diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 209d8c8bf187..ba6544091d76 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
     <groupId>junit</groupId>
     <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-    <version>4.12-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.12-beta-3</version>
 
     <name>JUnit</name>
     <description>JUnit is a unit testing framework for Java, created by Erich Gamma and Kent Beck.</description>
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
         <connection>scm:git:git://github.com/junit-team/junit.git</connection>
         <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:junit-team/junit.git</developerConnection>
         <url>http://github.com/junit-team/junit/tree/master</url>
-      <tag>HEAD</tag>
+      <tag>r4.12-beta-3</tag>
   </scm>
     <issueManagement>
         <system>github</system>