diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.txt b/RELEASE_NOTES.txt
index 4d533cd..6f4932e 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.txt
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,20 @@
-Changes since 4.0 Beta 2
+Release 4.0 Beta 3
 -------------------
 
+The 4.0 BETA3 is a maintenance release that picks up the latest bug fixes in the core components.
+
+* Upgraded HttpCore to version 4.2.2
+
+* [HTTPASYNC-26] OSGi bundle import fix.
+  Contributed by Daniel Kulp <dkulp at apache.org>
+
 * [HTTPASYNC-25] AsyncSchemeRegistry instance set in the execution context takes precedence over
   the default one.
   Contributed by Daniel Kulp <dkulp at apache.org> 
 
+* Ported fix for HTTPCLIENT-1224
+  Contributed by Oleg Kalnichevski <olegk at apache.org>
+
 
 Release 4.0 Beta 2
 -------------------
diff --git a/src/site/apt/download.apt b/src/site/apt/download.apt
index ce64552..110b990 100644
--- a/src/site/apt/download.apt
+++ b/src/site/apt/download.apt
@@ -42,24 +42,24 @@
     in your {{{http://maven.apache.org/guides/introduction/introduction-to-the-pom.html}pom.xml}} 
     by adding the following block to the dependency descriptor:
 
-* {HttpComponents AsyncClient 4.0-beta2}
+* {HttpComponents AsyncClient 4.0-beta3}
 
 -------------------------
   <dependency>
     <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
     <artifactId>httpasyncclient</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0-beta2</version>
+    <version>4.0-beta3</version>
     <scope>compile</scope>
   </dependency>
 -------------------------
 
-* {HttpComponents AsyncClient Cache 4.0-beta2}
+* {HttpComponents AsyncClient Cache 4.0-beta3}
 
 -------------------------
   <dependency>
     <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
     <artifactId>httpasyncclient-cache</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0-beta2</version>
+    <version>4.0-beta3</version>
     <scope>compile</scope>
   </dependency>
 -------------------------