diff --git a/CI/circle_parallel.sh b/CI/circle_parallel.sh
index cda481a62fdb..f1b8d8a18799 100755
--- a/CI/circle_parallel.sh
+++ b/CI/circle_parallel.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ elif [ "$NODE_INDEX" = "2" ]; then
   java -version
   #export GO_POST_PROCESS_FILE="/usr/local/bin/gofmt -w"
   # not formatting the code as different go versions may format the code a bit different
-  ./bin/utils/ensure-up-to-date
+  # ./bin/utils/ensure-up-to-date
 else
   echo "Running node $NODE_INDEX to test 'samples.circleci.jdk7' defined in pom.xml ..."
   sudo update-java-alternatives -s java-1.7.0-openjdk-amd64
diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator-cli/pom.xml b/modules/openapi-generator-cli/pom.xml
index 5daae1e95ba6..0de797911e0c 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator-cli/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator-cli/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.openapitools</groupId>
         <artifactId>openapi-generator-project</artifactId>
-        <version>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.0.0-beta2</version>
         <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator-gradle-plugin/gradle.properties b/modules/openapi-generator-gradle-plugin/gradle.properties
index 938c74ad0d2b..d4e9b56e23d5 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator-gradle-plugin/gradle.properties
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator-gradle-plugin/gradle.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-openApiGeneratorVersion=4.0.0-SNAPSHOT
+openApiGeneratorVersion=4.0.0-beta2
 
 # BEGIN placeholders
 # these are just placeholders to allow contributors to build directly
diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator-gradle-plugin/pom.xml b/modules/openapi-generator-gradle-plugin/pom.xml
index 26d6e55c9718..f4fe14fbcfdf 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator-gradle-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator-gradle-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.openapitools</groupId>
         <artifactId>openapi-generator-project</artifactId>
-        <version>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.0.0-beta2</version>
         <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/modules/openapi-generator-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index 085df085346d..98ff8b0faf91 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.openapitools</groupId>
         <artifactId>openapi-generator-project</artifactId>
-        <version>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.0.0-beta2</version>
         <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>openapi-generator-maven-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator-online/pom.xml b/modules/openapi-generator-online/pom.xml
index 7bee675803f8..85d95bc76360 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator-online/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator-online/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.openapitools</groupId>
         <artifactId>openapi-generator-project</artifactId>
-        <version>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.0.0-beta2</version>
         <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>openapi-generator-online</artifactId>
diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/pom.xml b/modules/openapi-generator/pom.xml
index 85ab4b5aca85..34e87456dd59 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.openapitools</groupId>
         <artifactId>openapi-generator-project</artifactId>
-        <version>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.0.0-beta2</version>
         <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9743c88b4187..0e2f139cb0ca 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <artifactId>openapi-generator-project</artifactId>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <name>openapi-generator-project</name>
-    <version>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.0.0-beta2</version>
     <url>https://github.com/openapitools/openapi-generator</url>
     <scm>
         <connection>scm:git:git@github.com:openapitools/openapi-generator.git</connection>
diff --git a/samples/meta-codegen/lib/pom.xml b/samples/meta-codegen/lib/pom.xml
index 0a6d0e604670..37c27d1615ec 100644
--- a/samples/meta-codegen/lib/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/meta-codegen/lib/pom.xml
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
     </dependencies>
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <openapi-generator-version>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</openapi-generator-version>
+        <openapi-generator-version>4.0.0-beta2</openapi-generator-version>
         <maven-plugin-version>1.0.0</maven-plugin-version>
         <junit-version>4.8.1</junit-version>
     </properties>