This closes #1713
diff --git a/sdks/java/maven-archetypes/examples-java8/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml b/sdks/java/maven-archetypes/examples-java8/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
index c9645d3..a20a9be 100644
--- a/sdks/java/maven-archetypes/examples-java8/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
+++ b/sdks/java/maven-archetypes/examples-java8/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <properties>
-    <beam.version>0.4.0-incubating</beam.version>
+    <beam.version>0.4.0</beam.version>
   </properties>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/sdks/java/maven-archetypes/examples/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml b/sdks/java/maven-archetypes/examples/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
index 62a2de5..91405ac 100644
--- a/sdks/java/maven-archetypes/examples/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
+++ b/sdks/java/maven-archetypes/examples/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <properties>
-    <beam.version>0.4.0-incubating</beam.version>
+    <beam.version>0.4.0</beam.version>
   </properties>
 
   <repositories>
diff --git a/sdks/java/maven-archetypes/starter/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml b/sdks/java/maven-archetypes/starter/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
index 4dab830..64ca4c4 100644
--- a/sdks/java/maven-archetypes/starter/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
+++ b/sdks/java/maven-archetypes/starter/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <version>${version}</version>
 
   <properties>
-    <beam.version>0.4.0-incubating</beam.version>
+    <beam.version>0.4.0</beam.version>
   </properties>
 
   <repositories>
diff --git a/sdks/java/maven-archetypes/starter/src/test/resources/projects/basic/reference/pom.xml b/sdks/java/maven-archetypes/starter/src/test/resources/projects/basic/reference/pom.xml
index 5fb2bf6..48703d2 100644
--- a/sdks/java/maven-archetypes/starter/src/test/resources/projects/basic/reference/pom.xml
+++ b/sdks/java/maven-archetypes/starter/src/test/resources/projects/basic/reference/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <version>0.1</version>
 
   <properties>
-    <beam.version>0.4.0-incubating</beam.version>
+    <beam.version>0.4.0</beam.version>
   </properties>
 
   <repositories>