org.jclouds.greenqloud.storage*;version="${project.version}"</jclouds.osgi.export>
diff --git a/labs/jenkins/pom.xml b/labs/jenkins/pom.xml
index 4e0cd8b..76bd64f 100644
--- a/labs/jenkins/pom.xml
+++ b/labs/jenkins/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
     <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.jclouds.labs</groupId>
diff --git a/labs/joyent-sdc/pom.xml b/labs/joyent-sdc/pom.xml
index e307093..e1d61e0 100644
--- a/labs/joyent-sdc/pom.xml
+++ b/labs/joyent-sdc/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
     <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.jclouds.labs</groupId>
diff --git a/labs/joyentcloud/pom.xml b/labs/joyentcloud/pom.xml
index a0bdbab..120385b 100644
--- a/labs/joyentcloud/pom.xml
+++ b/labs/joyentcloud/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
     <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.jclouds.labs</groupId>
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
   <properties>
     <test.joyentcloud.endpoint>https://api.joyentcloud.com</test.joyentcloud.endpoint>
     <test.joyentcloud.api-version>~6.5</test.joyentcloud.api-version>
-    <test.joyentcloud.build-version></test.joyentcloud.build-version>
+    <test.joyentcloud.build-version />
     <test.joyentcloud.identity>FIXME_IDENTITY</test.joyentcloud.identity>
     <test.joyentcloud.credential>FIXME_CREDENTIALS</test.joyentcloud.credential>
     <jclouds.osgi.export>org.jclouds.joyent.joyentcloud*;version="${project.version}"</jclouds.osgi.export>
diff --git a/labs/openstack-glance/pom.xml b/labs/openstack-glance/pom.xml
index b3f22fe..7b1c880 100644
--- a/labs/openstack-glance/pom.xml
+++ b/labs/openstack-glance/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
     <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.jclouds.labs</groupId>
diff --git a/labs/openstack-quantum/pom.xml b/labs/openstack-quantum/pom.xml
index b78c893..a3d6e03 100644
--- a/labs/openstack-quantum/pom.xml
+++ b/labs/openstack-quantum/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
     <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.jclouds.labs</groupId>
diff --git a/labs/openstack-swift/pom.xml b/labs/openstack-swift/pom.xml
index 71f2363..1472178 100644
--- a/labs/openstack-swift/pom.xml
+++ b/labs/openstack-swift/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
     <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.jclouds.labs</groupId>
diff --git a/labs/opsource-servers/pom.xml b/labs/opsource-servers/pom.xml
index 71011b0..8b92ccc 100644
--- a/labs/opsource-servers/pom.xml
+++ b/labs/opsource-servers/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
     <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.jclouds.labs</groupId>
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@
   <properties>
     <test.opsource-servers.endpoint>https://api.opsourcecloud.net/oec/${jclouds.api-version}</test.opsource-servers.endpoint>
     <test.opsource-servers.api-version>0.9</test.opsource-servers.api-version>
-    <test.opsource-servers.build-version></test.opsource-servers.build-version>
+    <test.opsource-servers.build-version />
     <test.opsource-servers.identity>FIXME_USERNAME</test.opsource-servers.identity>
     <test.opsource-servers.credential>FIXME_PASSWORD</test.opsource-servers.credential>
-    <test.opsource-servers.template></test.opsource-servers.template>
+    <test.opsource-servers.template />
     <jclouds.osgi.export>org.jclouds.vcloud.director.v1_5*;version="${project.version}"</jclouds.osgi.export>
     <jclouds.osgi.import>
       org.jclouds.compute.internal;version="${project.version}",
diff --git a/labs/pom.xml b/labs/pom.xml
index b223764..401696d 100644
--- a/labs/pom.xml
+++ b/labs/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
-        <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
         <relativePath>../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds.labs</groupId>
diff --git a/labs/rackspace-cloudidentity/pom.xml b/labs/rackspace-cloudidentity/pom.xml
index 495d676..ef81eba 100644
--- a/labs/rackspace-cloudidentity/pom.xml
+++ b/labs/rackspace-cloudidentity/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
     <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.jclouds.labs</groupId>
diff --git a/labs/rackspace-cloudservers-us/pom.xml b/labs/rackspace-cloudservers-us/pom.xml
index cea349d..39cbae7 100644
--- a/labs/rackspace-cloudservers-us/pom.xml
+++ b/labs/rackspace-cloudservers-us/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
     <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.jclouds.labs</groupId>
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@
   <properties>
     <test.rackspace-cloudservers-us.endpoint>https://identity.api.rackspacecloud.com</test.rackspace-cloudservers-us.endpoint>
     <test.rackspace-cloudservers-us.api-version>2</test.rackspace-cloudservers-us.api-version>
-    <test.rackspace-cloudservers-us.build-version></test.rackspace-cloudservers-us.build-version>
+    <test.rackspace-cloudservers-us.build-version />
     <test.rackspace-cloudservers-us.identity>${test.rackspace-us.identity}</test.rackspace-cloudservers-us.identity>
     <test.rackspace-cloudservers-us.credential>${test.rackspace-us.credential}</test.rackspace-cloudservers-us.credential>
-    <test.rackspace-cloudservers-us.template></test.rackspace-cloudservers-us.template>
+    <test.rackspace-cloudservers-us.template />
     <jclouds.osgi.export>org.jclouds.rackspace.cloudservers.us*;version="${project.version}"</jclouds.osgi.export>
     <jclouds.osgi.import>
       org.jclouds.compute.internal;version="${project.version}",
diff --git a/labs/savvis-symphonyvpdc/pom.xml b/labs/savvis-symphonyvpdc/pom.xml
index c69a761..a63be74 100644
--- a/labs/savvis-symphonyvpdc/pom.xml
+++ b/labs/savvis-symphonyvpdc/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
         <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds.provider</groupId>
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
         <test.savvis-symphonyvpdc.build-version>2.3</test.savvis-symphonyvpdc.build-version>
         <test.savvis-symphonyvpdc.identity>FIXME</test.savvis-symphonyvpdc.identity>
         <test.savvis-symphonyvpdc.credential>FIXME</test.savvis-symphonyvpdc.credential>
-        <test.savvis-symphonyvpdc.template></test.savvis-symphonyvpdc.template>
+        <test.savvis-symphonyvpdc.template />
         <test.savvis-symphonyvpdc.vdc-email>FIXME</test.savvis-symphonyvpdc.vdc-email>
         <test.savvis-symphonyvpdc.loginUser>FIXME</test.savvis-symphonyvpdc.loginUser>
         <test.savvis-symphonyvpdc.loginPassword>FIXME</test.savvis-symphonyvpdc.loginPassword>
diff --git a/labs/vcloud-director/pom.xml b/labs/vcloud-director/pom.xml
index 27a8807..729c8b4 100644
--- a/labs/vcloud-director/pom.xml
+++ b/labs/vcloud-director/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
     <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.jclouds.labs</groupId>
@@ -39,13 +39,13 @@
     <test.vcloud-director.build-version>1.5.0.464915</test.vcloud-director.build-version>
     <test.vcloud-director.identity>FIXME_USERNAME_WHICH_MIGHT_BE_EMAIL@JClouds</test.vcloud-director.identity>
     <test.vcloud-director.credential>FIXME_PASSWORD</test.vcloud-director.credential>
-    <test.vcloud-director.template></test.vcloud-director.template>
-    <test.vcloud-director.catalog-id></test.vcloud-director.catalog-id>
-    <test.vcloud-director.media-id></test.vcloud-director.media-id>
-    <test.vcloud-director.vapptemplate-id></test.vcloud-director.vapptemplate-id>
-    <test.vcloud-director.network-id></test.vcloud-director.network-id>
-    <test.vcloud-director.vdc-id></test.vcloud-director.vdc-id>
-    <test.vcloud-director.user-id></test.vcloud-director.user-id>
+    <test.vcloud-director.template />
+    <test.vcloud-director.catalog-id />
+    <test.vcloud-director.media-id />
+    <test.vcloud-director.vapptemplate-id />
+    <test.vcloud-director.network-id />
+    <test.vcloud-director.vdc-id />
+    <test.vcloud-director.user-id />
 
