diff --git a/version.go b/version.go
index 0fd06fde..e02315d4 100644
--- a/version.go
+++ b/version.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ const (
 
 	// appPreRelease MUST only contain characters from semanticAlphabet
 	// per the semantic versioning spec.
-	appPreRelease = "beta.rc1"
+	appPreRelease = "beta"
 )
 
 // appBuild is defined as a variable so it can be overridden during the build