diff --git a/TRYLATESTBITSINPROD.md b/TRYLATESTBITSINPROD.md
index fd6a34ab8..4b858c285 100644
--- a/TRYLATESTBITSINPROD.md
+++ b/TRYLATESTBITSINPROD.md
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ top of your web application and change the entrypoint to boot with these jars in
  ./mvnw clean install
 ```
 
-Let's assume the current build version is `5.0.3-SNAPSHOT`.
+Let's assume the current build version is `5.0.3-beta-SNAPSHOT`.
 
 See the output of the runtime deployment module which contains all the jars needed by the runtime:
 
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ Add the dependency for the GAE runtime jars in your application pom.xml file:
 
 ```
  <properties>
-        <appengine.runtime.version>5.0.3-SNAPSHOT</appengine.runtime.version>
+        <appengine.runtime.version>5.0.3-beta-SNAPSHOT</appengine.runtime.version>
         <appengine.runtime.location>target/${project.artifactId}-${project.version}</appengine.runtime.location>
  <properties>
  ...
@@ -185,13 +185,13 @@ fi
 if grep -q "<properties>" "$POM_FILE"; then
     # Inserts the properties before the closing </properties> tag
     sed -i '/<\/properties>/i \
-            <appengine.runtime.version>5.0.3-SNAPSHOT<\/appengine.runtime.version>\
+            <appengine.runtime.version>5.0.3-beta-SNAPSHOT<\/appengine.runtime.version>\
             <appengine.runtime.location>target/${project.artifactId}-${project.version}<\/appengine.runtime.location>' "$POM_FILE"
 else
     # If no properties tag exists, insert it before dependencies
     sed -i '/<dependencies>/i \
     <properties>\
-        <appengine.runtime.version>5.0.3-SNAPSHOT<\/appengine.runtime.version>\
+        <appengine.runtime.version>5.0.3-beta-SNAPSHOT<\/appengine.runtime.version>\
         <appengine.runtime.location>target/${project.artifactId}-${project.version}<\/appengine.runtime.location>\
     <\/properties>' "$POM_FILE"
 fi
@@ -266,14 +266,14 @@ If you are using the Gradle build system, you can apply the following changes to
 
 These instructions configure the `war` task to do two important things:
 1. **Move the jars to the top of the WAR directory:** The `into("")` (or `into('.')`) block combined with `eachFile { path = name }` extracts the jars and flattens the directory structure, placing them directly in the root of the generated WAR.
-2. **Rename the jars:** The `rename` block strips the version string (e.g., `-5.0.3-SNAPSHOT`) from the extracted jars so their names exactly match the `-Djava.class.path=runtime-main.jar` argument specified in the `appengine-web.xml` entrypoint.
+2. **Rename the jars:** The `rename` block strips the version string (e.g., `-5.0.3-beta-SNAPSHOT`) from the extracted jars so their names exactly match the `-Djava.class.path=runtime-main.jar` argument specified in the `appengine-web.xml` entrypoint.
 
 ### Kotlin
 ```
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.bundling.War
 
 // 1. Define the target runtime version
-val gaeRuntimeVersion = "5.0.3-SNAPSHOT" // Change this to your desired version
+val gaeRuntimeVersion = "5.0.3-beta-SNAPSHOT" // Change this to your desired version
 
 // 2. Create a custom configuration for the runtime zip
 val gaeRuntimeZip by configurations.creating
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ tasks.named<War>("war") {
 
 ```
 // 1. Define the target runtime version
-def gaeRuntimeVersion = "5.0.3-SNAPSHOT" // Change this to your desired version
+def gaeRuntimeVersion = "5.0.3-beta-SNAPSHOT" // Change this to your desired version
 
 // 2. Create a custom configuration for the runtime zip
 configurations {
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ war {
         }
 
