diff --git a/examples/engine/java/pom.xml b/examples/engine/java/pom.xml
index 7661a0b..37678bb 100644
--- a/examples/engine/java/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/engine/java/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.qpid</groupId>
     <artifactId>proton-project</artifactId>
-    <version>0.14.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.14.0-beta</version>
     <relativePath>../../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/examples/java/messenger/pom.xml b/examples/java/messenger/pom.xml
index e1529dc..4d1a8e6 100644
--- a/examples/java/messenger/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/java/messenger/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.qpid</groupId>
     <artifactId>proton-project</artifactId>
-    <version>0.14.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.14.0-beta</version>
     <relativePath>../../..</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/examples/java/reactor/pom.xml b/examples/java/reactor/pom.xml
index 4414e86..bfb0693 100644
--- a/examples/java/reactor/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/java/reactor/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.qpid</groupId>
     <artifactId>proton-project</artifactId>
-    <version>0.14.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.14.0-beta</version>
     <relativePath>../../..</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8c033a0..7dfe1c3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
   <groupId>org.apache.qpid</groupId>
   <artifactId>proton-project</artifactId>
-  <version>0.14.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.14.0-beta</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <properties>
diff --git a/proton-j/pom.xml b/proton-j/pom.xml
index caee299..5efae22 100644
--- a/proton-j/pom.xml
+++ b/proton-j/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.qpid</groupId>
     <artifactId>proton-project</artifactId>
-    <version>0.14.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.14.0-beta</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/tests/pom.xml b/tests/pom.xml
index 52e85ca..a93d371 100644
--- a/tests/pom.xml
+++ b/tests/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.qpid</groupId>
     <artifactId>proton-project</artifactId>
-    <version>0.14.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.14.0-beta</version>
   </parent>
 
   <description>The Proton python system tests execute against the Java or C implementation, using Maven (via this pom) and CMake/CTest respectively.
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index 85a7357..7e6c254 100644
--- a/version.txt
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.14.0-SNAPSHOT
+0.14.0-beta