diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fb79491210..d8ff8d3c70 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
   <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
   <packaging>bundle</packaging>
-  <version>3.3.2.Final-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>3.4.0.Alpha1</version>
 
   <name>The Netty Project</name>
   <url>http://netty.io/</url>