diff --git a/docs/NEWS b/docs/NEWS
index 091a08a4..35100c00 100644
--- a/docs/NEWS
+++ b/docs/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-Version 2.3.0-beta1 (26.04.2019)
+Version 2.3-beta1 (26.04.2019)
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
     * Activate stablearchive option by default for new blogs
 
diff --git a/docs/RELEASE b/docs/RELEASE
index 88cc22ae..599e3ef2 100644
--- a/docs/RELEASE
+++ b/docs/RELEASE
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 stable:2.1.4
-beta:2.3.0-beta1
+beta:2.3-beta1
diff --git a/serendipity_config.inc.php b/serendipity_config.inc.php
index 5ec01b31..622519e7 100644
--- a/serendipity_config.inc.php
+++ b/serendipity_config.inc.php
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ if (defined('USE_MEMSNAP')) {
 }
 
 // The version string
-$serendipity['version'] = '2.2.1-alpha2';
+$serendipity['version'] = '2.3-beta1';
 
 
 // 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'.