diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 001313f7d..8cfda9c36 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     <!-- When updating the version number here, also update the version number
          in each module's pom.xml
     -->
-    <version>4.3.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.3.6-beta1</version>
     
     <description>Virtual Language Observatory (VLO) parent project</description>
     <organization>
diff --git a/vlo-commons/pom.xml b/vlo-commons/pom.xml
index 620b9b43b..533494eeb 100644
--- a/vlo-commons/pom.xml
+++ b/vlo-commons/pom.xml
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>eu.clarin.cmdi</groupId>
         <artifactId>vlo</artifactId>
-        <version>4.3.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.3.6-beta1</version>
     </parent>
     <groupId>eu.clarin.cmdi</groupId>
     <artifactId>vlo-commons</artifactId>
-    <version>4.3.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.3.6-beta1</version>
     <name>VLO Commons</name>
     <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
     <properties>
diff --git a/vlo-distribution/pom.xml b/vlo-distribution/pom.xml
index 4fd5ca939..510b52fac 100644
--- a/vlo-distribution/pom.xml
+++ b/vlo-distribution/pom.xml
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>eu.clarin.cmdi</groupId>
         <artifactId>vlo</artifactId>
-        <version>4.3.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.3.6-beta1</version>
     </parent>
     
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>eu.clarin.cmdi</groupId>
     <artifactId>vlo-distribution</artifactId>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
-    <version>4.3.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.3.6-beta1</version>
     <name>VLO Distribution</name>
     <description>
         Creates a package for server distribution of the VLO. It includes WAR
diff --git a/vlo-importer/pom.xml b/vlo-importer/pom.xml
index 6ac56c109..698801bfd 100644
--- a/vlo-importer/pom.xml
+++ b/vlo-importer/pom.xml
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>eu.clarin.cmdi</groupId>
         <artifactId>vlo</artifactId>
-        <version>4.3.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.3.6-beta1</version>
     </parent>
     
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>eu.clarin.cmdi</groupId>
     <artifactId>vlo-importer</artifactId> 
-    <version>4.3.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.3.6-beta1</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <name>VLO Importer</name>
diff --git a/vlo-sitemap/pom.xml b/vlo-sitemap/pom.xml
index f49f27045..f9cf2bfff 100644
--- a/vlo-sitemap/pom.xml
+++ b/vlo-sitemap/pom.xml
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<groupId>eu.clarin.vlo</groupId>
 	<artifactId>vlo-sitemap</artifactId>
-	<version>4.3.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>4.3.6-beta1</version>
 	<name>VLO Sitemap Generator</name>
     
         <parent>
             <groupId>eu.clarin.cmdi</groupId>
             <artifactId>vlo</artifactId>
-            <version>4.3.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>4.3.6-beta1</version>
         </parent>
     
 	<properties>
diff --git a/vlo-solr/pom.xml b/vlo-solr/pom.xml
index 5ce73a98c..c9391854f 100644
--- a/vlo-solr/pom.xml
+++ b/vlo-solr/pom.xml
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>eu.clarin.cmdi</groupId>
         <artifactId>vlo</artifactId>
-        <version>4.3.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.3.6-beta1</version>
     </parent>
     
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>eu.clarin.cmdi</groupId>
     <artifactId>vlo-solr</artifactId>
-    <version>4.3.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.3.6-beta1</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     
     <name>VLO Solr</name>
diff --git a/vlo-statistics/pom.xml b/vlo-statistics/pom.xml
index b0638f8a5..a9ae9270d 100644
--- a/vlo-statistics/pom.xml
+++ b/vlo-statistics/pom.xml
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>eu.clarin.cmdi</groupId>
     <artifactId>vlo-statistics</artifactId>
-    <version>4.3.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.3.6-beta1</version>
     <name>VLO Report Generator</name>
     
     <parent>
         <groupId>eu.clarin.cmdi</groupId>
         <artifactId>vlo</artifactId>
-        <version>4.3.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.3.6-beta1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/vlo-vocabularies/pom.xml b/vlo-vocabularies/pom.xml
index 723a149ad..5e8a68b43 100644
--- a/vlo-vocabularies/pom.xml
+++ b/vlo-vocabularies/pom.xml
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>eu.clarin.cmdi</groupId>
     <artifactId>vlo-vocabularies</artifactId> 
-    <version>4.3.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.3.6-beta1</version>
     <name>VLO Vocabularies</name>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     
     <parent>
         <groupId>eu.clarin.cmdi</groupId>
         <artifactId>vlo</artifactId>
-        <version>4.3.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.3.6-beta1</version>
     </parent>
 	
 
diff --git a/vlo-web-app/pom.xml b/vlo-web-app/pom.xml
index b09f88564..e99e55d05 100644
--- a/vlo-web-app/pom.xml
+++ b/vlo-web-app/pom.xml
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>eu.clarin.cmdi</groupId>
         <artifactId>vlo</artifactId>
-        <version>4.3.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.3.6-beta1</version>
     </parent>
     
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>eu.clarin.cmdi</groupId>
     <artifactId>vlo-web-app</artifactId>
     <packaging>war</packaging>
-    <version>4.3.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.3.6-beta1</version>
     <name>VLO Web Application</name>
     <description></description>