diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 31f0255761..4993f81a54 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
     <artifactId>tika-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
     <relativePath>tika-parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
@@ -216,6 +216,6 @@ least three +1 Tika PMC votes are cast.
   </ciManagement>
 
   <scm>
-    <tag>2.2.1-rc2</tag>
+    <tag>3.0.0-BETA-rc1</tag>
   </scm>
 </project>
diff --git a/tika-app/pom.xml b/tika-app/pom.xml
index f6af9fc7d6..8daa9d965d 100644
--- a/tika-app/pom.xml
+++ b/tika-app/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
     <artifactId>tika-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
     <relativePath>../tika-parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
@@ -286,6 +286,6 @@
   </ciManagement>
 
   <scm>
-    <tag>2.2.1-rc2</tag>
+    <tag>3.0.0-BETA-rc1</tag>
   </scm>
 </project>
diff --git a/tika-batch/pom.xml b/tika-batch/pom.xml
index e79b7d0162..e65ca9a059 100644
--- a/tika-batch/pom.xml
+++ b/tika-batch/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
     <artifactId>tika-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
     <relativePath>../tika-parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
@@ -135,6 +135,6 @@
   </build>
 
   <scm>
-    <tag>2.2.1-rc2</tag>
+    <tag>3.0.0-BETA-rc1</tag>
   </scm>
 </project>
diff --git a/tika-bom/pom.xml b/tika-bom/pom.xml
index 4b166fe4ff..3ecd930e00 100644
--- a/tika-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/tika-bom/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
     <artifactId>tika-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
     <relativePath>../tika-parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
@@ -38,224 +38,224 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-core</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-serialization</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-translate</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-xmp</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-java7</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <!-- Tika server components -->
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-server-core</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-server-client</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-eval-core</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-fuzzing</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <!-- Tika language detection modules -->
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-langdetect-lingo24</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-langdetect-mitll-text</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-langdetect-opennlp</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-langdetect-optimaize</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-langdetect-tika</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-langdetect-test-commons</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <!-- Tika parsers package (standard) -->
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-parsers-standard-package</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-bundle-standard</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <!-- Individual modules from standard package -->
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-parser-apple-module</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-parser-audiovideo-module</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-parser-cad-module</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-parser-code-module</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-parser-crypto-module</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-parser-font-module</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-parser-html-module</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-parser-image-module</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-parser-mail-module</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-parser-microsoft-module</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-parser-miscoffice-module</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-parser-news-module</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-parser-ocr-module</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-parser-pdf-module</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-parser-pkg-module</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-parser-text-module</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-parser-xml-module</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-parser-digest-commons</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-handler-boilerpipe</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-parser-jdbc-commons</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-parser-mail-commons</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-parser-xmp-commons</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-parser-zip-commons</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <!-- Tika parsers package (extended) -->
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-parser-scientific-package</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-parser-sqlite3-package</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
@@ -267,12 +267,12 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-parser-scientific-module</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-parser-sqlite3-module</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
@@ -283,149 +283,149 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-age-recogniser</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-dl</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-parser-advancedmedia-module</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-parser-nlp-module</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-transcribe-aws</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-detectors</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-detector-siegfried</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <!-- Tika Pipes modules -->
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-emitter-fs</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-emitter-gcs</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-emitter-jdbc</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-emitter-kafka</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-emitter-opensearch</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-emitter-s3</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-emitter-solr</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-fetcher-gcs</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-fetcher-http</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-fetcher-s3</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-pipes-iterator-csv</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-pipes-iterator-gcs</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-pipes-iterator-jdbc</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-pipes-iterator-kafka</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-pipes-iterator-s3</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-pipes-iterator-solr</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-pipes-reporter-fs-status</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-pipes-reporter-jdbc</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-pipes-reporter-opensearch</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-async-cli</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-httpclient-commons</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
       </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/tika-bundles/pom.xml b/tika-bundles/pom.xml
index af1c8294ac..517ef4e549 100644
--- a/tika-bundles/pom.xml
+++ b/tika-bundles/pom.xml
@@ -21,13 +21,13 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>tika-parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
-    <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
     <relativePath>../tika-parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
   <artifactId>tika-bundles</artifactId>
-  <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
   <name>Apache Tika bundles module</name>
 
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
@@ -37,6 +37,6 @@
   </modules>
 
