diff --git a/pdfsam-alternate-mix/pom.xml b/pdfsam-alternate-mix/pom.xml
index a0709ce88..8cead9875 100644
--- a/pdfsam-alternate-mix/pom.xml
+++ b/pdfsam-alternate-mix/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<description>PDFsam alternate mix module</description>
 	<url>http://www.pdfsam.org</url>
@@ -12,6 +11,7 @@
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>pdfsam-alternate-mix</artifactId>
+  <version>3.0.0.BETA</version>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 	<name>PDFsam alternate mix module</name>
 
diff --git a/pdfsam-community/pom.xml b/pdfsam-community/pom.xml
index d35e24fae..42927f4cc 100644
--- a/pdfsam-community/pom.xml
+++ b/pdfsam-community/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<description>PDFsam App</description>
 	<url>http://www.pdfsam.org</url>
@@ -12,6 +11,7 @@
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>pdfsam-community</artifactId>
+  <version>3.0.0.BETA</version>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 	<name>PDFsam Community Edition application</name>
 
diff --git a/pdfsam-core/pom.xml b/pdfsam-core/pom.xml
index 9c38f9e7b..615493b8e 100644
--- a/pdfsam-core/pom.xml
+++ b/pdfsam-core/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<description>Core pdfsam library</description>
 	<url>http://www.pdfsam.org</url>
@@ -12,6 +11,7 @@
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>pdfsam-core</artifactId>
+  <version>3.0.0.BETA</version>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 	<name>PDFsam core</name>
 	
diff --git a/pdfsam-fx/pom.xml b/pdfsam-fx/pom.xml
index 851b2c3e7..afb7ce744 100644
--- a/pdfsam-fx/pom.xml
+++ b/pdfsam-fx/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<description>Reusable JavaFX components to be used in PDFsam modules</description>
 	<url>http://www.pdfsam.org</url>
@@ -12,6 +11,7 @@
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>pdfsam-fx</artifactId>
+  <version>3.0.0.BETA</version>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 	<name>PDFsam JavaFx views</name>
 
diff --git a/pdfsam-gui/pom.xml b/pdfsam-gui/pom.xml
index 1619662e6..27880935f 100644
--- a/pdfsam-gui/pom.xml
+++ b/pdfsam-gui/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<description>PDFsam App</description>
 	<url>http://www.pdfsam.org</url>
@@ -12,6 +11,7 @@
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>pdfsam-gui</artifactId>
+  <version>3.0.0.BETA</version>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 	<name>PDFsam desktop client application</name>
 
diff --git a/pdfsam-i18n/pom.xml b/pdfsam-i18n/pom.xml
index 6b8e060d2..7544e43f2 100644
--- a/pdfsam-i18n/pom.xml
+++ b/pdfsam-i18n/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<description>Internationalization for PDFsam</description>
 	<url>http://www.pdfsam.org</url>
@@ -12,6 +11,7 @@
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>pdfsam-i18n</artifactId>
+  <version>3.0.0.BETA</version>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 	<name>PDFsam i18n</name>
 
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 										</goals>
 									</pluginExecutionFilter>
 									<action>
-										<ignore></ignore>
+										<ignore />
 									</action>
 								</pluginExecution>
 							</pluginExecutions>
diff --git a/pdfsam-merge/pom.xml b/pdfsam-merge/pom.xml
index 291868954..d3abbe1be 100644
--- a/pdfsam-merge/pom.xml
+++ b/pdfsam-merge/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<description>PDFsam merge module</description>
 	<url>http://www.pdfsam.org</url>
@@ -12,6 +11,7 @@
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>pdfsam-merge</artifactId>
+  <version>3.0.0.BETA</version>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 	<name>PDFsam merge module</name>
 
diff --git a/pdfsam-rotate/pom.xml b/pdfsam-rotate/pom.xml
index 8e1253df7..0de2e37fc 100644
--- a/pdfsam-rotate/pom.xml
+++ b/pdfsam-rotate/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<description>PDFsam rotate module</description>
 	<url>http://www.pdfsam.org</url>
@@ -12,6 +11,7 @@
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>pdfsam-rotate</artifactId>
+  <version>3.0.0.BETA</version>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 	<name>PDFsam rotate module</name>
 
diff --git a/pdfsam-service/pom.xml b/pdfsam-service/pom.xml
index 8aa7908b8..d8e92f11a 100644
--- a/pdfsam-service/pom.xml
+++ b/pdfsam-service/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<description>Service layer for PDFsam</description>
 	<url>http://www.pdfsam.org</url>
@@ -12,6 +11,7 @@
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>pdfsam-service</artifactId>
+  <version>3.0.0.BETA</version>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 	<name>PDFsam service</name>
 
diff --git a/pdfsam-simple-split/pom.xml b/pdfsam-simple-split/pom.xml
index 5758b3347..d6fe12f73 100644
--- a/pdfsam-simple-split/pom.xml
+++ b/pdfsam-simple-split/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<description>PDFsam simple split module</description>
 	<url>http://www.pdfsam.org</url>
@@ -12,6 +11,7 @@
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>pdfsam-simple-split</artifactId>
+  <version>3.0.0.BETA</version>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 	<name>PDFsam simple split module</name>
 
diff --git a/pdfsam-split-by-bookmarks/pom.xml b/pdfsam-split-by-bookmarks/pom.xml
index 2cc9919b6..c1b08c93c 100644
--- a/pdfsam-split-by-bookmarks/pom.xml
+++ b/pdfsam-split-by-bookmarks/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<description>PDFsam split by bookmarks module</description>
 	<url>http://www.pdfsam.org</url>
@@ -12,6 +11,7 @@
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>pdfsam-split-by-bookmarks</artifactId>
+  <version>3.0.0.BETA</version>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 	<name>PDFsam split by bookmarks module</name>
 
diff --git a/pdfsam-split-by-size/pom.xml b/pdfsam-split-by-size/pom.xml
index 9eebb2846..9e33461dc 100644
--- a/pdfsam-split-by-size/pom.xml
+++ b/pdfsam-split-by-size/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<description>PDFsam split by size module</description>
 	<url>http://www.pdfsam.org</url>
@@ -12,6 +11,7 @@
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>pdfsam-split-by-size</artifactId>
+  <version>3.0.0.BETA</version>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 	<name>PDFsam split by size module</name>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5cbf41dae..6074ce4fe 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<artifactId>pdfsam</artifactId>
+  <version>3.0.0.BETA</version>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 	<name>PDFsam</name>
 	<description>A free open source desktop tool to split and merge pdf documents</description>
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@
 		<connection>scm:git:git@github.com:torakiki/pdfsam.git</connection>
 		<developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:torakiki/pdfsam.git</developerConnection>
 		<url>scm:git:git@github.com:torakiki/pdfsam.git</url>
-	</scm>
+	  <tag>v3.0.0.BETA</tag>
+  </scm>
 
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.pdfsam</groupId>