         // Strip the version number from the jar files
-        // (e.g., 'runtime-main-5.0.3-SNAPSHOT.jar' becomes 'runtime-main.jar')
+        // (e.g., 'runtime-main-5.0.3-beta-SNAPSHOT.jar' becomes 'runtime-main.jar')
         rename { String fileName ->
             fileName.replace("-${gaeRuntimeVersion}", "")
         }
diff --git a/api/pom.xml b/api/pom.xml
index 4da9ca5a1..d09b17a82 100644
--- a/api/pom.xml
+++ b/api/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.appengine</groupId>
     <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-    <version>5.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>5.0.3-beta-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <maven.deploy.skip>true</maven.deploy.skip>
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/com/google/appengine/api/images/GrpcImagesClient.java b/api/src/main/java/com/google/appengine/api/images/GrpcImagesClient.java
index 9eb39eccf..5bf3d22a9 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/com/google/appengine/api/images/GrpcImagesClient.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/com/google/appengine/api/images/GrpcImagesClient.java
@@ -72,27 +72,40 @@ private static GoogleCredentials getApplicationDefaultCredentials() {
   }
 
   private String getTarget() {
-    String endpoint = environmentProvider.getenv("IMAGES_SERVICE_ENDPOINT");
+    String endpoint =
+        environmentProvider.getenv(ImagesServiceFactoryImpl.IMAGES_SERVICE_ENDPOINT_ENV);
     if (isNullOrEmpty(endpoint)) {
-      throw new IllegalStateException("IMAGES_SERVICE_ENDPOINT environment variable not set.");
+      throw new IllegalStateException(
+          ImagesServiceFactoryImpl.IMAGES_SERVICE_ENDPOINT_ENV + " environment variable not set.");
     }
     try {
       URI uri = new URI(endpoint);
       String host = uri.getHost();
       if (host == null) {
-        throw new IllegalStateException("Invalid URI in IMAGES_SERVICE_ENDPOINT: " + endpoint);
+        throw new IllegalStateException(
+            "Invalid URI in "
+                + ImagesServiceFactoryImpl.IMAGES_SERVICE_ENDPOINT_ENV
+                + ": "
+                + endpoint);
       }
       return host + ":443";
     } catch (URISyntaxException e) {
-      throw new IllegalStateException("Invalid URI in IMAGES_SERVICE_ENDPOINT: " + endpoint, e);
+      throw new IllegalStateException(
+          "Invalid URI in "
+              + ImagesServiceFactoryImpl.IMAGES_SERVICE_ENDPOINT_ENV
+              + ": "
+              + endpoint,
+          e);
     }
   }
 
   private static CallCredentials createOidcCredentials(
       EnvironmentProvider environmentProvider, GoogleCredentials googleCredentials) {
-    String endpoint = environmentProvider.getenv("IMAGES_SERVICE_ENDPOINT");
+    String endpoint =
+        environmentProvider.getenv(ImagesServiceFactoryImpl.IMAGES_SERVICE_ENDPOINT_ENV);
     if (isNullOrEmpty(endpoint)) {
-      throw new IllegalStateException("IMAGES_SERVICE_ENDPOINT environment variable not set.");
+      throw new IllegalStateException(
+          ImagesServiceFactoryImpl.IMAGES_SERVICE_ENDPOINT_ENV + " environment variable not set.");
     }
 
     if (!(googleCredentials instanceof IdTokenProvider idTokenProvider)) {
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/com/google/appengine/api/images/ImagesServiceFactoryImpl.java b/api/src/main/java/com/google/appengine/api/images/ImagesServiceFactoryImpl.java
index 37e2bd668..98ef881fd 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/com/google/appengine/api/images/ImagesServiceFactoryImpl.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/com/google/appengine/api/images/ImagesServiceFactoryImpl.java
@@ -33,7 +33,11 @@
 final class ImagesServiceFactoryImpl implements IImagesServiceFactory {
 
   @VisibleForTesting
-  static final String USE_CUSTOM_IMAGES_GRPC_SERVICE_ENV = "USE_CUSTOM_IMAGES_GRPC_SERVICE";
+  static final String USE_CUSTOM_IMAGES_GRPC_SERVICE_ENV =
+      "APPENGINE_USE_CUSTOM_IMAGES_GRPC_SERVICE";
+
+  @VisibleForTesting
+  static final String IMAGES_SERVICE_ENDPOINT_ENV = "APPENGINE_IMAGES_SERVICE_ENDPOINT";
 
   private EnvironmentProvider environmentProvider = new SystemEnvironmentProvider();
 