   <scm>
-    <tag>2.2.1-rc2</tag>
+    <tag>3.0.0-BETA-rc1</tag>
   </scm>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tika-bundles/tika-bundle-standard/pom.xml b/tika-bundles/tika-bundle-standard/pom.xml
index 6f53e881fc..5cbfe072e3 100644
--- a/tika-bundles/tika-bundle-standard/pom.xml
+++ b/tika-bundles/tika-bundle-standard/pom.xml
@@ -24,12 +24,12 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
     <artifactId>tika-bundles</artifactId>
-    <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>tika-bundle-standard</artifactId>
-  <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
   <packaging>bundle</packaging>
   <name>Apache Tika OSGi standard bundle</name>
 
@@ -435,6 +435,6 @@
   </ciManagement>
 
   <scm>
-    <tag>2.2.1-rc2</tag>
+    <tag>3.0.0-BETA-rc1</tag>
   </scm>
 </project>
diff --git a/tika-core/pom.xml b/tika-core/pom.xml
index 6b750a094b..782d771a1d 100644
--- a/tika-core/pom.xml
+++ b/tika-core/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
     <artifactId>tika-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
     <relativePath>../tika-parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
@@ -291,6 +291,6 @@
   </ciManagement>
 
   <scm>
-    <tag>2.2.1-rc2</tag>
+    <tag>3.0.0-BETA-rc1</tag>
   </scm>
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diff --git a/tika-detectors/pom.xml b/tika-detectors/pom.xml
index 0484cdc9ce..9331bc4bae 100644
--- a/tika-detectors/pom.xml
+++ b/tika-detectors/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
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diff --git a/tika-detectors/tika-detector-siegfried/pom.xml b/tika-detectors/tika-detector-siegfried/pom.xml
index 2cd2a27e87..2aa0cc28cf 100644
--- a/tika-detectors/tika-detector-siegfried/pom.xml
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@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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diff --git a/tika-eval/pom.xml b/tika-eval/pom.xml
index f7afe11f94..fc208af94d 100644
--- a/tika-eval/pom.xml
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@@ -74,6 +74,6 @@
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diff --git a/tika-eval/tika-eval-app/pom.xml b/tika-eval/tika-eval-app/pom.xml
index 52151bed4b..bbe1a2b69f 100644
--- a/tika-eval/tika-eval-app/pom.xml
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@@ -228,6 +228,6 @@
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diff --git a/tika-eval/tika-eval-core/pom.xml b/tika-eval/tika-eval-core/pom.xml
index 7f19cee09d..ac1a1c3f77 100644
--- a/tika-eval/tika-eval-core/pom.xml
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@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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@@ -212,6 +212,6 @@
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diff --git a/tika-example/pom.xml b/tika-example/pom.xml
index 4a35fea936..6b754be5e2 100644
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@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
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@@ -148,6 +148,6 @@
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diff --git a/tika-fuzzing/pom.xml b/tika-fuzzing/pom.xml
index b3d801befc..3af8862e9e 100644
--- a/tika-fuzzing/pom.xml
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@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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diff --git a/tika-handlers/pom.xml b/tika-handlers/pom.xml
index 716f4f3778..bf3baf7768 100644
--- a/tika-handlers/pom.xml
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@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
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diff --git a/tika-handlers/tika-handler-boilerpipe/pom.xml b/tika-handlers/tika-handler-boilerpipe/pom.xml
index a27caee6e7..0bd7ead242 100644
--- a/tika-handlers/tika-handler-boilerpipe/pom.xml
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@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
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diff --git a/tika-integration-tests/pom.xml b/tika-integration-tests/pom.xml
index 9aa13f72ce..514554b762 100644
--- a/tika-integration-tests/pom.xml
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@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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diff --git a/tika-integration-tests/tika-pipes-kafka-integration-tests/pom.xml b/tika-integration-tests/tika-pipes-kafka-integration-tests/pom.xml
index 1cb45d16c4..adda25b378 100644
--- a/tika-integration-tests/tika-pipes-kafka-integration-tests/pom.xml
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@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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@@ -76,6 +76,6 @@
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diff --git a/tika-integration-tests/tika-pipes-opensearch-integration-tests/pom.xml b/tika-integration-tests/tika-pipes-opensearch-integration-tests/pom.xml
index 14a3b5f94b..25bf863ebd 100644
--- a/tika-integration-tests/tika-pipes-opensearch-integration-tests/pom.xml
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@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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@@ -87,6 +87,6 @@
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diff --git a/tika-integration-tests/tika-pipes-s3-integration-tests/pom.xml b/tika-integration-tests/tika-pipes-s3-integration-tests/pom.xml
index 2230d95588..89b39d635b 100644
--- a/tika-integration-tests/tika-pipes-s3-integration-tests/pom.xml
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@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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@@ -90,6 +90,6 @@
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diff --git a/tika-integration-tests/tika-pipes-solr-integration-tests/pom.xml b/tika-integration-tests/tika-pipes-solr-integration-tests/pom.xml
index 051c4a9108..f506769d5f 100644
--- a/tika-integration-tests/tika-pipes-solr-integration-tests/pom.xml
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@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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@@ -68,6 +68,6 @@
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diff --git a/tika-integration-tests/tika-resource-loading-tests/pom.xml b/tika-integration-tests/tika-resource-loading-tests/pom.xml
index 337decdecc..1c7a32c6ae 100644
--- a/tika-integration-tests/tika-resource-loading-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/tika-integration-tests/tika-resource-loading-tests/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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-    <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/tika-java7/pom.xml b/tika-java7/pom.xml
index 2505e51f6a..da710a764d 100644
--- a/tika-java7/pom.xml
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@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
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-    <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
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@@ -119,6 +119,6 @@
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+    <tag>3.0.0-BETA-rc1</tag>
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diff --git a/tika-langdetect/pom.xml b/tika-langdetect/pom.xml
index 2eb0604fb6..d6954a8b8a 100644
--- a/tika-langdetect/pom.xml
