diff --git a/Directory.Packages.props b/Directory.Packages.props
index 828a027..a49d04e 100644
--- a/Directory.Packages.props
+++ b/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <ManagePackageVersionsCentrally>true</ManagePackageVersionsCentrally>
-    <AkkaVersion>1.4.0-beta1</AkkaVersion>
+    <AkkaVersion>1.4.0-beta3</AkkaVersion>
     <NBenchVersion>1.2.2</NBenchVersion>
     <XunitVersion>2.4.1</XunitVersion>
     <TestSdkVersion>15.9.0</TestSdkVersion>