diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 2e94f487e73..7825e5c33d4 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ buildscript {
     ext {
         opensearch_version = System.getProperty("opensearch.version", "3.0.0-SNAPSHOT")
         isSnapshot = "true" == System.getProperty("build.snapshot", "true")
-        buildVersionQualifier = System.getProperty("build.version_qualifier", "beta1")
+        buildVersionQualifier = System.getProperty("build.version_qualifier", "")
         version_tokens = opensearch_version.tokenize('-')
         opensearch_build = version_tokens[0] + '.0'
         prometheus_binary_version = "2.37.2"