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/com/google/appengine/api/images/ImagesServiceImpl.java b/api/src/main/java/com/google/appengine/api/images/ImagesServiceImpl.java
index 322734a94..23fac426f 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/com/google/appengine/api/images/ImagesServiceImpl.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/com/google/appengine/api/images/ImagesServiceImpl.java
@@ -164,7 +164,8 @@ private ImagesServiceBlockingStub getGrpcStub() {
 
   @VisibleForTesting
   boolean useGrpc() {
-    String envVar = environmentProvider.getenv("USE_CUSTOM_IMAGES_GRPC_SERVICE");
+    String envVar =
+        environmentProvider.getenv(ImagesServiceFactoryImpl.USE_CUSTOM_IMAGES_GRPC_SERVICE_ENV);
     return Boolean.parseBoolean(envVar);
   }
 
diff --git a/api/src/test/java/com/google/appengine/api/images/GrpcImagesClientTest.java b/api/src/test/java/com/google/appengine/api/images/GrpcImagesClientTest.java
index bed6c0567..12be765bf 100644
--- a/api/src/test/java/com/google/appengine/api/images/GrpcImagesClientTest.java
+++ b/api/src/test/java/com/google/appengine/api/images/GrpcImagesClientTest.java
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ public class GrpcImagesClientTest {
 
   @Test
   public void constructor_validEndpointAndCreds_success() {
-    when(mockEnvironmentProvider.getenv("IMAGES_SERVICE_ENDPOINT"))
+    when(mockEnvironmentProvider.getenv(ImagesServiceFactoryImpl.IMAGES_SERVICE_ENDPOINT_ENV))
         .thenReturn("https://my-service.run.app");
 
     GrpcImagesClient client = new GrpcImagesClient(mockEnvironmentProvider, mockCallCredentials);
@@ -46,37 +46,47 @@ public void constructor_validEndpointAndCreds_success() {
 
   @Test
   public void constructor_endpointNotSet_throwsException() {
-    when(mockEnvironmentProvider.getenv("IMAGES_SERVICE_ENDPOINT")).thenReturn(null);
+    when(mockEnvironmentProvider.getenv(ImagesServiceFactoryImpl.IMAGES_SERVICE_ENDPOINT_ENV))
+        .thenReturn(null);
     IllegalStateException e =
         assertThrows(
             IllegalStateException.class,
             () -> new GrpcImagesClient(mockEnvironmentProvider, mockCallCredentials));
-    assertThat(e).hasMessageThat().contains("IMAGES_SERVICE_ENDPOINT environment variable not set");
+    assertThat(e)
+        .hasMessageThat()
+        .contains(
+            ImagesServiceFactoryImpl.IMAGES_SERVICE_ENDPOINT_ENV + " environment variable not set");
   }
 
   @Test
   public void constructor_invalidEndpoint_throwsException() {
-    when(mockEnvironmentProvider.getenv("IMAGES_SERVICE_ENDPOINT")).thenReturn("://my-service");
+    when(mockEnvironmentProvider.getenv(ImagesServiceFactoryImpl.IMAGES_SERVICE_ENDPOINT_ENV))
+        .thenReturn("://my-service");
     IllegalStateException e =
         assertThrows(
             IllegalStateException.class,
             () -> new GrpcImagesClient(mockEnvironmentProvider, mockCallCredentials));
-    assertThat(e).hasMessageThat().contains("Invalid URI in IMAGES_SERVICE_ENDPOINT");
+    assertThat(e)
+        .hasMessageThat()
+        .contains("Invalid URI in " + ImagesServiceFactoryImpl.IMAGES_SERVICE_ENDPOINT_ENV);
   }
 
   @Test
   public void constructor_endpointMissingHost_throwsException() {
-    when(mockEnvironmentProvider.getenv("IMAGES_SERVICE_ENDPOINT")).thenReturn("https://");
+    when(mockEnvironmentProvider.getenv(ImagesServiceFactoryImpl.IMAGES_SERVICE_ENDPOINT_ENV))
+        .thenReturn("https://");
     IllegalStateException e =
         assertThrows(
             IllegalStateException.class,
             () -> new GrpcImagesClient(mockEnvironmentProvider, mockCallCredentials));
-    assertThat(e).hasMessageThat().contains("Invalid URI in IMAGES_SERVICE_ENDPOINT");
+    assertThat(e)
+        .hasMessageThat()
+        .contains("Invalid URI in " + ImagesServiceFactoryImpl.IMAGES_SERVICE_ENDPOINT_ENV);
   }
 