     <jclouds.osgi.export>org.jclouds.vcloud.director.v1_5*;version="${project.version}"</jclouds.osgi.export>
     <jclouds.osgi.import>
diff --git a/labs/virtualbox/pom.xml b/labs/virtualbox/pom.xml
index 4355f52..9af9cc6 100644
--- a/labs/virtualbox/pom.xml
+++ b/labs/virtualbox/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
     <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.jclouds.labs</groupId>
diff --git a/loadbalancer/pom.xml b/loadbalancer/pom.xml
index dc113b7..5de7edf 100644
--- a/loadbalancer/pom.xml
+++ b/loadbalancer/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
         <relativePath>../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>jclouds-loadbalancer</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2092ec5..2014ae1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>        
-        <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
         <relativePath>project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>jclouds-multi</artifactId>
diff --git a/project/pom.xml b/project/pom.xml
index c8c2cf0..e817e42 100644
--- a/project/pom.xml
+++ b/project/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <name>jclouds Project</name>
     <url>http://www.jclouds.org</url>
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
         <connection>scm:git:git://github.com/jclouds/jclouds.git</connection>
         <developerConnection>scm:git:ssh://git@github.com/jclouds/jclouds.git</developerConnection>
         <url>http://github.com/jclouds/jclouds</url>
-      <tag>HEAD</tag>
+      <tag>jclouds-1.5.0-beta.3</tag>
   </scm>
 
