diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8c66f1b..2e536ac 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 3.0.0.beta3
+ - Use jar dependencies
+ - Fixed snappy compression issue
+
 ## 3.0.0.beta2
  - Internal: Update gemspec dependency
 
diff --git a/logstash-output-kafka.gemspec b/logstash-output-kafka.gemspec
index abc41b6..9872871 100644
--- a/logstash-output-kafka.gemspec
+++ b/logstash-output-kafka.gemspec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
 
   s.name            = 'logstash-output-kafka'
-  s.version         = '3.0.0.beta2'
+  s.version         = '3.0.0.beta3'
   s.licenses        = ['Apache License (2.0)']
   s.summary         = 'Output events to a Kafka topic. This uses the Kafka Producer API to write messages to a topic on the broker'
   s.description     = "This gem is a Logstash plugin required to be installed on top of the Logstash core pipeline using $LS_HOME/bin/logstash-plugin install gemname. This gem is not a stand-alone program"