diff --git a/checkstyle/pom.xml b/checkstyle/pom.xml
index 3a96335..5a6e5a9 100644
--- a/checkstyle/pom.xml
+++ b/checkstyle/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
   <groupId>org.apache.lens</groupId>
   <artifactId>checkstyle</artifactId>
   <name>Lens Checkstyle Rules</name>
-  <version>2.4.0-beta-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>2.4.0-beta</version>
 
   <build>
     <plugins>
@@ -49,4 +49,8 @@
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
+
+  <scm>
+    <tag>apache-lens-2.4.0-beta</tag>
+  </scm>
 </project>
diff --git a/lens-api/pom.xml b/lens-api/pom.xml
index abd7ad8..1dcd5f5 100644
--- a/lens-api/pom.xml
+++ b/lens-api/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>apache-lens</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.lens</groupId>
-    <version>2.4.0-beta-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.4.0-beta</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>lens-api</artifactId>
diff --git a/lens-cli/pom.xml b/lens-cli/pom.xml
index 1175cbb..f5df67c 100644
--- a/lens-cli/pom.xml
+++ b/lens-cli/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>apache-lens</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.lens</groupId>
-    <version>2.4.0-beta-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.4.0-beta</version>
   </parent>
 
   <properties>
diff --git a/lens-client/pom.xml b/lens-client/pom.xml
index f007856..a20ee8b 100644
--- a/lens-client/pom.xml
+++ b/lens-client/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>apache-lens</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.lens</groupId>
-    <version>2.4.0-beta-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.4.0-beta</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>lens-client</artifactId>
diff --git a/lens-cube/pom.xml b/lens-cube/pom.xml
index 01784c1..41280e5 100644
--- a/lens-cube/pom.xml
+++ b/lens-cube/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>apache-lens</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.lens</groupId>
-    <version>2.4.0-beta-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.4.0-beta</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>lens-cube</artifactId>
diff --git a/lens-dist/pom.xml b/lens-dist/pom.xml
index 2d5a710..ac3b582 100644
--- a/lens-dist/pom.xml
+++ b/lens-dist/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>apache-lens</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.lens</groupId>
-    <version>2.4.0-beta-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.4.0-beta</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>lens-dist</artifactId>
diff --git a/lens-driver-es/pom.xml b/lens-driver-es/pom.xml
index ef8cbd5..3acf075 100644
--- a/lens-driver-es/pom.xml
+++ b/lens-driver-es/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.lens</groupId>
         <artifactId>apache-lens</artifactId>
-        <version>2.4.0-beta-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.4.0-beta</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>lens-driver-es</artifactId>
diff --git a/lens-driver-hive/pom.xml b/lens-driver-hive/pom.xml
index a00924b..8cffa12 100644
--- a/lens-driver-hive/pom.xml
+++ b/lens-driver-hive/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>apache-lens</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.lens</groupId>
-    <version>2.4.0-beta-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.4.0-beta</version>
   </parent>
 
   <properties>
diff --git a/lens-driver-jdbc/pom.xml b/lens-driver-jdbc/pom.xml
index 3de5fe0..8632658 100644
--- a/lens-driver-jdbc/pom.xml
+++ b/lens-driver-jdbc/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>apache-lens</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.lens</groupId>
-    <version>2.4.0-beta-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.4.0-beta</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>lens-driver-jdbc</artifactId>
diff --git a/lens-examples/pom.xml b/lens-examples/pom.xml
index 9357d2e..634a27d 100644
--- a/lens-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/lens-examples/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>apache-lens</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.lens</groupId>
-    <version>2.4.0-beta-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.4.0-beta</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>lens-examples</artifactId>
diff --git a/lens-ml-dist/pom.xml b/lens-ml-dist/pom.xml
index 4b17e7e..7fa1efd 100644
--- a/lens-ml-dist/pom.xml
+++ b/lens-ml-dist/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>apache-lens</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.lens</groupId>
-    <version>2.4.0-beta-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.4.0-beta</version>
   </parent>
     
   <artifactId>lens-ml-dist</artifactId>
diff --git a/lens-ml-lib/pom.xml b/lens-ml-lib/pom.xml
index 405dded..17c8c54 100644
--- a/lens-ml-lib/pom.xml
+++ b/lens-ml-lib/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>apache-lens</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.lens</groupId>
-    <version>2.4.0-beta-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.4.0-beta</version>
   </parent>
 
