diff --git a/docs/NEWS b/docs/NEWS
index 063817c9..5e27558e 100644
--- a/docs/NEWS
+++ b/docs/NEWS
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 
 
-Version 2.0-beta3 ()
+Version 2.0-beta3 (July 25th, 2014)
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     * Move admin/media_showitem.tpl to theme's directory in 2k11. With
diff --git a/serendipity_config.inc.php b/serendipity_config.inc.php
index 6916a1e1..fdce3fda 100644
--- a/serendipity_config.inc.php
+++ b/serendipity_config.inc.php
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ if (defined('USE_MEMSNAP')) {
 }
 
 // The version string
-$serendipity['version']         = '2.0-beta2';
+$serendipity['version']         = '2.0-beta3';
 
 
 // Setting this to 'false' will enable debugging output. All alpha/beta/cvs snapshot versions will emit debug information by default. To increase the debug level (to enable Smarty debugging), set this flag to 'debug'.