   @Test
   public void getBlockingStub_returnsStub() {
-    when(mockEnvironmentProvider.getenv("IMAGES_SERVICE_ENDPOINT"))
+    when(mockEnvironmentProvider.getenv(ImagesServiceFactoryImpl.IMAGES_SERVICE_ENDPOINT_ENV))
         .thenReturn("https://my-service.run.app");
     GrpcImagesClient client = new GrpcImagesClient(mockEnvironmentProvider, mockCallCredentials);
     assertThat(client.getBlockingStub()).isNotNull();
diff --git a/api/src/test/java/com/google/appengine/api/images/ImagesServiceFactoryImplTest.java b/api/src/test/java/com/google/appengine/api/images/ImagesServiceFactoryImplTest.java
index 417ee684a..0ae60314c 100644
--- a/api/src/test/java/com/google/appengine/api/images/ImagesServiceFactoryImplTest.java
+++ b/api/src/test/java/com/google/appengine/api/images/ImagesServiceFactoryImplTest.java
@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@ public void setUp() {
 
   @Test
   public void makeImageFromFilename_newBehavior_trueEnv_gsPrefix() {
-    when(mockEnvironmentProvider.getenv("USE_CUSTOM_IMAGES_GRPC_SERVICE")).thenReturn("true");
+    when(mockEnvironmentProvider.getenv(
+            ImagesServiceFactoryImpl.USE_CUSTOM_IMAGES_GRPC_SERVICE_ENV))
+        .thenReturn("true");
     String filename = "/gs/bucket/object";
 
     // Should NOT call BlobstoreServiceFactory (which would fail in this env)
@@ -53,7 +55,9 @@ public void makeImageFromFilename_newBehavior_trueEnv_gsPrefix() {
 
   @Test
   public void makeImageFromFilename_newBehavior_trueEnv_noGsPrefix_throwsException() {
-    when(mockEnvironmentProvider.getenv("USE_CUSTOM_IMAGES_GRPC_SERVICE")).thenReturn("true");
+    when(mockEnvironmentProvider.getenv(
+            ImagesServiceFactoryImpl.USE_CUSTOM_IMAGES_GRPC_SERVICE_ENV))
+        .thenReturn("true");
     String filename = "not/gs/path";
 
     IllegalArgumentException e =
diff --git a/api/src/test/java/com/google/appengine/api/images/ImagesServiceImplTest.java b/api/src/test/java/com/google/appengine/api/images/ImagesServiceImplTest.java
index 55e18213a..27bb5bc8b 100644
--- a/api/src/test/java/com/google/appengine/api/images/ImagesServiceImplTest.java
+++ b/api/src/test/java/com/google/appengine/api/images/ImagesServiceImplTest.java
@@ -172,7 +172,9 @@ private void setupGrpcService(ImagesServiceGrpc.ImagesServiceImplBase serviceImp
         new ImagesServiceImpl(
             mockEnvironmentProvider, mockGrpcImagesClient, null, mockBlobstoreReference);
 
-    when(mockEnvironmentProvider.getenv("USE_CUSTOM_IMAGES_GRPC_SERVICE")).thenReturn("true");
+    when(mockEnvironmentProvider.getenv(
+            ImagesServiceFactoryImpl.USE_CUSTOM_IMAGES_GRPC_SERVICE_ENV))
+        .thenReturn("true");
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -354,7 +356,8 @@ public void loadImageData_withLegacyBlobKey_failure() throws Exception {
 
   public void setUpGrpc(boolean useGrpc) throws Exception {
     ImagesServiceImpl.setStorageForTesting(mockStorage);
-    when(mockEnvironmentProvider.getenv("USE_CUSTOM_IMAGES_GRPC_SERVICE"))
+    when(mockEnvironmentProvider.getenv(
+            ImagesServiceFactoryImpl.USE_CUSTOM_IMAGES_GRPC_SERVICE_ENV))
         .thenReturn(Boolean.toString(useGrpc));
 
     if (useGrpc) {
@@ -407,7 +410,9 @@ public void useGrpc_envVarSetFalse_returnsFalse() throws Exception {
 
