diff --git a/ComponentRegistry/pom.xml b/ComponentRegistry/pom.xml
index 4ad0cd61..70a5045d 100644
--- a/ComponentRegistry/pom.xml
+++ b/ComponentRegistry/pom.xml
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>eu.clarin.cmdi</groupId>
         <artifactId>componentRegistry.parent</artifactId>
-        <version>2.2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.2.1-beta1</version>
     </parent>
     <groupId>eu.clarin.cmdi</groupId>
     <artifactId>component-registry-rest</artifactId>
     <packaging>${packaging}</packaging>
-    <version>2.2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.2.1-beta1</version>
     <name>ComponentRegistry</name>
     <description>
         ComponentRegistry is part of the clarin metadata infrastructure (cmdi). 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c8dac34f..17c10b09 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <artifactId>componentRegistry.parent</artifactId>
   <name>Component Registry parent</name>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>2.2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>2.2.1-beta1</version>
   <description>Parent pom for ComponentRegistry</description>
   <url>http://www.clarin.eu/componentregistry</url>
   <modules>