diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 7db0191958..a7ed8192de 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+4.0-beta3
+
 4.0-beta2
  * Add addition incremental repair visibility to nodetool repair_admin (CASSANDRA-14939)
  * Always access system properties and environment variables via the new CassandraRelevantProperties and CassandraRelevantEnv classes (CASSANDRA-15876)
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 66a0d2e475..e77dd0b988 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <property name="debuglevel" value="source,lines,vars"/>
 
     <!-- default version and SCM information -->
-    <property name="base.version" value="4.0-beta2"/>
+    <property name="base.version" value="4.0-beta3"/>
     <property name="scm.connection" value="scm:https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/cassandra.git"/>
     <property name="scm.developerConnection" value="scm:https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/cassandra.git"/>
     <property name="scm.url" value="https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf?p=cassandra.git;a=tree"/>
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 02964e9437..400ca51e0d 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+cassandra (4.0~beta3) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * New release
+
+ -- 
+
 cassandra (4.0~beta2) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * New release