   @Test
   public void useGrpc_envVarNotSet_returnsFalse() {
-    when(mockEnvironmentProvider.getenv("USE_CUSTOM_IMAGES_GRPC_SERVICE")).thenReturn(null);
+    when(mockEnvironmentProvider.getenv(
+            ImagesServiceFactoryImpl.USE_CUSTOM_IMAGES_GRPC_SERVICE_ENV))
+        .thenReturn(null);
     imagesService =
         new ImagesServiceImpl(
             mockEnvironmentProvider, null, null, mockBlobstoreReference, null, mockBlobInfoFactory);
@@ -416,7 +421,9 @@ public void useGrpc_envVarNotSet_returnsFalse() {
 
   @Test
   public void useGrpc_envVarInvalid_returnsFalse() {
-    when(mockEnvironmentProvider.getenv("USE_CUSTOM_IMAGES_GRPC_SERVICE")).thenReturn("yes");
+    when(mockEnvironmentProvider.getenv(
+            ImagesServiceFactoryImpl.USE_CUSTOM_IMAGES_GRPC_SERVICE_ENV))
+        .thenReturn("yes");
     imagesService =
         new ImagesServiceImpl(
             mockEnvironmentProvider, null, null, mockBlobstoreReference, null, mockBlobInfoFactory);
diff --git a/api_dev/pom.xml b/api_dev/pom.xml
index bd4a09f43..4c98ca2f0 100644
--- a/api_dev/pom.xml
+++ b/api_dev/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.appengine</groupId>
     <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-    <version>5.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>5.0.3-beta-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
diff --git a/api_legacy/pom.xml b/api_legacy/pom.xml
index 7efca4cfe..069b7e202 100644
--- a/api_legacy/pom.xml
+++ b/api_legacy/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.appengine</groupId>
     <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-    <version>5.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>5.0.3-beta-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
diff --git a/appengine-api-1.0-sdk/pom.xml b/appengine-api-1.0-sdk/pom.xml
index 6177f1198..939d8ae86 100644
--- a/appengine-api-1.0-sdk/pom.xml
+++ b/appengine-api-1.0-sdk/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.appengine</groupId>
     <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-    <version>5.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>5.0.3-beta-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>AppEngine :: appengine-api-1.0-sdk</name>
diff --git a/appengine-api-stubs/pom.xml b/appengine-api-stubs/pom.xml
index dfc7b79bc..64b026c4b 100644
--- a/appengine-api-stubs/pom.xml
+++ b/appengine-api-stubs/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.appengine</groupId>
     <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-    <version>5.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>5.0.3-beta-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
diff --git a/appengine_init/pom.xml b/appengine_init/pom.xml
index 8ef1c4237..c5067fa40 100644
--- a/appengine_init/pom.xml
+++ b/appengine_init/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.appengine</groupId>
     <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-    <version>5.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>5.0.3-beta-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
diff --git a/appengine_jsr107/pom.xml b/appengine_jsr107/pom.xml
index 9b01d8d24..d14b05589 100644
--- a/appengine_jsr107/pom.xml
+++ b/appengine_jsr107/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.google.appengine</groupId>
         <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-        <version>5.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>5.0.3-beta-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/appengine_resources/pom.xml b/appengine_resources/pom.xml
index c4fffd691..d7496793d 100644
--- a/appengine_resources/pom.xml
+++ b/appengine_resources/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.appengine</groupId>
     <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-    <version>5.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>5.0.3-beta-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>AppEngine :: appengine-resources</name>
diff --git a/appengine_setup/apiserver_local/pom.xml b/appengine_setup/apiserver_local/pom.xml
index 4e9dd3286..fc2b70246 100644
--- a/appengine_setup/apiserver_local/pom.xml
+++ b/appengine_setup/apiserver_local/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.appengine</groupId>
     <artifactId>appengine_setup</artifactId>
-    <version>5.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>5.0.3-beta-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/appengine_setup/pom.xml b/appengine_setup/pom.xml
index 382b01e13..73d3850ab 100644
--- a/appengine_setup/pom.xml
+++ b/appengine_setup/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.appengine</groupId>
     <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-    <version>5.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>5.0.3-beta-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <modules>
     <module>apiserver_local</module>
diff --git a/appengine_setup/test/pom.xml b/appengine_setup/test/pom.xml
index 939fae663..57d609829 100644
--- a/appengine_setup/test/pom.xml
+++ b/appengine_setup/test/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.appengine</groupId>
     <artifactId>appengine_setup</artifactId>
-    <version>5.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>5.0.3-beta-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.appengine</groupId>
diff --git a/appengine_setup/testapps/jetty12_testapp/pom.xml b/appengine_setup/testapps/jetty12_testapp/pom.xml
index de168e5ee..cca5a32ba 100644
--- a/appengine_setup/testapps/jetty12_testapp/pom.xml
+++ b/appengine_setup/testapps/jetty12_testapp/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>testapps</artifactId>
     <groupId>com.google.appengine</groupId>
