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     <artifactId>struts2-spring-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/plugins/testng/pom.xml b/plugins/testng/pom.xml
index 82cf55c73a..a45a17f748 100644
--- a/plugins/testng/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/testng/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.struts</groupId>
         <artifactId>struts2-plugins</artifactId>
-        <version>2.5-BETA3</version>
+        <version>2.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>struts2-testng-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/plugins/tiles/pom.xml b/plugins/tiles/pom.xml
index b1f64638d8..0b964af9d5 100644
--- a/plugins/tiles/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/tiles/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.struts</groupId>
         <artifactId>struts2-plugins</artifactId>
-        <version>2.5-BETA3</version>
+        <version>2.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>struts2-tiles-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4edea961f4..1dc97dac19 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <artifactId>struts2-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.5-BETA3</version>
+    <version>2.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <name>Struts 2</name>
     <url>http://struts.apache.org/</url>
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
         <connection>scm:git:git://git.apache.org/struts.git</connection>
         <developerConnection>scm:git:https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/struts.git</developerConnection>
         <url>http://git.apache.org/struts.git</url>
-        <tag>STRUTS_2_5_BETA3</tag>
+        <tag>HEAD</tag>
     </scm>
 
     <issueManagement>