     <repositories>
diff --git a/providers/aws-cloudwatch/pom.xml b/providers/aws-cloudwatch/pom.xml
index 4203bdb..94d7f5c 100644
--- a/providers/aws-cloudwatch/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/aws-cloudwatch/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
         <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds.provider</groupId>
diff --git a/providers/aws-ec2/pom.xml b/providers/aws-ec2/pom.xml
index 3ea8981..0bec7f5 100644
--- a/providers/aws-ec2/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/aws-ec2/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
     <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.jclouds.provider</groupId>
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@
   <properties>
     <test.aws-ec2.endpoint>https://ec2.us-east-1.amazonaws.com</test.aws-ec2.endpoint>
     <test.aws-ec2.api-version>2011-05-15</test.aws-ec2.api-version>
-    <test.aws-ec2.build-version></test.aws-ec2.build-version>
+    <test.aws-ec2.build-version />
     <test.aws-ec2.identity>${test.aws.identity}</test.aws-ec2.identity>
     <test.aws-ec2.credential>${test.aws.credential}</test.aws-ec2.credential>
-    <test.aws-ec2.template></test.aws-ec2.template>
+    <test.aws-ec2.template />
     <test.aws-ec2.ebs-template>hardwareId=m1.small,imageId=us-west-2/ami-38c64a08</test.aws-ec2.ebs-template>
     <jclouds.osgi.export>org.jclouds.aws.ec2*;version="${project.version}"</jclouds.osgi.export>
     <jclouds.osgi.import>
diff --git a/providers/aws-s3/pom.xml b/providers/aws-s3/pom.xml
index 3ec4b38..833d711 100644
--- a/providers/aws-s3/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/aws-s3/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
         <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds.provider</groupId>
diff --git a/providers/azureblob/pom.xml b/providers/azureblob/pom.xml
index 859ecea..9fb34bc 100644
--- a/providers/azureblob/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/azureblob/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
         <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds.provider</groupId>
diff --git a/providers/bluelock-vcloud-zone01/pom.xml b/providers/bluelock-vcloud-zone01/pom.xml
index 68786b0..c3ed9f5 100644
--- a/providers/bluelock-vcloud-zone01/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/bluelock-vcloud-zone01/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
     <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.jclouds.provider</groupId>
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     <test.bluelock-vcloud-zone01.build-version>1.5.0.464915</test.bluelock-vcloud-zone01.build-version>
     <test.bluelock-vcloud-zone01.identity>FIXME_IDENTITY</test.bluelock-vcloud-zone01.identity>
     <test.bluelock-vcloud-zone01.credential>FIXME_CREDENTIAL</test.bluelock-vcloud-zone01.credential>
-    <test.bluelock-vcloud-zone01.template></test.bluelock-vcloud-zone01.template>
+    <test.bluelock-vcloud-zone01.template />
     <jclouds.osgi.export>org.jclouds.bluelock.vcloud.zone01*;version="${project.version}"</jclouds.osgi.export>
     <jclouds.osgi.import>
       org.jclouds.compute.internal;version="${project.version}",
diff --git a/providers/cloudfiles-uk/pom.xml b/providers/cloudfiles-uk/pom.xml
index 0e38472..77e09a4 100644
--- a/providers/cloudfiles-uk/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/cloudfiles-uk/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
         <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds.provider</groupId>
diff --git a/providers/cloudfiles-us/pom.xml b/providers/cloudfiles-us/pom.xml
index 26d9b32..5b57c70 100644
--- a/providers/cloudfiles-us/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/cloudfiles-us/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
         <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds.provider</groupId>
diff --git a/providers/cloudloadbalancers-uk/pom.xml b/providers/cloudloadbalancers-uk/pom.xml
index ef09884..8a073fa 100644
--- a/providers/cloudloadbalancers-uk/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/cloudloadbalancers-uk/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
         <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds.provider</groupId>
diff --git a/providers/cloudloadbalancers-us/pom.xml b/providers/cloudloadbalancers-us/pom.xml
index 19e2d77..07a38cb 100644
--- a/providers/cloudloadbalancers-us/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/cloudloadbalancers-us/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
         <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds.provider</groupId>
diff --git a/providers/cloudonestorage/pom.xml b/providers/cloudonestorage/pom.xml
index 1955d37..a8aa18c 100644
--- a/providers/cloudonestorage/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/cloudonestorage/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
         <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds.provider</groupId>
diff --git a/providers/cloudservers-uk/pom.xml b/providers/cloudservers-uk/pom.xml
index 771662c..aff7946 100644
--- a/providers/cloudservers-uk/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/cloudservers-uk/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
     <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.jclouds.provider</groupId>
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@
   <properties>
     <test.cloudservers-uk.endpoint>https://lon.auth.api.rackspacecloud.com</test.cloudservers-uk.endpoint>
     <test.cloudservers-uk.api-version>1.0</test.cloudservers-uk.api-version>
-    <test.cloudservers-uk.build-version></test.cloudservers-uk.build-version>
+    <test.cloudservers-uk.build-version />
     <test.cloudservers-uk.identity>${test.rackspace-uk.identity}</test.cloudservers-uk.identity>
     <test.cloudservers-uk.credential>${test.rackspace-uk.credential}</test.cloudservers-uk.credential>
-    <test.cloudservers-uk.template></test.cloudservers-uk.template>
+    <test.cloudservers-uk.template />
     <jclouds.osgi.export>org.jclouds.rackspace.cloudservers*;version="${project.version}"</jclouds.osgi.export>
     <jclouds.osgi.import>
       org.jclouds.compute.internal;version="${project.version}",
diff --git a/providers/cloudservers-us/pom.xml b/providers/cloudservers-us/pom.xml
index 70a3140..6fcf6e6 100644
--- a/providers/cloudservers-us/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/cloudservers-us/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
     <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.jclouds.provider</groupId>
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@
   <properties>
     <test.cloudservers-us.endpoint>https://auth.api.rackspacecloud.com</test.cloudservers-us.endpoint>
     <test.cloudservers-us.api-version>1.0</test.cloudservers-us.api-version>
-    <test.cloudservers-us.build-version></test.cloudservers-us.build-version>
+    <test.cloudservers-us.build-version />
     <test.cloudservers-us.identity>${test.rackspace-us.identity}</test.cloudservers-us.identity>
     <test.cloudservers-us.credential>${test.rackspace-us.credential}</test.cloudservers-us.credential>
-    <test.cloudservers-us.template></test.cloudservers-us.template>
+    <test.cloudservers-us.template />
     <jclouds.osgi.export>org.jclouds.rackspace.cloudservers*;version="${project.version}"</jclouds.osgi.export>
     <jclouds.osgi.import>
       org.jclouds.compute.internal;version="${project.version}",
diff --git a/providers/cloudsigma-lvs/pom.xml b/providers/cloudsigma-lvs/pom.xml
index 46b4ff1..097a417 100644
--- a/providers/cloudsigma-lvs/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/cloudsigma-lvs/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
     <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.jclouds.provider</groupId>
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@
   <properties>
     <test.cloudsigma-lvs.endpoint>https://api.lvs.cloudsigma.com</test.cloudsigma-lvs.endpoint>
     <test.cloudsigma-lvs.api-version>1.0</test.cloudsigma-lvs.api-version>
-    <test.cloudsigma-lvs.build-version></test.cloudsigma-lvs.build-version>
+    <test.cloudsigma-lvs.build-version />
     <test.cloudsigma-lvs.identity>FIXME</test.cloudsigma-lvs.identity>
     <test.cloudsigma-lvs.credential>FIXME</test.cloudsigma-lvs.credential>
-    <test.cloudsigma-lvs.template></test.cloudsigma-lvs.template>
+    <test.cloudsigma-lvs.template />
     <jclouds.osgi.export>org.jclouds.cloudsigma*;version="${project.version}"</jclouds.osgi.export>
     <jclouds.osgi.import>
       org.jclouds.compute.internal;version="${project.version}",
diff --git a/providers/cloudsigma-zrh/pom.xml b/providers/cloudsigma-zrh/pom.xml
index a8d9b8d..084bf4a 100644
--- a/providers/cloudsigma-zrh/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/cloudsigma-zrh/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
     <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.jclouds.provider</groupId>
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@
   <properties>
     <test.cloudsigma-zrh.endpoint>https://api.zrh.cloudsigma.com</test.cloudsigma-zrh.endpoint>
     <test.cloudsigma-zrh.api-version>1.0</test.cloudsigma-zrh.api-version>
-    <test.cloudsigma-zrh.build-version></test.cloudsigma-zrh.build-version>
+    <test.cloudsigma-zrh.build-version />
     <test.cloudsigma-zrh.identity>FIXME</test.cloudsigma-zrh.identity>
     <test.cloudsigma-zrh.credential>FIXME</test.cloudsigma-zrh.credential>
-    <test.cloudsigma-zrh.template></test.cloudsigma-zrh.template>
+    <test.cloudsigma-zrh.template />
     <jclouds.osgi.export>org.jclouds.cloudsigma*;version="${project.version}"</jclouds.osgi.export>
     <jclouds.osgi.import>
       org.jclouds.compute.internal;version="${project.version}",
diff --git a/providers/elastichosts-lax-p/pom.xml b/providers/elastichosts-lax-p/pom.xml
index ca0e7f5..d9c2ff7 100644
--- a/providers/elastichosts-lax-p/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/elastichosts-lax-p/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
         <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds.provider</groupId>
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@
     <properties>
         <test.elastichosts-lax-p.endpoint>https://api.lax-p.elastichosts.com</test.elastichosts-lax-p.endpoint>
         <test.elastichosts-lax-p.api-version>2.0</test.elastichosts-lax-p.api-version>
-        <test.elastichosts-lax-p.build-version></test.elastichosts-lax-p.build-version>
+        <test.elastichosts-lax-p.build-version />
         <test.elastichosts-lax-p.identity>FIXME_IDENTITY</test.elastichosts-lax-p.identity>
         <test.elastichosts-lax-p.credential>FIXME_CREDENTIAL</test.elastichosts-lax-p.credential>
-        <test.elastichosts-lax-p.template></test.elastichosts-lax-p.template>
+        <test.elastichosts-lax-p.template />
 