   <properties>
diff --git a/lens-query-lib/pom.xml b/lens-query-lib/pom.xml
index b45e79f..b657ede 100644
--- a/lens-query-lib/pom.xml
+++ b/lens-query-lib/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>apache-lens</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.lens</groupId>
-    <version>2.4.0-beta-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.4.0-beta</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>lens-query-lib</artifactId>
diff --git a/lens-regression/pom.xml b/lens-regression/pom.xml
index aa44a48..d83756c 100644
--- a/lens-regression/pom.xml
+++ b/lens-regression/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>apache-lens</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.lens</groupId>
-    <version>2.4.0-beta-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.4.0-beta</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>lens-regression</artifactId>
@@ -87,14 +87,13 @@
                         </goals>
                         <configuration>
                             <target>
-                                <property name="build.compiler" value="extJavac"/>
-                                <property name="compile_classpath" refid="maven.compile.classpath"/>
-                                <mkdir dir="${project.build.directory}/additional-classes"/>
-                                <javac includeantruntime="false" srcdir="src/additional/java"
-                                       destdir="${project.build.directory}/additional-classes" classpath="${compile_classpath}"/>
-                                <mkdir dir="${project.build.directory}/testjars"/>
+                                <property name="build.compiler" value="extJavac" />
+                                <property name="compile_classpath" refid="maven.compile.classpath" />
+                                <mkdir dir="${project.build.directory}/additional-classes" />
+                                <javac includeantruntime="false" srcdir="src/additional/java" destdir="${project.build.directory}/additional-classes" classpath="${compile_classpath}" />
+                                <mkdir dir="${project.build.directory}/testjars" />
                                 <jar destfile="${project.build.directory}/testjars/hiveudftest.jar">
-                                    <fileset dir="${project.build.directory}/additional-classes" includes="SampleUdf.class"/>
+                                    <fileset dir="${project.build.directory}/additional-classes" includes="SampleUdf.class" />
                                 </jar>
                             </target>
                         </configuration>
diff --git a/lens-server-api/pom.xml b/lens-server-api/pom.xml
index ad22f61..ad7ea76 100644
--- a/lens-server-api/pom.xml
+++ b/lens-server-api/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>apache-lens</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.lens</groupId>
-    <version>2.4.0-beta-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.4.0-beta</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>lens-server-api</artifactId>
diff --git a/lens-server/pom.xml b/lens-server/pom.xml
index 4950911..31d9dd2 100644
--- a/lens-server/pom.xml
+++ b/lens-server/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>apache-lens</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.lens</groupId>
-    <version>2.4.0-beta-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.4.0-beta</version>
   </parent>
 
   <properties>
diff --git a/lens-ship-jars/pom.xml b/lens-ship-jars/pom.xml
index 1a5e5ba..69171a2 100644
--- a/lens-ship-jars/pom.xml
+++ b/lens-ship-jars/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>apache-lens</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.lens</groupId>
-    <version>2.4.0-beta-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.4.0-beta</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>lens-ship-jars</artifactId>
@@ -99,8 +99,8 @@
                 <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.DontIncludeResourceTransformer">
                   <resource>log4j.properties</resource>
                 </transformer>
-                <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ApacheLicenseResourceTransformer"/>
-                <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ApacheNoticeResourceTransformer"/>
+                <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ApacheLicenseResourceTransformer" />
+                <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ApacheNoticeResourceTransformer" />
               </transformers>
             </configuration>
           </execution>
diff --git a/lens-storage-db/pom.xml b/lens-storage-db/pom.xml
index b7acc8a..0137cf4 100644
--- a/lens-storage-db/pom.xml
+++ b/lens-storage-db/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>apache-lens</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.lens</groupId>
-    <version>2.4.0-beta-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.4.0-beta</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>lens-storage-db</artifactId>
diff --git a/lens-ui/pom.xml b/lens-ui/pom.xml
index b1ad565..51b26c0 100644
--- a/lens-ui/pom.xml
+++ b/lens-ui/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>apache-lens</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.lens</groupId>
-    <version>2.4.0-beta-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.4.0-beta</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>lens-ui</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6c842ed..b0db1ed 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
 
   <groupId>org.apache.lens</groupId>
   <artifactId>apache-lens</artifactId>
-  <version>2.4.0-beta-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>2.4.0-beta</version>
   <name>Lens</name>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <description>Unified Analytics Platform</description>
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@
     <connection>scm:git:https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/lens.git</connection>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/lens.git</developerConnection>
     <url>https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/lens.git</url>
-    <tag>HEAD</tag>
+    <tag>apache-lens-2.4.0-beta</tag>
   </scm>
 
   <reporting>
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@
           <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.lens</groupId>
             <artifactId>checkstyle</artifactId>
-            <version>2.4.0-beta-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>2.4.0-beta</version>
           </dependency>
         </dependencies>
         <executions>
@@ -1645,7 +1645,7 @@
               <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.lens</groupId>
                 <artifactId>checkstyle</artifactId>
-                <version>2.4.0-beta-SNAPSHOT</version>
+                <version>2.4.0-beta</version>
               </dependency>
             </dependencies>
             <executions>