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@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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-    <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
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@@ -111,6 +111,6 @@
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 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tika-langdetect/tika-langdetect-lingo24/pom.xml b/tika-langdetect/tika-langdetect-lingo24/pom.xml
index 5ba5ec3ee3..0b9cc3230c 100644
--- a/tika-langdetect/tika-langdetect-lingo24/pom.xml
+++ b/tika-langdetect/tika-langdetect-lingo24/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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-    <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
@@ -77,6 +77,6 @@
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+    <tag>3.0.0-BETA-rc1</tag>
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 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tika-langdetect/tika-langdetect-mitll-text/pom.xml b/tika-langdetect/tika-langdetect-mitll-text/pom.xml
index ff75ff1635..d15eb59a14 100644
--- a/tika-langdetect/tika-langdetect-mitll-text/pom.xml
+++ b/tika-langdetect/tika-langdetect-mitll-text/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
@@ -76,6 +76,6 @@
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+    <tag>3.0.0-BETA-rc1</tag>
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 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tika-langdetect/tika-langdetect-opennlp/pom.xml b/tika-langdetect/tika-langdetect-opennlp/pom.xml
index 1495d08cc5..2f16f13782 100644
--- a/tika-langdetect/tika-langdetect-opennlp/pom.xml
+++ b/tika-langdetect/tika-langdetect-opennlp/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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-    <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
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   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
@@ -70,6 +70,6 @@
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-    <tag>2.2.1-rc2</tag>
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 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tika-langdetect/tika-langdetect-optimaize/pom.xml b/tika-langdetect/tika-langdetect-optimaize/pom.xml
index d2e7c5b6db..ccca24ccc3 100644
--- a/tika-langdetect/tika-langdetect-optimaize/pom.xml
+++ b/tika-langdetect/tika-langdetect-optimaize/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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-    <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
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   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
@@ -69,6 +69,6 @@
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+    <tag>3.0.0-BETA-rc1</tag>
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 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tika-langdetect/tika-langdetect-test-commons/pom.xml b/tika-langdetect/tika-langdetect-test-commons/pom.xml
index 72c68dc753..6568264487 100644
--- a/tika-langdetect/tika-langdetect-test-commons/pom.xml
+++ b/tika-langdetect/tika-langdetect-test-commons/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
@@ -46,6 +46,6 @@
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\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tika-langdetect/tika-langdetect-tika/pom.xml b/tika-langdetect/tika-langdetect-tika/pom.xml
index a9b781f2a3..cd8e6a3e2c 100644
--- a/tika-langdetect/tika-langdetect-tika/pom.xml
+++ b/tika-langdetect/tika-langdetect-tika/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
@@ -71,6 +71,6 @@
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+    <tag>3.0.0-BETA-rc1</tag>
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 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tika-parent/pom.xml b/tika-parent/pom.xml
index c96ce98779..e87ca50aad 100644
--- a/tika-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/tika-parent/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
   <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
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-  <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <name>Apache Tika parent</name>
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@
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-    <project.build.outputTimestamp>1701446907</project.build.outputTimestamp>
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@@ -1365,7 +1365,7 @@
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+    <tag>3.0.0-BETA-rc1</tag>
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diff --git a/tika-parsers/pom.xml b/tika-parsers/pom.xml
index 3905eb06ae..7b833495c4 100644
--- a/tika-parsers/pom.xml
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@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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-    <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
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@@ -97,6 +97,6 @@
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 </project>
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diff --git a/tika-parsers/tika-parsers-extended/pom.xml b/tika-parsers/tika-parsers-extended/pom.xml
index 9bc0e972be..f21f81651e 100644
--- a/tika-parsers/tika-parsers-extended/pom.xml
+++ b/tika-parsers/tika-parsers-extended/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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+    <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
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@@ -87,6 +87,6 @@
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 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tika-parsers/tika-parsers-extended/tika-parser-scientific-module/pom.xml b/tika-parsers/tika-parsers-extended/tika-parser-scientific-module/pom.xml
index ae299a427c..cdf97b421f 100644
--- a/tika-parsers/tika-parsers-extended/tika-parser-scientific-module/pom.xml
+++ b/tika-parsers/tika-parsers-extended/tika-parser-scientific-module/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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+    <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
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@@ -135,6 +135,6 @@ May the gods of dependency management fix this in the future.
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-    <tag>2.2.1-rc2</tag>
+    <tag>3.0.0-BETA-rc1</tag>
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 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tika-parsers/tika-parsers-extended/tika-parser-scientific-package/pom.xml b/tika-parsers/tika-parsers-extended/tika-parser-scientific-package/pom.xml
index d65906ac3b..361f0e3bbb 100644
--- a/tika-parsers/tika-parsers-extended/tika-parser-scientific-package/pom.xml
+++ b/tika-parsers/tika-parsers-extended/tika-parser-scientific-package/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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 </project>
diff --git a/tika-server/tika-server-client/pom.xml b/tika-server/tika-server-client/pom.xml
index 70cc4a617c..d10e66b1dc 100644
--- a/tika-server/tika-server-client/pom.xml
+++ b/tika-server/tika-server-client/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>tika-server</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
-    <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
@@ -130,6 +130,6 @@
   </build>
 