-    <version>5.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>5.0.3-beta-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.appengine.setup.testapps</groupId>
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.appengine.setup.testapps</groupId>
       <artifactId>testapps_common</artifactId>
-      <version>5.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>5.0.3-beta-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
           <projectId>srirammahavadi-dev</projectId>
           <version>GCLOUD_CONFIG</version>
           <automaticRestart>true</automaticRestart>
-          <artifact>${project.build.directory}/jetty11_testapp-5.0.3-SNAPSHOT-jar-with-dependencies.jar</artifact>
+          <artifact>${project.build.directory}/jetty11_testapp-5.0.3-beta-SNAPSHOT-jar-with-dependencies.jar</artifact>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
diff --git a/appengine_setup/testapps/pom.xml b/appengine_setup/testapps/pom.xml
index 2c4b7bbfa..ada12c052 100644
--- a/appengine_setup/testapps/pom.xml
+++ b/appengine_setup/testapps/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.appengine</groupId>
     <artifactId>appengine_setup</artifactId>
-    <version>5.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>5.0.3-beta-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.appengine</groupId>
diff --git a/appengine_setup/testapps/springboot_testapp/pom.xml b/appengine_setup/testapps/springboot_testapp/pom.xml
index f85f8dc3a..b76e9d206 100644
--- a/appengine_setup/testapps/springboot_testapp/pom.xml
+++ b/appengine_setup/testapps/springboot_testapp/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 	</parent>
 	<groupId>com.google.appengine.setup.testapps</groupId>
 	<artifactId>springboot_testapp</artifactId>
-	<version>5.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>5.0.3-beta-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<name>springboot_testapp</name>
   <url>https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/appengine-java-standard/</url>
 	<description>Demo project for Spring Boot</description>
@@ -45,12 +45,12 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.google.appengine</groupId>
 			<artifactId>appengine-api-1.0-sdk</artifactId>
-			<version>5.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>5.0.3-beta-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		</dependency>
 	 <dependency>
 	  <groupId>com.google.appengine.setup.testapps</groupId>
 	  <artifactId>testapps_common</artifactId>
-	  <version>5.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	  <version>5.0.3-beta-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	  <type>jar</type>
 	 </dependency>
 	</dependencies>
diff --git a/appengine_setup/testapps/testapps_common/pom.xml b/appengine_setup/testapps/testapps_common/pom.xml
index 09be7e9a8..4e514a6d7 100644
--- a/appengine_setup/testapps/testapps_common/pom.xml
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@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
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     <artifactId>testapps</artifactId>
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   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.appengine.setup.testapps</groupId>
diff --git a/appengine_testing/pom.xml b/appengine_testing/pom.xml
index 3f47ce134..37cab23bc 100644
--- a/appengine_testing/pom.xml
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@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
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   <packaging>jar</packaging>
diff --git a/appengine_testing_tests/pom.xml b/appengine_testing_tests/pom.xml
index 3aac6f66a..877e73288 100644
--- a/appengine_testing_tests/pom.xml
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@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
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     <packaging>jar</packaging>
diff --git a/applications/guestbook/pom.xml b/applications/guestbook/pom.xml
index 3bd200705..b8b0f5d62 100644
--- a/applications/guestbook/pom.xml
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@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
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     </parent>
     <groupId>com.google.appengine.demos</groupId>
     <artifactId>guestbook</artifactId>
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <maven.deploy.skip>true</maven.deploy.skip>
-        <appengine.target.version>5.0.3-SNAPSHOT</appengine.target.version>
+        <appengine.target.version>5.0.3-beta-SNAPSHOT</appengine.target.version>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
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diff --git a/applications/guestbook_jakarta/pom.xml b/applications/guestbook_jakarta/pom.xml
index 80d0cfe9d..536b40785 100644
--- a/applications/guestbook_jakarta/pom.xml
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@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
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@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <maven.deploy.skip>true</maven.deploy.skip>
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         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
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diff --git a/applications/jaxrs/pom.xml b/applications/jaxrs/pom.xml
index 1872482c3..cc1cd3c3e 100644
--- a/applications/jaxrs/pom.xml
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     <properties>
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diff --git a/applications/pom.xml b/applications/pom.xml
index 9f4378158..1a7fa4032 100644
--- a/applications/pom.xml
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@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
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   <packaging>pom</packaging>