         <jclouds.osgi.export>org.jclouds.elastichosts*;version="${project.version}"</jclouds.osgi.export>
         <jclouds.osgi.import>
diff --git a/providers/elastichosts-lon-b/pom.xml b/providers/elastichosts-lon-b/pom.xml
index 6acef22..dc727d3 100644
--- a/providers/elastichosts-lon-b/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/elastichosts-lon-b/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
         <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds.provider</groupId>
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@
     <properties>
         <test.elastichosts-lon-b.endpoint>https://api.lon-b.elastichosts.com</test.elastichosts-lon-b.endpoint>
         <test.elastichosts-lon-b.api-version>2.0</test.elastichosts-lon-b.api-version>
-        <test.elastichosts-lon-b.build-version></test.elastichosts-lon-b.build-version>
+        <test.elastichosts-lon-b.build-version />
         <test.elastichosts-lon-b.identity>FIXME_IDENTITY</test.elastichosts-lon-b.identity>
         <test.elastichosts-lon-b.credential>FIXME_CREDENTIAL</test.elastichosts-lon-b.credential>
-        <test.elastichosts-lon-b.template></test.elastichosts-lon-b.template>
+        <test.elastichosts-lon-b.template />
 
         <jclouds.osgi.export>org.jclouds.elastichosts*;version="${project.version}"</jclouds.osgi.export>
         <jclouds.osgi.import>
diff --git a/providers/elastichosts-lon-p/pom.xml b/providers/elastichosts-lon-p/pom.xml
index 4bc74dd..39b5939 100644
--- a/providers/elastichosts-lon-p/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/elastichosts-lon-p/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
         <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds.provider</groupId>
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@
     <properties>
         <test.elastichosts-lon-p.endpoint>https://api.lon-p.elastichosts.com</test.elastichosts-lon-p.endpoint>
         <test.elastichosts-lon-p.api-version>2.0</test.elastichosts-lon-p.api-version>
-        <test.elastichosts-lon-p.build-version></test.elastichosts-lon-p.build-version>
+        <test.elastichosts-lon-p.build-version />
         <test.elastichosts-lon-p.identity>FIXME_IDENTITY</test.elastichosts-lon-p.identity>
         <test.elastichosts-lon-p.credential>FIXME_CREDENTIAL</test.elastichosts-lon-p.credential>
-        <test.elastichosts-lon-p.template></test.elastichosts-lon-p.template>
+        <test.elastichosts-lon-p.template />
 
