--- title: Selenium 3 Beta Testing with TestingBot | TestingBot Blog description: |- TestingBot provides an option for people who want to run their Selenium tests with the latest Selenium 3 beta versions! Selenium 3 is currently st... source_url: html: https://testingbot.com/blog/2016/09/07/selenium-3-beta-testing-with-testingbot md: https://testingbot.com/blog/2016/09/07/selenium-3-beta-testing-with-testingbot.md --- # Selenium 3 testing By [Jochen D.](https://testingbot.com/about/jochen-d)2016-09-07 Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Post on Reddit Share link TestingBot provides an option for people who want to run their Selenium tests with the latest Selenium 3 beta versions! Selenium 3 is currently still in beta, so bugs might appear when using this beta version to run tests with. A short list of things that changed with Selenium 3: - Selenium RC is no longer included in the default package. TestingBot will provide an option to still run RC tests with Selenium 3 once it hits a stable release - Geckodriver is used by default for Firefox tests. When you run a test on TestingBot with version 47 or higher we already use Geckodriver for you - Overall bug fixes and speed improvements ## How can I run my tests on TestingBot with Selenium 3? If you like, we offer an option to run tests with Selenium 3 (beta 1 and beta 2). As with all beta software, bugs might appear that were not there with the current stable version. You can specify `selenium-version` in the desired capabilities to use a different Selenium version. 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