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diff --git a/applications/proberapp/pom.xml b/applications/proberapp/pom.xml
index b2e1ffa3f..428761b0c 100644
--- a/applications/proberapp/pom.xml
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diff --git a/applications/proberapp_jakarta/pom.xml b/applications/proberapp_jakarta/pom.xml
index e4b462708..9fe33a879 100644
--- a/applications/proberapp_jakarta/pom.xml
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diff --git a/applications/servletasyncapp/pom.xml b/applications/servletasyncapp/pom.xml
index f5ecfaded..51fe40a49 100644
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diff --git a/applications/servletasyncappjakarta/pom.xml b/applications/servletasyncappjakarta/pom.xml
index 1dad8b367..68dfe9491 100644
--- a/applications/servletasyncappjakarta/pom.xml
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diff --git a/applications/springboot/pom.xml b/applications/springboot/pom.xml
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diff --git a/e2etests/devappservertests/pom.xml b/e2etests/devappservertests/pom.xml
index ba61aee3d..382d1d2e9 100644
--- a/e2etests/devappservertests/pom.xml
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diff --git a/e2etests/pom.xml b/e2etests/pom.xml
index 725b1bca5..322ee10e3 100644
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diff --git a/e2etests/stagingtests/pom.xml b/e2etests/stagingtests/pom.xml
index ae5910ef6..6870fe989 100644
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diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/allinone/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/allinone/pom.xml
index 66d1de213..538014fba 100644
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diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/allinone_jakarta/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/allinone_jakarta/pom.xml
index fb1e20217..8f3376e74 100644
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diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/badcron/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/badcron/pom.xml
index e729e5cd0..07edd5abc 100644
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diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/bundle_standard/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/bundle_standard/pom.xml
index dc472132f..71a6b26d2 100644
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diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/bundle_standard_with_container_initializer/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/bundle_standard_with_container_initializer/pom.xml
index 7eb03506c..f206948fc 100644
--- a/e2etests/testlocalapps/bundle_standard_with_container_initializer/pom.xml
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diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/bundle_standard_with_container_initializer_jakarta/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/bundle_standard_with_container_initializer_jakarta/pom.xml
index 5042e4031..44cb3b55f 100644
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diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/bundle_standard_with_no_jsp/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/bundle_standard_with_no_jsp/pom.xml
index 0bdab2ce9..bb837f81f 100644
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diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/bundle_standard_with_weblistener_memcache/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/bundle_standard_with_weblistener_memcache/pom.xml
index b671172e3..9dfa418e2 100644
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diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/cron-bad-job-age-limit/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/cron-bad-job-age-limit/pom.xml
index 86568546d..6ef455f74 100644
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diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/cron-good-retry-parameters/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/cron-good-retry-parameters/pom.xml
index 5a5205a83..08239a0f5 100644
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diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/cron-negative-max-backoff/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/cron-negative-max-backoff/pom.xml
index 5e5124883..e7a2aab8a 100644
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diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/cron-negative-retry-limit/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/cron-negative-retry-limit/pom.xml
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diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/cron-two-max-doublings/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/cron-two-max-doublings/pom.xml
index 803d81395..2d5ec1057 100644
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diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/http-headers/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/http-headers/pom.xml
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diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/java8-jar/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/java8-jar/pom.xml
index a786904cb..e50a23f7c 100644
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diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/java8-no-webxml/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/java8-no-webxml/pom.xml
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diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-baddispatch-yaml/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-baddispatch-yaml/pom.xml
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