         <jclouds.osgi.export>org.jclouds.elastichosts*;version="${project.version}"</jclouds.osgi.export>
         <jclouds.osgi.import>
diff --git a/providers/elastichosts-sat-p/pom.xml b/providers/elastichosts-sat-p/pom.xml
index 6061d89..08074d7 100644
--- a/providers/elastichosts-sat-p/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/elastichosts-sat-p/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
         <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds.provider</groupId>
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@
     <properties>
         <test.elastichosts-sat-p.endpoint>https://api.sat-p.elastichosts.com</test.elastichosts-sat-p.endpoint>
         <test.elastichosts-sat-p.api-version>2.0</test.elastichosts-sat-p.api-version>
-        <test.elastichosts-sat-p.build-version></test.elastichosts-sat-p.build-version>
+        <test.elastichosts-sat-p.build-version />
         <test.elastichosts-sat-p.identity>FIXME_IDENTITY</test.elastichosts-sat-p.identity>
         <test.elastichosts-sat-p.credential>FIXME_CREDENTIAL</test.elastichosts-sat-p.credential>
-        <test.elastichosts-sat-p.template></test.elastichosts-sat-p.template>
+        <test.elastichosts-sat-p.template />
 
         <jclouds.osgi.export>org.jclouds.elastichosts*;version="${project.version}"</jclouds.osgi.export>
         <jclouds.osgi.import>
diff --git a/providers/elastichosts-tor-p/pom.xml b/providers/elastichosts-tor-p/pom.xml
index 29e566c..d8c3243 100644
--- a/providers/elastichosts-tor-p/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/elastichosts-tor-p/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
         <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds.provider</groupId>
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@
     <properties>
         <test.elastichosts-tor-p.endpoint>https://api.tor-p.elastichosts.com</test.elastichosts-tor-p.endpoint>
         <test.elastichosts-tor-p.api-version>2.0</test.elastichosts-tor-p.api-version>
-        <test.elastichosts-tor-p.build-version></test.elastichosts-tor-p.build-version>
+        <test.elastichosts-tor-p.build-version />
         <test.elastichosts-tor-p.identity>FIXME_IDENTITY</test.elastichosts-tor-p.identity>
         <test.elastichosts-tor-p.credential>FIXME_CREDENTIAL</test.elastichosts-tor-p.credential>
-        <test.elastichosts-tor-p.template></test.elastichosts-tor-p.template>
+        <test.elastichosts-tor-p.template />
 
         <jclouds.osgi.export>org.jclouds.elastichosts*;version="${project.version}"</jclouds.osgi.export>
         <jclouds.osgi.import>
diff --git a/providers/eucalyptus-partnercloud-ec2/pom.xml b/providers/eucalyptus-partnercloud-ec2/pom.xml
index bd9374e..556d9ce 100644
--- a/providers/eucalyptus-partnercloud-ec2/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/eucalyptus-partnercloud-ec2/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
         <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds.provider</groupId>
@@ -36,11 +36,11 @@
     <properties>
         <test.eucalyptus-partnercloud-ec2.endpoint>http://partnercloud.eucalyptus.com:8773/services/Eucalyptus</test.eucalyptus-partnercloud-ec2.endpoint>
         <test.eucalyptus-partnercloud-ec2.api-version>2010-06-15</test.eucalyptus-partnercloud-ec2.api-version>
-        <test.eucalyptus-partnercloud-ec2.build-version></test.eucalyptus-partnercloud-ec2.build-version>
+        <test.eucalyptus-partnercloud-ec2.build-version />
         <test.eucalyptus-partnercloud-ec2.identity>FIXME_IDENTITY</test.eucalyptus-partnercloud-ec2.identity>
         <test.eucalyptus-partnercloud-ec2.credential>FIXME_CREDENTIAL</test.eucalyptus-partnercloud-ec2.credential>
-        <test.eucalyptus-partnercloud-ec2.template></test.eucalyptus-partnercloud-ec2.template>
-        <test.eucalyptus-partnercloud-ec2.ebs-template></test.eucalyptus-partnercloud-ec2.ebs-template>
+        <test.eucalyptus-partnercloud-ec2.template />
+        <test.eucalyptus-partnercloud-ec2.ebs-template />
 
         <jclouds.osgi.export>org.jclouds.epc*;version="${project.version}"</jclouds.osgi.export>
         <jclouds.osgi.import>
diff --git a/providers/eucalyptus-partnercloud-s3/pom.xml b/providers/eucalyptus-partnercloud-s3/pom.xml
index 00c0e2c..9f0e596 100644
--- a/providers/eucalyptus-partnercloud-s3/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/eucalyptus-partnercloud-s3/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
         <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds.provider</groupId>
diff --git a/providers/go2cloud-jhb1/pom.xml b/providers/go2cloud-jhb1/pom.xml
index 81e9026..ee9c694 100644
--- a/providers/go2cloud-jhb1/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/go2cloud-jhb1/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
         <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds.provider</groupId>
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@
     <properties>
         <test.go2cloud-jhb1.endpoint>http://api.jhb1.go2cloud.co.za</test.go2cloud-jhb1.endpoint>
         <test.go2cloud-jhb1.api-version>2.0</test.go2cloud-jhb1.api-version>
-        <test.go2cloud-jhb1.build-version></test.go2cloud-jhb1.build-version>
+        <test.go2cloud-jhb1.build-version />
         <test.go2cloud-jhb1.identity>FIXME_IDENTITY</test.go2cloud-jhb1.identity>
         <test.go2cloud-jhb1.credential>FIXME_CREDENTIAL</test.go2cloud-jhb1.credential>
-        <test.go2cloud-jhb1.template></test.go2cloud-jhb1.template>
+        <test.go2cloud-jhb1.template />
 
