diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e42db38ebe..265701fb8f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   <groupId>org.jboss.netty</groupId>
   <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
   <packaging>bundle</packaging>
-  <version>3.1.0.CR1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>3.1.0.BETA2-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
   <name>The Netty Project</name>
   <url>http://www.jboss.org/netty/</url>