diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 620c1549..24ed43cf 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-AC_INIT([netgen],[6.0-dev],[],[])
+AC_INIT([netgen],[6.0-beta],[],[])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([-Wall -Werror foreign])
 
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
diff --git a/libsrc/include/mydefs.hpp b/libsrc/include/mydefs.hpp
index c1349375..6c7134b3 100644
--- a/libsrc/include/mydefs.hpp
+++ b/libsrc/include/mydefs.hpp
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 // in the configure/make phases, with the 
 // right version number
 #ifdef WIN32
-#define PACKAGE_VERSION "6.0-dev"
+#define PACKAGE_VERSION "6.0-beta"
 #endif