         <jclouds.osgi.export>org.jclouds.go2cloud*;version="${project.version}"</jclouds.osgi.export>
         <jclouds.osgi.import>
diff --git a/providers/gogrid/pom.xml b/providers/gogrid/pom.xml
index b42e13c..2ac0405 100644
--- a/providers/gogrid/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/gogrid/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
         <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds.provider</groupId>
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@
     <properties>
         <test.gogrid.endpoint>https://api.gogrid.com/api</test.gogrid.endpoint>
         <test.gogrid.api-version>1.5</test.gogrid.api-version>
-        <test.gogrid.build-version></test.gogrid.build-version>
+        <test.gogrid.build-version />
         <test.gogrid.identity>FIXME</test.gogrid.identity>
         <test.gogrid.credential>FIXME</test.gogrid.credential>
-        <test.gogrid.template></test.gogrid.template>
+        <test.gogrid.template />
 
         <jclouds.osgi.export>org.jclouds.gogrid*;version="${project.version}"</jclouds.osgi.export>
         <jclouds.osgi.import>
diff --git a/providers/greenhousedata-element-vcloud/pom.xml b/providers/greenhousedata-element-vcloud/pom.xml
index 640bcf0..d6a59e0 100644
--- a/providers/greenhousedata-element-vcloud/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/greenhousedata-element-vcloud/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
         <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds.provider</groupId>
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
         <test.greenhousedata-element-vcloud.build-version>1.5.0.464915</test.greenhousedata-element-vcloud.build-version>
         <test.greenhousedata-element-vcloud.identity>FIXME_IDENTITY</test.greenhousedata-element-vcloud.identity>
         <test.greenhousedata-element-vcloud.credential>FIXME_CREDENTIAL</test.greenhousedata-element-vcloud.credential>
-        <test.greenhousedata-element-vcloud.template></test.greenhousedata-element-vcloud.template>
+        <test.greenhousedata-element-vcloud.template />
         <jclouds.osgi.export>org.jclouds.greenhousedata.element.vcloud*;version="${project.version}"</jclouds.osgi.export>
         <jclouds.osgi.import>
           org.jclouds.compute.internal;version="${project.version}",
diff --git a/providers/hpcloud-compute/pom.xml b/providers/hpcloud-compute/pom.xml
index aaa4bfd..53f9656 100644
--- a/providers/hpcloud-compute/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/hpcloud-compute/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
     <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.jclouds.provider</groupId>
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@
   <properties>
     <test.hpcloud-compute.endpoint>https://region-a.geo-1.identity.hpcloudsvc.com:35357</test.hpcloud-compute.endpoint>
     <test.hpcloud-compute.api-version>1.1</test.hpcloud-compute.api-version>
-    <test.hpcloud-compute.build-version></test.hpcloud-compute.build-version>
+    <test.hpcloud-compute.build-version />
     <test.hpcloud-compute.identity>FIXME_IDENTITY</test.hpcloud-compute.identity>
     <test.hpcloud-compute.credential>FIXME_CREDENTIAL</test.hpcloud-compute.credential>
-    <test.hpcloud-compute.template></test.hpcloud-compute.template>
+    <test.hpcloud-compute.template />
     <jclouds.osgi.export>org.jclouds.hpcloud.compute*;version="${project.version}"</jclouds.osgi.export>
     <jclouds.osgi.import>
       org.jclouds.compute.internal;version="${project.version}",
diff --git a/providers/hpcloud-objectstorage/pom.xml b/providers/hpcloud-objectstorage/pom.xml
index 387567b..cd0ab12 100644
--- a/providers/hpcloud-objectstorage/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/hpcloud-objectstorage/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
         <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds.provider</groupId>
diff --git a/providers/ninefold-compute/pom.xml b/providers/ninefold-compute/pom.xml
index 17ab38c..4744205 100644
--- a/providers/ninefold-compute/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/ninefold-compute/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
     <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.jclouds.provider</groupId>
diff --git a/providers/ninefold-storage/pom.xml b/providers/ninefold-storage/pom.xml
index 039a01b..7a6899c 100644
--- a/providers/ninefold-storage/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/ninefold-storage/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
         <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds.provider</groupId>
diff --git a/providers/openhosting-east1/pom.xml b/providers/openhosting-east1/pom.xml
index 7e87b05..4cb0c0d 100644
--- a/providers/openhosting-east1/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/openhosting-east1/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
         <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds.provider</groupId>
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@
     <properties>
         <test.openhosting-east1.endpoint>https://api.east1.openhosting.com</test.openhosting-east1.endpoint>
         <test.openhosting-east1.api-version>2.0</test.openhosting-east1.api-version>
-        <test.openhosting-east1.build-version></test.openhosting-east1.build-version>
+        <test.openhosting-east1.build-version />
         <test.openhosting-east1.identity>FIXME_IDENTITY</test.openhosting-east1.identity>
         <test.openhosting-east1.credential>FIXME_CREDENTIAL</test.openhosting-east1.credential>
-        <test.openhosting-east1.template></test.openhosting-east1.template>
+        <test.openhosting-east1.template />
 
