diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a969262..2e20cf5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>commons-text</artifactId>
-  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.0-beta-1</version>
   <name>Apache Commons Text</name>
 
   <inceptionYear>2014</inceptionYear>
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
     <connection>scm:git:http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/commons-text.git</connection>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/commons-text.git</developerConnection>
     <url>https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=commons-text.git</url>
+    <tag>1.0-beta-1</tag>
   </scm>
 
   <developers>
@@ -124,7 +125,7 @@
 
     <commons.componentid>text</commons.componentid>
     <!-- Current 3.x release series -->
-    <commons.release.version>1.0</commons.release.version>
+    <commons.release.version>1.0-beta-1</commons.release.version>
     <commons.release.desc>(Java 7+)</commons.release.desc>
 
     <commons.jira.id>TEXT</commons.jira.id>