   <scm>
-    <tag>2.2.1-rc2</tag>
+    <tag>3.0.0-BETA-rc1</tag>
   </scm>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tika-server/tika-server-core/pom.xml b/tika-server/tika-server-core/pom.xml
index b5c7a1cc3d..e211b26a25 100644
--- a/tika-server/tika-server-core/pom.xml
+++ b/tika-server/tika-server-core/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>tika-server</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
-    <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
@@ -328,6 +328,6 @@
   </profiles>
 
   <scm>
-    <tag>2.2.1-rc2</tag>
+    <tag>3.0.0-BETA-rc1</tag>
   </scm>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tika-server/tika-server-eval/pom.xml b/tika-server/tika-server-eval/pom.xml
index 1af100100b..7926c92ee0 100644
--- a/tika-server/tika-server-eval/pom.xml
+++ b/tika-server/tika-server-eval/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>tika-server</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
-    <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/tika-server/tika-server-standard/pom.xml b/tika-server/tika-server-standard/pom.xml
index 177a62d420..01b3aae2d3 100644
--- a/tika-server/tika-server-standard/pom.xml
+++ b/tika-server/tika-server-standard/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>tika-server</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
-    <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
@@ -319,6 +319,6 @@
   </build>
 
   <scm>
-    <tag>2.2.1-rc2</tag>
+    <tag>3.0.0-BETA-rc1</tag>
   </scm>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tika-translate/pom.xml b/tika-translate/pom.xml
index 6076b2711e..a4cfffa3b7 100644
--- a/tika-translate/pom.xml
+++ b/tika-translate/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
     <artifactId>tika-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
     <relativePath>../tika-parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
@@ -220,6 +220,6 @@
   </ciManagement>
 
   <scm>
-    <tag>2.2.1-rc2</tag>
+    <tag>3.0.0-BETA-rc1</tag>
   </scm>
 </project>
diff --git a/tika-xmp/pom.xml b/tika-xmp/pom.xml
index 629bc4ab67..b834e6f8ea 100644
--- a/tika-xmp/pom.xml
+++ b/tika-xmp/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
     <artifactId>tika-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-BETA</version>
     <relativePath>../tika-parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
@@ -116,6 +116,6 @@
   </ciManagement>
 
   <scm>
-    <tag>2.2.1-rc2</tag>
+    <tag>3.0.0-BETA-rc1</tag>
   </scm>
 </project>