         <jclouds.osgi.export>org.jclouds.openhosting*;version="${project.version}"</jclouds.osgi.export>
         <jclouds.osgi.import>
diff --git a/providers/pom.xml b/providers/pom.xml
index 88c4d0c..8bc97f3 100644
--- a/providers/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
-        <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
         <relativePath>../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds.provider</groupId>
diff --git a/providers/rimuhosting/pom.xml b/providers/rimuhosting/pom.xml
index 7ecbb09..e91be2e 100644
--- a/providers/rimuhosting/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/rimuhosting/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
         <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds.provider</groupId>
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@
     <properties>
         <test.rimuhosting.endpoint>https://api.rimuhosting.com/r</test.rimuhosting.endpoint>
         <test.rimuhosting.api-version>1.0</test.rimuhosting.api-version>
-        <test.rimuhosting.build-version></test.rimuhosting.build-version>
+        <test.rimuhosting.build-version />
         <test.rimuhosting.identity>FIXME</test.rimuhosting.identity>
-        <test.rimuhosting.template></test.rimuhosting.template>
+        <test.rimuhosting.template />
 
         <jclouds.osgi.export>org.jclouds.rimuhosting.miro*;version="${project.version}"</jclouds.osgi.export>
         <jclouds.osgi.import>
diff --git a/providers/serverlove-z1-man/pom.xml b/providers/serverlove-z1-man/pom.xml
index 4b0ef8a..5b4ad32 100644
--- a/providers/serverlove-z1-man/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/serverlove-z1-man/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
         <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds.provider</groupId>
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@
     <properties>
         <test.serverlove-z1-man.endpoint>https://api.z1-man.serverlove.com</test.serverlove-z1-man.endpoint>
         <test.serverlove-z1-man.api-version>1.0</test.serverlove-z1-man.api-version>
-        <test.serverlove-z1-man.build-version></test.serverlove-z1-man.build-version>
+        <test.serverlove-z1-man.build-version />
         <test.serverlove-z1-man.identity>FIXME_IDENTITY</test.serverlove-z1-man.identity>
         <test.serverlove-z1-man.credential>FIXME_CREDENTIAL</test.serverlove-z1-man.credential>
-        <test.serverlove-z1-man.template></test.serverlove-z1-man.template>
+        <test.serverlove-z1-man.template />
         <jclouds.osgi.export>org.jclouds.serverlove*;version="${project.version}"</jclouds.osgi.export>
         <jclouds.osgi.import>
           org.jclouds.compute.internal;version="${project.version}",
diff --git a/providers/skalicloud-sdg-my/pom.xml b/providers/skalicloud-sdg-my/pom.xml
index e1b38fa..d1ba8be 100644
--- a/providers/skalicloud-sdg-my/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/skalicloud-sdg-my/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
         <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds.provider</groupId>
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@
     <properties>
         <test.skalicloud-sdg-my.endpoint>https://api.sdg-my.skalicloud.com</test.skalicloud-sdg-my.endpoint>
         <test.skalicloud-sdg-my.api-version>1.0</test.skalicloud-sdg-my.api-version>
-        <test.skalicloud-sdg-my.build-version></test.skalicloud-sdg-my.build-version>
+        <test.skalicloud-sdg-my.build-version />
         <test.skalicloud-sdg-my.identity>FIXME_IDENTITY</test.skalicloud-sdg-my.identity>
         <test.skalicloud-sdg-my.credential>FIXME_CREDENTIAL</test.skalicloud-sdg-my.credential>
-        <test.skalicloud-sdg-my.template></test.skalicloud-sdg-my.template>
+        <test.skalicloud-sdg-my.template />
 
         <jclouds.osgi.export>org.jclouds.skalicloud*;version="${project.version}"</jclouds.osgi.export>
         <jclouds.osgi.import>
diff --git a/providers/slicehost/pom.xml b/providers/slicehost/pom.xml
index 80f8a67..82c0a02 100644
--- a/providers/slicehost/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/slicehost/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
         <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds.provider</groupId>
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@
     <properties>
         <test.slicehost.endpoint>https://api.slicehost.com</test.slicehost.endpoint>
         <test.slicehost.api-version>1.4.1.1</test.slicehost.api-version>
-        <test.slicehost.build-version></test.slicehost.build-version>
+        <test.slicehost.build-version />
         <test.slicehost.identity>FIXME</test.slicehost.identity>
-        <test.slicehost.template></test.slicehost.template>
+        <test.slicehost.template />
 
         <jclouds.osgi.export>org.jclouds.slicehost*;version="${project.version}"</jclouds.osgi.export>
         <jclouds.osgi.import>
diff --git a/providers/softlayer/pom.xml b/providers/softlayer/pom.xml
index 9ddb6e2..d2098b0 100644
--- a/providers/softlayer/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/softlayer/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
     <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.jclouds.provider</groupId>
@@ -50,10 +50,10 @@
   <properties>
     <test.softlayer.endpoint>https://api.softlayer.com/rest</test.softlayer.endpoint>
     <test.softlayer.api-version>3</test.softlayer.api-version>
-    <test.softlayer.build-version></test.softlayer.build-version>
+    <test.softlayer.build-version />
     <test.softlayer.identity>FIXME</test.softlayer.identity>
     <test.softlayer.credential>FIXME</test.softlayer.credential>
-    <test.softlayer.template></test.softlayer.template>
+    <test.softlayer.template />
     <jclouds.osgi.export>org.jclouds.softlayer*;version="${project.version}"</jclouds.osgi.export>
     <jclouds.osgi.import>
       org.jclouds.compute.internal;version="${project.version}",
diff --git a/providers/stratogen-vcloud-mycloud/pom.xml b/providers/stratogen-vcloud-mycloud/pom.xml
index 5f80ed3..c92429b 100644
--- a/providers/stratogen-vcloud-mycloud/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/stratogen-vcloud-mycloud/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
         <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds.provider</groupId>
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
         <test.stratogen-vcloud-mycloud.build-version>1.5.0.464915</test.stratogen-vcloud-mycloud.build-version>
         <test.stratogen-vcloud-mycloud.identity>FIXME_IDENTITY</test.stratogen-vcloud-mycloud.identity>
         <test.stratogen-vcloud-mycloud.credential>FIXME_CREDENTIAL</test.stratogen-vcloud-mycloud.credential>
-        <test.stratogen-vcloud-mycloud.template></test.stratogen-vcloud-mycloud.template>
+        <test.stratogen-vcloud-mycloud.template />
         <jclouds.osgi.export>org.jclouds.stratogen.vcloud.mycloud*;version="${project.version}"</jclouds.osgi.export>
         <jclouds.osgi.import>
           org.jclouds.compute.internal;version="${project.version}",
diff --git a/providers/synaptic-storage/pom.xml b/providers/synaptic-storage/pom.xml
index 71d6f12..6d6f8a2 100644
--- a/providers/synaptic-storage/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/synaptic-storage/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
         <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds.provider</groupId>
diff --git a/providers/trmk-ecloud/pom.xml b/providers/trmk-ecloud/pom.xml
index f38b244..4c96f5a 100644
--- a/providers/trmk-ecloud/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/trmk-ecloud/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
         <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds.provider</groupId>
@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@
         <test.trmk-ecloud.endpoint>https://services.enterprisecloud.terremark.com/api</test.trmk-ecloud.endpoint>
         <test.trmk-ecloud.datacenter>MIA</test.trmk-ecloud.datacenter>
         <test.trmk-ecloud.api-version>0.8b-ext2.8</test.trmk-ecloud.api-version>
-        <test.trmk-ecloud.build-version></test.trmk-ecloud.build-version>
+        <test.trmk-ecloud.build-version />
         <test.trmk-ecloud.identity>FIXME</test.trmk-ecloud.identity>
         <test.trmk-ecloud.credential>FIXME</test.trmk-ecloud.credential>
-        <test.trmk-ecloud.template></test.trmk-ecloud.template>
+        <test.trmk-ecloud.template />
 
         <jclouds.osgi.export>org.jclouds.trmk.ecloud*;version="${project.version}"</jclouds.osgi.export>
         <jclouds.osgi.import>
diff --git a/providers/trmk-vcloudexpress/pom.xml b/providers/trmk-vcloudexpress/pom.xml
index df454c2..74e8542 100644
--- a/providers/trmk-vcloudexpress/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/trmk-vcloudexpress/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
         <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds.provider</groupId>
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@
     <properties>
         <test.trmk-vcloudexpress.endpoint>https://services.vcloudexpress.terremark.com/api</test.trmk-vcloudexpress.endpoint>
         <test.trmk-vcloudexpress.api-version>0.8a-ext1.6</test.trmk-vcloudexpress.api-version>
-        <test.trmk-vcloudexpress.build-version></test.trmk-vcloudexpress.build-version>
+        <test.trmk-vcloudexpress.build-version />
         <test.trmk-vcloudexpress.identity>FIXME</test.trmk-vcloudexpress.identity>
         <test.trmk-vcloudexpress.credential>FIXME</test.trmk-vcloudexpress.credential>
-        <test.trmk-vcloudexpress.template></test.trmk-vcloudexpress.template>
+        <test.trmk-vcloudexpress.template />
 
         <jclouds.osgi.export>org.jclouds.trmk.ecloud*;version="${project.version}"</jclouds.osgi.export>
         <jclouds.osgi.import>
diff --git a/providers/trystack-nova/pom.xml b/providers/trystack-nova/pom.xml
index ba50265..3086176 100644
--- a/providers/trystack-nova/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/trystack-nova/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
     <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.jclouds.provider</groupId>
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@
   <properties>
     <test.trystack-nova.endpoint>https://nova-api.trystack.org:5443</test.trystack-nova.endpoint>
     <test.trystack-nova.api-version>1.1</test.trystack-nova.api-version>
-    <test.trystack-nova.build-version></test.trystack-nova.build-version>
+    <test.trystack-nova.build-version />
     <test.trystack-nova.identity>FIXME_IDENTITY</test.trystack-nova.identity>
     <test.trystack-nova.credential>FIXME_CREDENTIAL</test.trystack-nova.credential>
-    <test.trystack-nova.template></test.trystack-nova.template>
+    <test.trystack-nova.template />
     <jclouds.osgi.export>org.jclouds.trystack.nova*;version="${project.version}"</jclouds.osgi.export>
     <jclouds.osgi.import>
       org.jclouds.compute.internal;version="${project.version}",
diff --git a/resources/pom.xml b/resources/pom.xml
index 7569bc4..f25ed09 100644
--- a/resources/pom.xml
+++ b/resources/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
-        <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
         <relativePath>../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>    
     <artifactId>jclouds-resources</artifactId>
diff --git a/scriptbuilder/pom.xml b/scriptbuilder/pom.xml
index d8d48d7..5541537 100644
--- a/scriptbuilder/pom.xml
+++ b/scriptbuilder/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
         <relativePath>../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>jclouds-scriptbuilder</artifactId>
diff --git a/skeletons/pom.xml b/skeletons/pom.xml
index 857e190..2f41f51 100644
--- a/skeletons/pom.xml
+++ b/skeletons/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
-        <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
         <relativePath>../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/skeletons/standalone-compute/pom.xml b/skeletons/standalone-compute/pom.xml
index 2e1853f..67a1426 100644
--- a/skeletons/standalone-compute/pom.xml
+++ b/skeletons/standalone-compute/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.5.0-beta.3</version>
         <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds.api</groupId>